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DEBKAfile was founded by a team of journalists in June 2000 as an independent Internet Web site, providing an intelligence and security news service. February 16, 2016, 11:46 AM (IDT)
Belgian police raided homes in Brussels on Tuesday and detained 10 people on suspicion of operating a recruitment ring for the Islamic State. “Our investigation points to several persons having left for Syria to join Islamic State,” Belgium's federal prosecutors said in a statement. Their computers and mobile phones were seized. Belgium has one of the highest per capita rates of participation in jihadist groups including Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
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