Explosions at Brussels Airport and metro system - 13 dead so far

oldman said:
AS---I was going to school at Kent State University at the time and lived with my uncle. I helped out at one of his stores as much as I could doing odd jobs like cleaning the floors, bathrooms and shining the glass in the cases, all on weekends and in the evenings. The managers would already have the jewelry removed and in the safe, so I didn't have to worry about someone breaking in and robbing me after hours while I was there cleaning. His wife (my aunt) had already scheduled to go on a bus trip with one of her social clubs, so my uncle invited me to go along to Belgium on his dime, except for anything that I wanted to buy as a personal item. He really did not like to travel alone. My aunt died unexpectedly many years later at the age of 65. He had invited me to go along to Russia with him a few years after she died, but my work schedule wouldn't allow it. We were on strike at United and they had laid off several pilots and cut routes before the strike. It was the worse strike at United that I was involved in.
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Lucky to have him for an uncle. I've traveled a lot in recent years. Wish I'd done it a lot sooner.
 
I'm kind of confused by one of the headlines saying they're looking for a guy pushing a baggage trolley alongside two suicide bombers. If you were walking with suicide bombers wouldn't they be looking for pieces?
 
SeaBreeze said:
Six arrested in Brussels. https://gma.yahoo.com/2nd-suspect-n...-bombing-100726023--abc-news-topstories.html#

6 Arrested in Brussels Police Operation After French Raids Foil Planned Terror Attack
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Simultaneous attacks tell you they had help and there probably more. I'm wondering since a lot of these raids and arrests came fairly quick that if many of these suspects were already under investigation and they let them stay free to see where it would lead. Maybe it would've been better to arrest them earlier on which could've helped to break up their plot including any confiscations of supplies. Sometimes too much effort is put in to a big high profile arrest and prosecution. They would've done sometime for smaller charge but at least they would've clearly identifiable as a potential terrorist and again disrupted what ever they were working on.
 

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