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Islamic Attack on Belgium Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

BRUCE LAWLOR: Brussels attack no surprise

By Bruce M. Lawlor

Blown out windows are seen behind U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he visits Brussels Airport in Brussels, Belgium, Friday, March 25, 2016. Kerry is in Brussels to pay respect to victims of terrorist attacks that left a number dead earlier this week. (Frederic Sierakowski/pool photo via AP)

John Kerry v. Donald Trump: War of the words/world views

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Emergency services evacuate a victim wrapped in a blanket after a explosion in a main metro station in Brussels on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Explosions rocked the Brussels airport and the subway system Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and injuring many others just days after the main suspect in the November Paris attacks was arrested in the city, police said. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Riot at Brussels attacks shrine; 13 anti-terror raids made

By LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Migration of Jihad Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

ROBERT W. MERRY: Immigration policy must take Islamic State into account

By Robert W. Merry

A member of emergency services wearing protective clothing investigates the scene in Schaerbeek, Belgium, Friday March 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Two blasts heard in Brussels as Belgian police conduct more raids

By John-Thor Dahlburg and Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Police guard a checkpoint during a raid in the suburb of Schaerbeek in Brussels early Friday. Six people were detained in late-night raids Thursday across the Belgian capital. (Associated Press)

Belgium ignored Turkey’s warnings on Brussels suicide bomber Ibrahim El Bakraoui

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

One World Trade Center is shown Tuesday, March 22, 2016, in New York. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has directed One World Trade Center be displayed in the Belgium colors of black, yellow and red to show solidarity with the nation following attacks that killed dozens of people in Brussels. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

One World Trade Center lights spire in support of Brussels, but with wrong colors

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

mourning: A crowd gathers at Place de la Bourse in the center of Brussels to hold a candlelight vigil for victims of the Tuesday bombings at the Zaventem Airport and one of the city's metro stations, where scores were killed and wounded. (Associated Press photographs)

Brussels terror attacks confirm Belgium’s fears after Salah Abdeslam arrest

By Daan Ballegeer, Linda Thompson and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by David Crunelle, an injured woman leaves the scene at Brussels airport, after explosions rocked the facility in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Authorities locked down the Belgian capital on Tuesday after explosions rocked the Brussels airport and subway system, killing at least 13 people and injuring many more. (David Crunelle via AP)

Brussels airport, subway rocked by explosions: At least 31 killed, several injured

By Lorne Cook and John-Thor Dahlburg - Associated Press

In this framegrab taken from VTM, armed police officers take part in a raid in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels, Belgium, Friday March 18, 2016. After an intense four-month manhunt across Europe and beyond, police on Friday captured Salah Abdeslam, the top fugitive in the Paris attacks in the same Brussels neighborhood where he grew up. (VTM via AP) BELGIUM OUT

Salah Abdeslam, Paris attacks fugitive, shot and arrested in Brussels raid

By Raf Casert and Lori Hinnant - Associated Press

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, center left, and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, center right, participate in a meeting with other Belgian and French officials to coordinate a response to violent extremism at Chateau Val Duchesse in Brussels on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Belgians, French meet to improve counterterrorism efforts

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 file photo, police guard a street in Brussels where arrests were made linked to the attacks in Paris. Belgium's federal prosecutor's office spokesman Jean-Pascal Thoreau says the arrests came after a car with Belgian license plates was seen close to the Bataclan theater in Paris on Friday night, one of the places where victims were killed. (AP Photo) BELGIUM OUT

Belgian police arrest 2 suspects in New Year’s, ISIS-inspired terror plot

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A Belgian police officer guards the building of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Brussels is keeping its terror alert at the highest level. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Paris attacks: Suspect quizzed, Brussels still in lockdown

By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny and Maria Cheng - Associated Press

Belgian Army soldiers patrol in the picturesque Grand Place in the center of Brussels on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. Salah Abdeslam, a French national who lived in Molenbeek, Belgium, is currently the subject of an international manhunt after the Paris attacks. Security has been stepped up in parts of Belgium as a precaution. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) ** FILE **

Brussels under serious threat after Paris attacks

By John-Thor Dahlburg - Associated Press

Police guard a street in which special intervention forces search a house in the Molenbeek neighborhood in Brussels on Tuesday. "We don't have control of the situation in Molenbeek at present," Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon admitted during a television news interview on Sunday. (Associated Press)

Belgium in spotlight as terror fears grip continent

By Linda A. Thompson and Aida Alami - Special to The Washington Times

This undated image made available in the Islamic State's English-language magazine Dabiq, shows Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who grew up in the Molenbeek-Saint-Jean neighborhood of Belgian capital. Abaaoud was identified by French authorities on Monday as the presumed mastermind of the terror attacks Friday in Paris.

Abdelhamid Abaaoud: Questions surround supposed Paris assault mastermind

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Notre Dame cathedral in Paris hosted a national service Sunday to remember the victims of the Friday terrorist attacks. By Sunday night, as French military forces pounded the Islamic State's self-styled capital in Raqqa, Syria, officials in Belgium had detained seven people in connection with the attacks. (Associated Press)

Paris terror attacks: Islamic State’s sophistication shakes Western leaders

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, photo shows Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google on Monday, Aug. 10, 2015 announced it is changing its operating structure and will become part of a holding company called Alphabet. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Google blames data loss at Belgium facility on electrical storm

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times