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• Brussels attackers were considering nuclear site, changed their minds: paper
• Obama criticized for doing tango 2 days after bombings in Brussels
• Australia says Mozambique debris likely from missing MH370
• Iraq says it's launched offensive to recapture IS-held Mosul
• Three Brussels attackers identified as nation mourns
• IS trains 400 fighters to attack Europe in wave of bloodshed

Brussels attackers were considering nuclear site, changed their minds: paper Posted: 24 Mar 2016 11:13 AM PDT Suicide bombers who blew themselves up in Brussels were originally considering an attack on a nuclear site in Belgium, but arrests started last week may have forced them to switch to targets in the Belgian capital, the DH newspaper said. Referring to an incident in December that prosecutors confirmed in which militants covertly filmed the home of an unidentified senior official in the nuclear industry, the paper quoted a police source as saying two of the suicide bombers, brothers Khalid and Ibrahim Bakraoui, had filmed the daily routine of the head of Belgium's nuclear research and development program. The police source did not address why investigators thought they had continued to plan to go through with the plan despite the discovery of the covert video three months ago and the ramping up of security around nuclear plants as a result. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Obama criticized for doing tango 2 days after bombings in Brussels Posted: 24 Mar 2016 09:28 AM PDT Those already furious the president attended a baseball game in Cuba following Tuesday's deadly attacks were unmoved by his dance moves. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Australia says Mozambique debris likely from missing MH370 Posted: 24 Mar 2016 07:55 AM PDT By Byron Kaye and Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Thursday debris recovered this month in Mozambique was highly likely to be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, while Malaysia called for a stepped up search of Africa's coast for clues to the plane's fate. Official analysis found two pieces of debris were "almost certainly from MH370", Australian infrastructure and transport minister Darren Chester said in a statement, referring to the Boeing Co 777 that vanished in March 2014 with 239 people on board. "That such debris has been found on the east coast of Africa is consistent with drift modeling ... and further affirms our search efforts in the southern Indian Ocean," Chester said. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Iraq says it's launched offensive to recapture IS-held Mosul Posted: 24 Mar 2016 02:37 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi military backed by U.S.-led coalition aircraft on Thursday launched a long-awaited operation to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants, a military spokesman said. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Three Brussels attackers identified as nation mourns Posted: 23 Mar 2016 04:32 PM PDT Three suicide bombers who struck Brussels airport and a metro train in attacks claimed by the Islamic State were identified Wednesday, as a grieving nation observed a minute's silence for victims of the carnage. As hundreds of mourners gathered in the city in a show of solidarity with the 31 people killed and 300 injured, prosecutors said brothers Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui had carried out attacks at Zaventem airport and Maalbeek station. Bomb-making expert Najim Laachraoui was identified by police sources to AFP as the second airport bomber, while police stepped up a huge manhunt for a third airport attacker whose suitcase bomb failed to detonate. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

IS trains 400 fighters to attack Europe in wave of bloodshed Posted: 23 Mar 2016 03:58 PM PDT The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method for maximum carnage, officials have told The Associated Press. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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