Turkey's Erdogan Suggests Belgium's Double Standard on Terror to Blame for Brussels Attacks - Middle East News
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan condemned the Belgian government of being "incapable" on Friday, suggesting that contradicting sentiments regarding various militant organizations were to blame for Islamic State suicide bombings in Brussels, the latest of which killed at least 31 and wounded 260 others .
"They (the Belgians) are allowing members of the separatist terrorist organization to set up tents right next to the European Council, they allow pictures of terrorists to be displayed, they let their flags fly there," Erdogan said.
Erdogan, still smarting from the presence of pro-Kurdish militant protesters near an EU-Turkey summit in Brussels this month, said European authorities had shown themselves "incapable" after Turkey deported one of the Brussels attackers last July but he was subsequently released .
"They (the Belgians) are allowing members of the separatist terrorist organization to set up tents right next to the European Council, they allow pictures of terrorists to be displayed, they let their flags fly there," Erdogan said.
Erdogan, still smarting from the presence of pro-Kurdish militant protesters near an EU-Turkey summit in Brussels this month, said European authorities had shown themselves "incapable" after Turkey deported one of the Brussels attackers last July but he was subsequently released .