US Republican presidential candidate Cruz: 'Radical Islam' behind Belgium blasts

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'France, Belgium Linked in This Horror': Hollande
'France, Belgium Linked in This Horror': Hollande

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Tuesday called the blasts in Belgium "the latest in a string of coordinated attacks by radical Islamic terrorists," adding that they "are no isolated incidents."

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"Radical Islam is at war with us," he said in a statement posted online.

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