Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
  In conjunction with the announcement of thwarting terrorist attacks in Belgium, and the dismantling of a cell of seven people, most of them Chechens, the Belgian Public Prosecutor's Office announced the arrest of an Iraqi resident in Belgium for 8 years on suspicion of involvement in war crimes and terrorist attacks that took place near Baghdad and claimed the lives of nearly 400 people. Thousands were injured
According to the Belgian media today, Friday, an Iraqi man was arrested in a city in the Flemish region of the country last Wednesday on suspicion of war crimes and terrorist activities. He is said to have been involved in an al-Qaeda terrorist cell that killed at least 376 people. This was announced by the Federal Prosecutor's Office
The Iraqi man is over 40 years old and has lived in Belgium since 2015. His house was searched on Wednesday and the man was arrested. He was taken for interrogation by the investigating judge on suspicion of committing several murders with terrorist intent, participating in the activities of a terrorist group, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The investigating judge issued an arrest warrant for him.
More specifically, the man is suspected of being part of a terrorist cell linked to the terrorist group Al Qaeda. He is said to have been responsible for a series of bombings near Baghdad in Iraq in 2009 and 2010. At least 376 people were killed and at least 2,300 injured.
This came in conjunction with an announcement that a terrorist plot had been thwarted in Belgium. On Thursday, raids took place in the north of the country and seven people, most of whom were of Chechen origin, were arrested. They formed a cell of extremists affiliated with ISIS, according to the Public Prosecution Office in Brussels. They will be presented later to the investigating judge and face charges related to planning killings. And the formation of a terrorist cell without specifying specific targets for their attacks
  .. Their movements were monitored while they were searching for weapons, and security and intelligence personnel and special forces participated in the investigations and arrests.
In March 2016, Belgium was subjected to a terrorist attack that included Brussels Airport and one of the internal train stations, killing 32 people and wounding more than 300 others.