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| Belgium arrests al-Qaeda suspects | |
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| Belgian police say they have arrested 14 people suspected of being members of the al-Qaeda network. | Belgian police say they have arrested 14 people suspected of being members of the al-Qaeda network. |
| They include a man believed to have been about to launch a suicide attack, officials said. | They include a man believed to have been about to launch a suicide attack, officials said. |
| Federal prosecutor Johan Delmulle said police did not know where the suspected suicide attack was to target. | Federal prosecutor Johan Delmulle said police did not know where the suspected suicide attack was to target. |
| "It could have been an operation in Pakistan or Afghanistan, but it can't be ruled out that Belgium or Europe could have been the target," he said. | "It could have been an operation in Pakistan or Afghanistan, but it can't be ruled out that Belgium or Europe could have been the target," he said. |
| The arrests come as a two-day European Union leaders' summit was due to start in Brussels on Thursday afternoon. | The arrests come as a two-day European Union leaders' summit was due to start in Brussels on Thursday afternoon. |
| The police investigation, described as the most important anti-terror inquiry in Belgium, targeted an alleged group of Belgian Islamists believed to have been trained in the Afghanistan and Pakistan region, officials said, according to the AFP agency. |