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Top stories Belgianofficials:Warningsmissed in brief POLAND ■ Police detain Leaders changing sixsuspectsin mindsonmigrants WARSAW — Poland’s presi- Brussels raids dent on Thursday threwhis supportbehindagovern- By John-Thor Dahlburg mentdecision to renege on a Associated Press deal to acceptthousands of refugees,blaming security BRUSSELS—’s concernsraised by Tues- primeministerrefused day’sattacks in Brussels. to acceptthe resignations Themovecould prompt of hisjustice andinterior similardecisionsbyother ministersThursdaydespite countriesinCentral and increasing evidence of in- EasternEurope, many of telligence andlaw enforce- whichhaveprotested —or, mentfailures to preventthis like Hungary andSlovakia, week’s suicidebombingsby sued over —the European Islamicmilitants. Union’splantodivideup With at leastone attacker some 120,000 refugees at largeand an unknown amongmember countries. number of accomplices, Followingthe Brussels police detained sixpeople attacks, PrimeMinister in raidsaroundthe Belgian BeataSzydlosaid“Isee no capitalThursdaynight. possibilityfor migrants to In aParis suburb,aman come to Poland now.” suspectedofplottingan On Thursday,the imminentattackwas also spokesmanfor Polish detained Thursday,but the PresidentAndrzej Duda interior minister reported confirmed that decision no apparent link with the andsaidEuropehas failed Brussels airportand sub- to buildanefficient system waybombingsorthe Nov. of checking new arrivals to 13 attacksonParis. ASSOCIATED PRESS make sure they don’t pose Authorities loweredBel- Aman writes“neveragain”withchalk on thepavementThursdaynearthe entrance of metro station MaelbeekinBrussels, asecurityrisk. gium’s terror-threat levelby Belgium.Belgium’sprime minister is promising to do everythingtodetermine whowas responsiblefor deadly attackstargeting onenotch,although they theBrusselsairport andsubway system. ISRAEL said thesituation remained graveand anotherattackis authoritiestoexchange thesuicide bombers. It is andLaachraouidiedinthe ButPrime Minister Soldier detained in “likelyand possible.” airportpassenger data. notclear whether that man airport. CharlesMichelasked Jam- Belgiumhad been on Amanhunt continuedfor waskilledinthe attack or is It is clearthatsomeofthe bonand Geenstostayon, Palestinian’sdeath itshighest alerteversince oneofthe afugitive. Brussels attackershad been giventhe currentchallenge JERUSALEM—TheIsraeli Tuesday’sbombingsinthe attackerswho wasrecorded Authorities drew aline on therun from authorities thegovernmentisfacing. military on Thursday de- Brussels airportand sub- on asurveillance videoand betweenthe Brussels in France andBelgium but Turkey said Wednesday tained asoldierwho was waythatkilled31people hadfled thescene. bombings andthe Nov. 13 were stillabletohideinsafe that captured on videokilling andwounded 270. Belgianprosecutors said attacksthatleft130 dead houses, assemble bombs wasapprehendedinJune an injuredPalestinian who “Wedon’t have to be theraids Thursday night in Paris. Both appeared to andcarry outlinkedat- 2015 near Turkey’s border waslying on theground. proudabout what hap- targeted centralBrussels, have been carriedout by tacks. with anddeportedto Thearmysaidthe inci- pened,”Justice Minister Jetteand theSchaerbeek thesameBelgium-based “Ifyou putall things in theNetherlands. He was dent took place in theWest Koen Geenssaidofthe neighborhood, wherepo- IslamicState cell. arow,you canask yourself laterset free by theDutch Bank city of Hebron after government’sfailuresto lice earlierhad founda Prosecutors have said major questions,”about the forlackofproof of hisin- twoPalestiniansstabbed halt theattacks.“We per- huge stashofexplosives at leastfourpeoplewere government’sperformance, volvementwithjihadis. andwounded an Israeli haps didthings we should andbomb-making material involved in theBrussels said Interior MinisterJan GeensappearedonaBel- soldier. Troops then shot nothavedone.” in an apartment used by the bloodshed, includingbroth- Jambon,who alongwith gianTVnewsshowand was thepair,killing one. Less than amilefromthe Brussels attackers. ersIbrahim andKhalidEl Geenshad tenderedhis askedwho wastoblame for In avideo released by bombed subway station,Eu- Prosecutors declined to Bakraoui,identified as sui- resignation. thefailure to follow up on theIsraelihuman rights ropean justiceand home commentonreports from cide bombers. European Notableamong theques- theTurkish warning. groupB’tselem, oneofthe ministersheldanemer- Belgianstate broadcaster security officialsidentified tionswerethose raised by “Itisclear it is notone attackersappears to still gencymeeting wherethey RTBF andFrance’s Le anothersuicide bomber as Turkey’s announcement it single person,but it is true be aliveafter theinitial condemned the“terrorist Monde andBFM television NajimLaachraoui, asus- hadwarnedBelgium last that we couldhaveexpect- shooting.The videoshows acts”as“an attack on our that afifthattackermay also pected bombmakerfor the year that one of theBrus- ed from Ankara or Istanbul thewounded Palestinian open,democratic society.” be at large: Aman seen on Parisattacks. sels attackers, Ibrahim El amore diligent communica- lyingonthe ground,slowly They also urgedthe Euro- surveillance cameras in the blew Bakraoui,had been flagged tion,wethink, that perhaps moving hishead. About pean parliamenttoadopt Brussels metro carrying a himselfuponthe train, as a“foreignterrorist fight- couldhaveavoided certain aminutelater,asoldier an agreementallowing largebag alongsideone of whileIbrahim El Bakraoui er.” things,” he said. raises hisrifle, cocksthe weapon andfires. Theincidentwas widely condemned by Israeliof- Iranianscharged ficials. OREGON $4 milliontoclean, in cyberattacks upgrade refuge Oneofthe suspected BURNS — TheU.S.Fish ■ Bankingsites, hackersisaccused of re- andWildlifeService will controls to dam peatedlygainingaccess to spendroughly $4 million to thecontrolsystemofthe clean, repair andupgrade were breached Bowman Avenue Dam, a theOregonwildliferefuge smallflood-controlstruc- that wasthe site of a41- By Tami Abdollah ture in RyeBrook,about dayarmed occupation by andEricTucker 20 milesnorth of New ranchers earlierthisyear. Associated Press York City.Officials said Fish andWildlifeDirec- thehackerwould have torDan Ashe said he wants WASHINGTON — TheU.S. been able to operateadigi- theMalheur National chargedseven hackers tallycontrolled sluice gate, Wildlife Refuge in Burns linked to theIranian gov- floodingportionsofthe to become asymboltothe ernmentwithexecuting city of Rye, butthe gate rest of thecountry that large-scalecoordinated hadbeendisconnectedfor collaboration, notconfron- cyberattacks on dozens maintenance. SANA VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS tation,endures. of banksaswellasasmall Theindictments un- Syrian government soldiers gather at theentrance of Palmyraincentral Syria, whereIslamic Thecompound is un- damoutside NewYork sealed Thursday stem from Stategroup militantsappearedonthe vergeofcollapseThursday. TheadvanceonPalmyra dergoing agiant spring City —intrusionsthatlaw intrusions between2011 came afterforcesmanaged to captureseveralhillsand high ground aroundthe town. cleaning. Repairingdam- enforcementofficials said and2013thatofficials say ageand removing debris reachedintoAmerica’sin- targeted 46 victims, dis- is expected to take until frastructure,disrupted the abling bank websites and earlysummer. nation’s financial system interferingwithcustomers’ SyriaretakingPalmyra andcosttensofmillions. abilitytodoonlinebank- NEWYORK Indictments announced ing. Theattacks,which Thursday by theJustice occurred sporadically ■ Operation heritage site whose fall In Iraq,government ERdoctorfacesmore Departmentshowadeter- over 176days, cost thein- to themilitants last May forces pushed Islamic sexassault charges mination by overseas hack- stitutions tens of millions to recapture sent shockwaves through Statefighters outofsev- erstocripple vitalAmeri- of dollarsinremediation archaeological circles eral villages outsidethe NEWYORK—Aprominent caninterests,officials said, costs, butnocustomerslost Mosulunderway andbeyond —would be a townofMakhmour,south- former NewYorkCity andmarkedthe first time money or hadtheirperson- significant victoryfor the east of theIslamic State emergencyroomdoctor theFBI attributed abreach al information stolen. By Albert Ajiand Syrian government. But group-held city of Mosul alreadysuspected of sexu- of aU.S.computer system Theaccused hackers Sinan Salaheddin theoperation to unseat the —amovethatIraqi and ally assaulting twowomen that controls critical infra- worked fortwo Iranian Associated Press groupinMosul, Iraq’s sec- coalition officialscastas in hiscarewas indicted on structuretoahackerlinked computercompanies ond-largest city,islikelyto thestart of an operation new chargesthathesexu- to aforeigngovernment. linked to theIranian gov- DAMASCUS,Syria — Syrian take muchlongerand be to retake thestrategic city. ally assaultedtwo other Thehackers areaccused ernment, includingthe governmentforcespushed farmore difficult. Yetitalsofollows the women he treated, prosecu- of infectingthousandsof IslamicRevolutionary into theancient townof Theadvance on Palmy- deathofaU.S.Marinesta- tors announcedThursday. people’s computerswith GuardCorps,the U.S. said. Palmyra, whereIslamic ra came aftergovernment tioned at asmall U.S. out- DavidNewman, who malwaretocreateanet- Chargesincludeviolating Stategroupmilitants ap- forces,backedbyRussian post close to Makhmour wroteabookonthe pa- work of zombie computers U.S. laws on computer peared on theverge of col- airstrikes,managed to cap- military base. tient-doctor relationship, they used to overwhelm hackingand gainingun- lapse Thursday,whilein ture severalhills andhigh U.S.-ledcoalition is accused of victimizing serversofmajor institu- authorized accesstoa Iraq,amilitary spokesman ground around thetown spokesmanU.S.Army threeofthe womenat tionstoknock them offline. protectedcomputer. announcedthe startofa thisweek. Col. SteveWarrentold re- MountSinai Hospital on Those included theBankof Theseven defendants long-awaited operationto On Thursday,Syrian portershebelievedthe Is- separate occasionsinAu- America, Nasdaq andthe areAhmad Fathi,37; Ha- recapturethe IslamicState stateTVbroadcast foot- lamicState groupwas spe- gust,September andOc- NewYorkStock Exchange. midFiroozi,34; Amin Sho- group-held northern city ageofits reporter,embed- cifically targetingthe U.S. toberaswellasafourth “The attackswerere- kohi,25; Sadegh Ahmadza- of Mosul. dedwiththe Syrian mili- outpostand that attacks womaninJanuary,accord- lentless,systematicand dega,23; Omid Ghaffarinia, Theextremistgroup tary,speakinglivefrom on thebasehad increased ingtocourt papers. widespread,” said At- 25;SinaKeissar, 25,and has been losing ground in theentrance of Palmyra in recent weeksasIraqi Newman,45, of Mont- torney GeneralLoretta NaderSaedi,26. Syria andIraqfor months andsayingthatasofmid- troops builtupthere anda clair, NewJersey, facesa Lynch. “They threatened None of theindividu- underastepped-upcam- day, thefighting wascon- larger number of U.S. and totaloffive counts of sex oureconomicwell-being alsisinAmerican custody paignofU.S.-ledand Rus- centratednearthe famed coalition forces movedin. abuse, four in thethirdde- andour abilitytocompete andit’sunclear whether sian airstrikes,aswellas archaeological site on the Regardingplans fora gree andone in thefirstde- fairly in theglobalmar- they will ever be arrested ground assaults by multi- southwestern edgeofthe Mosuloffensive, Warren gree.Hepleaded notguilty ketplace,bothofwhich or if criminal indictments pleforcesineachcountry. town.Cracksofgunfire said that an Iraqimilitary to allthe counts. aredirectlylinkedtoour in absentia areeffectivein TheretakingofPal- andexplosionsechoedas buildup wasstill underway national security.” combatingsuchcrimes. myra —aUNESCOworld thereporterspoke. in thearea. 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