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Explosive Accusation: Belgium Had "Advance And Precise" Warning About Airport And Subway Bombings, Did Nothing

Explosive Accusation: Belgium Had "Advance And Precise" Warning About Airport And Subway Bombings, Did Nothing

In what, if true, is the most incendiary allegation of the day, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reports that Belgian security services and other Western intelligence agencies had "advance and precise intelligence warnings" regarding Tuesday’s bombings. According to the paper, "the security services knew, with a high degree of certainty, that attacks were planned in the very near future for the airport and, apparently, for the underground railway as well."

Here is the full Haaretz report:

Belgium Ignored Warning From Turkey On Brussels Bomber, Erdogan Says

Belgium Ignored Warning From Turkey On Brussels Bomber, Erdogan Says

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a man who knows something about "terrorists." After all, he's surrounded by them. Kurds are terrorists. Opposition lawmakers are terrorists. Journalists are terrorists. Lawyers are terrorists. Hell, even teachers are terrorists in Turkey these days.

Fortunately, Erdogan knows how to deal with the "problem." Ideally you kill them, but if for whatever reason that's not possible (turns out some people get all hung up over the whole "human rights" thing), you throw them in jail or you deport them. 

Bearish British Pound Bets Hit Record High As Poll Shows Brexit Most Probable

Bearish British Pound Bets Hit Record High As Poll Shows Brexit Most Probable

The campaign for Britain to leave the European Union has taken a 2 percentage point lead, according to an ICM poll, to 43%, up 2 percentage points from a similar poll a week ago and the highest proportion in favour of a British exit since ICM started its referendum tracker in May 2015. Bearish bets on GBP have soared to record highs as a split within the governing Tory party and the atrocities in Brussels have sent bookies odds to their highest yet.

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