CCC attacked perceived enemies of communism, specifically NATO, US and other international businesses and the Federation of Belgian Enterprises.

The Cellules Communistes Combattantes primarily targeted property rather than human representatives of capitalism, NATO, etc., and warned authorities ahead of an attack.

[1] The CCC's spate of bombings in 1985, as well as the unrelated Brabant killings at the time, shook this otherwise tranquil country and created widespread security concerns.

The government decided to deploy about 1,000 soldiers from the Belgian army as part of PM Wilfried Martens' security plan.

In 2008, Carette and Bertrand Sassoye were arrested again on parole violations and connections to the Italian terrorist group Partito Comunista Politico-Militare, but they were released by the court a few days later, on 18 June.