Hats off to the US Marines !!!

[ths61]

Whelp... doesn't appear they were Marines...

Two of the American men who overpowered the gunman, Spencer Stone and Alek Skarlatos, are members of the Air Force and the National Guard respectively.

See link below:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34023361

Thanks for the update and correction.

CNN is reporting the shooter has a known history with the European counterterrorism authorities and French police.

2 members of U.S. military stop Islamist attacker on train in Belgium

... the gunman, a Moroccan national, was on the radar screen of European counterterrorism agencies for his radical jihadist views, the European counterterrorism official said.

A second security source told CNN the gunman was known by French intelligence. The official said it appeared the gunman was sympathetic to ISIS, but a full determination on his specific loyalties had yet to be reached. ...

[stroguy]

Thanks for the update and correction.

CNN is reporting the shooter has a known history with the European counterterrorism authorities and French police.

2 members of U.S. military stop Islamist attacker on train in Belgium

... the gunman, a Moroccan national, was on the radar screen of European counterterrorism agencies for his radical jihadist views, the European counterterrorism official said.

A second security source told CNN the gunman was known by French intelligence. The official said it appeared the gunman was sympathetic to ISIS, but a full determination on his specific loyalties had yet to be reached. ...

We should have known better. To borrow a line from Dirty Harry...........'Anybody can tell it wasn't MARINES. How? Because he looks too damn good.'