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TERROR WARNING – AT 10:33 A.M. ET:   There have been new terror arrests in Belgium, linked to New Year's Eve.  From the BBC: 

Belgian police have arrested two people suspected of planning attacks in Brussels on New Year's Eve.

Raids took place on Sunday and Monday in Brussels and the provinces of Flemish Brabant and Liege.

Police seized military clothing and propaganda materials in the raids, but no weapons or explosives.

Belgium has been on high alert since the attacks of 13 November in Paris. Several of the perpetrators are thought to have been based in Belgium.

However, the latest arrests are not linked to the Paris attacks, prosecutors say.

One of those arrested is suspected of leading and recruiting for a terrorist cell.

The suspects are accused of planning attacks against several "symbolic targets" in Brussels, as well as on the police, according to the Belgian broadcaster RTBF.

Propaganda for the so-called Islamic State group was among the materials seized.

COMMENT:  This comes several days after we learned that warnings have been issued to several European cities and to Boston, Massachusetts, about possible terror attacks between Christmas and New Year's.  We stress that we have no specific information.  But stay on the alert.  As they say, correctly, if you see something, say something. 

December 29, 2015