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April 22nd, 2017 
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nsnbc : Following the Paris shooting and the mentioning of a Abu Yusuf al-Belgiki in this context, Belgian Justice Minister Koen Geens said that the Belgian intelligence services don’t have any idea who this person is. The name was mentioned when the self-proclaimed Islamic State claimed responsibility for Thursday evening’s attack in Paris in its news outlet Amaq.
The name of a person from Antwerp was circulated in the French media after Belgian police informed French authorities that balaclavas and arms had been found during a search of his home. Later it turned out the man apparently had nothing to do with the shooting in Paris.
When asked how the identity of the suspect could appear in the French media Belgian Justice Minister Geens failed to provide a clear answer. However, he insisted that the results from the search did provide proof that the Belgian secret service was doing good work and said: “We handed the information to Paris and they registered it properly. This is more important than how it leaked.”
Koens Geens commented also on speculations prompted by a statement in the Islamic State(a.k.a. ISIS, ISIL, Deash, etc..) publication Amaq in which Daesh claimed responsibility for the shooting. Amaq published an article stating the attacker was “one of the Islamic State’s fighters”. The statement in Amaq identified the alleged attacker as Abu Yussef al-Belgiki, a “nom de guerre” that would suggest the person could be Belgian.
The Belgian prosecutor responded on Friday stressing that there was no indication the Paris attacker was Belgian or from Belgium. Considering that no name, no independently verifiable testimony, or other evidence has been presented to the media so far, the responsible thing to say at present is that there is no evidence – period! There is (not unjustified) speculation that Daesh may simply have been using the French media as a source. Another possibility could be that Yusuf is an entirely different character. Belgian intelligence services are trying to establish his identity. Koen Geen noted:
“This morning my office had a whole list of names of people who could be linked to this name. At the minute we don’t know who he is. We don’t even have a clear suspicion. … 640 people are listed in our databank. 20 are home-grown terrorists, people who stayed here. 280 are in Syria. We are monitoring them closely. In recent months we’ve witnessed more and more copycats in Europe. My understanding is that the Paris attacker was not really a radicalized individual. He wanted revenge on the police, but then an IS note emerges from his pocket. It’s strange. This phenomenon is broader than Syria fighters.”
The incident happened while eleven presidential candidates were preparing for the last televised debate before Sunday’s first round in the presidential elections. It’s noteworthy that the three main candidates, Marine Le Pen from the Front National, centrist Emmanuel Macron and conservative Francois Fillon immediately cancelled campaign events planned for Friday.
Cancelling events may be linked to concerns about security but may also have the side effect that participants in such events and snappy reporters cannot ask these candidates questions about the French “political and other contributions” to the rise of the Islamic State and other Islamist insurgencies and terrorist groups since the French adventure in Libya and Syria began in 2011 – 12.
Moreover, surveys have shown that the citizens of France are not easily spooked by alleged or real terrorist attacks – and that the risk of becoming a victim, despite all media mania, is smaller than the risk of having a housekeeping accident. Surveys show clearly that voters are more concerned about their spending power, the economy and unemployment than about terrorism.
That said, with France still being under emergency rule, French President Francois Hollande promised “absolute vigilance, particularly with regard to the electoral process” and paid tribute to the police. He said he was “convinced that the shooting was a terrorist act” and cancelled a trip to northwestern Brittany. He will chair a security cabinet meeting instead. Not that it would be surprising, but Hollande did not make any statements on how French foreign policy may be linked to the rise of radical Islamist terrorist groups.
CH/L – nsnbc 22.04.2017
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Source Article from https://nsnbc.me/2017/04/22/belgian-justice-minister-after-paris-shooting-we-dont-know-who-al-belgiki-is/
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