[anymouse]

The blog source that this correspondence is refuting:

"Update on anti-terror action" woensdag 10 november 2004

Zacht Ei

http://www.zachtei.nl

• Even more police have arrived in The Hague from Amsterdam and all over the country. I don't think I've seen this much police in one location ever before.

• Police have climbed the roofs.

• A 'number of suspects' are in a house on the Antheunisstraat.

• Surrounding houses have been evacuated.

• One police officer turns out to have been severely wounded.

An action using force seems imminent. Unfortunately, I have to drive to Utrecht in a few minutes. I'll try to keep you posted as best as I can.

• In Utrecht now, where there's WLAN. Here are some pictures of the area.

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A bit of roaring lion The Dutch tend not to like nationalism, except when it's about soccer or when we are really, really mad.

So I liked this comment at Tim Blair's site:

'Never ever f**k with them. Slow to anger, they are utterly determined and utterly ruthless when they have to be, this is how they defeated the Spanish, built an empire, and taught the world about commerce.'

In other words, beware the anger of a patient man. Considering the things that have happened the past week, which I would never have deemed possible two weeks ago, I'm inclined to agree. After all, the motto beneath the two lions in our coat of arms doesn't say "Je Maintiendrai" (I Will Maintain) for no reason.

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Massive anti-terror action in The Hague If I can believe RTL Nieuws, there's about forty different arrest teams currently active in the Laakkwartier precinct of The Hague in what seems to be a huge anti-terror action. Here's what I know so far:

• Airspace above The Hague has been sealed off until further notice.

• At 3 AM, arrest teams tried to enter a house on the Antheunisstraat in The Hague.

• Three officers were hurt, two of them allegedly quite severely to their stomach and legs, after explosions were heard. RTL Nieuws reports that a hand grenade was thrown at them. Two of the officers are still receiving hospital treatment.

• At 3.30 AM, shots were heard.

• No one is allowed into the area or even go back into their house. People can leave, but can't get in again. This led to strange situations in which a woman who had let out her dog couldn't return home. All those people are brought to a shelter.

• People who try to leave the area and have no identity papers, or turn out not to be registered on any address in the precinct, are brought down for further questioning.

• Around 8 AM, a man wearing only underwear who is reportedly of Asian descent, was apparently arrested. RTL Nieuws reports he's probably someone an illegal alien who had the bad luck of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Nothing is known about further arrests.

• However, a negotiator has been brought in. This suggests that the initial bust went wrong, and the people who this is all about, are still inside.

• The number of officers and soldiers down there must be huge. Some of the units are military anti-terrorist teams, which implies that they expect a huge potential for violence. The military units, the BBE (Bijzondere Bijstands Eenheid or Special Support Unit), were first founded in 1973 after the terrorist actions during the Olympic Games in 1972. They are not the kind of people you bring in for arresting a shoplifter.

Meanwhile, the police refuses to make any statements about the attack on the Pauluskerk (Church of Paul) in Boxmeer yesterday night, only hours after an Islamic school in Uden was completely destroyed.

[Mike Fieschko]

Arjan Dasselaar who blogs at Zacht Ei has phots at http://www.geenstijl.nl/mirrors/fotos.zapguide.nl/.

[Marine_Uncle]

Thanks for sharing the info your associate gave you.
Sure looks like the Dutch may start to rethink their
liberal views a bit. Perhaps this incident will start
to stir up other Europeans to think about their future.
Of course, Chirac will continue to nose up to the Islamo
facists of the world. Sleep with snakes expect to eventualy
get bitten. Europe must awaken while it still has time.
Of course what do you do when there are already huge Muslim populations throughout Europe. Should be interesting to see how things start to play out.

[FrankRepublican]

I hope the Dutch are utterly determined and utterly ruthless because these Jihadists WILL destroy Western European civilization if you don't STOP them NOW.

I admire the Dutch for their bravery. Pim and Theo are my heroes. They knew the danger they faced and they never flinched.

[DeepInEnemyTerritory]

Good post. Thanks.

[tyen]

This just seems unimaginable to me. 30 years ago, I lived near The Hague (suburb named Zoetermeer), and commuted to The American School of The Hague. Violence of this magnitude and scale was just unheard of back then. Just a few years ago when revisiting, the concern towards these youths was as palpable as the concern Californians showed when I said I wanted to go see with my own eyes just how bad East Palo Alto really was (the people I was with panicked enough that I didn't go, though I still want to some time). Islamic Moroccans seem to have fouled the nest of every nation that accepted them that I've personally visited (Paris in France, The Hague in Holland, Montreal in Canada).

It is rather curious that one popular interpretation of the Bible's prophecies says that someone from Europe would be the Antichrist. If Islamic extremism taints the soul of Europe, I wouldn't find that interpretation coming true at all surprising.