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4:52 am JST</div> <h1 class="title">Brussels attacks hint at more reprisals by damaged Islamic State</h1> <p>TAKESHI KUMON, Nikkei staff writer</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-box detail"> <div class="wysiwyg_area"> <div class="articleBodyText"> <p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Tuesday's terror attacks on Brussels by the Islamic State are thought to be a response to setbacks including the arrest of a key operative, raising fears of further violence as international efforts to contain the extremist group continue.</p><p><b>Retaliation</b></p><div class="page_limit free"></div><div class="page_limit"></div><p>"Dark days lie ahead" for the nations allied against the Islamic State, the group said in a statement in which it took credit for the bombing of the Belgian capital's airport and a major subway station. Investigations after the attacks turned up further undetonated explosives, indicating a high degree of organization.</p><p>     The explosions came just four days after the March 18 arrest of Salah Abdeslam, suspected of being the leader of the terror attacks on Paris in November. A perpetrator of Tuesday's attacks is thought to have ties to Abdeslam. The bombings could have been carried out even if other Islamic State members had been taken in as well, Wassim Nasr, a specialist on Islamic extremism, told television news outlet France 24.</p><p>     Presenting attacks as retaliation is the Islamic State's common practice. The explosion of a Russian airliner over Egypt in October and the attacks on Paris were labeled revenge for Russia and France's involvement in airstrikes on Syria. The Brussels bombings likely were intended to chill authorities' efforts to root out terror suspects.</p><p><b>Power play</b></p><p>Intensifying terrorist activity reflects the tide turning against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the group's home base. The organization has lost 22% of its territory since the beginning of 2015, intelligence provider IHS Jane's reported March 15. Kurdish forces emboldened by Russian airstrikes have eaten away at territory in northeastern Syria, while Syrian government forces have advanced on Palmyra, in the country's center.</p><p>     Airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition March 4 killed Abu Omar al-Shishani, an Islamic State commander and close associate of the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The U.S. also has assigned nearly 200 Marines to its first firebase in Iraq, near the northern city of Makhmur, to assist that country's military forces. The facility's establishment aims to push the Iraqi government to move to retake Mosul, a strategic northern city seized by the Islamic State in 2014.</p><p>     The terrorist group lost control of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's central Anbar Province, at the end of 2015. Large-scale terror attacks are seen as attempts to recapture the world's attention, letting the Islamic State continue to compete with other extremist groups for fighters and funding even as its area of influence dwindles.</p><p>     The illicit sale of oil from fields under its control has supplied the Islamic State with ample operational funding, setting it apart from other terrorist organizations. But low oil prices and airstrikes on production facilities are squeezing the group's revenue. The organization is thought to be collecting more taxes from areas under its control, though internal information such as reports of cuts to militants' salaries suggests financial hardship.</p><div class="page_break auto free"></div><div class="page_break auto"></div><p>     Still, the Islamic State is building up its network in Europe, mobilizing those susceptible to radicalization with each new attack. 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