Man held in Dutch filmmaker murder seen having terror ties

msnbc ^ | 11-3-04

[LouAvul]

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A suspected Muslim extremist with alleged terrorist ties was under arrest Wednesday for allegedly killing a Dutch filmmaker who received death threats after his recent movie sharply criticized how women are treated under Islam.

Theo van Gogh, 47, was repeatedly shot and stabbed to death while bicycling on an Amsterdam street Tuesday.

“Don’t do it. Don’t do it. Have mercy. Have mercy!” the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper quoted Van Gogh as begging his killer.

Another Dutch newspaper, the Telegraaf daily, carried a large color photograph of Van Gogh’s body with a knife protruding from his chest under the headline “Butchered.”

“We’re not going to take this,” the Dagblad said.

The paper said the killer shot Van Gogh eight or nine times, then calmly slipped his weapon in the pocket of a beige raincoat before bending over his victim and slitting his throat.

A police officer also was slightly injured in the shooting.

Police arrested a 26-year-old man with dual Moroccan-Dutch citizenship after a shootout. The suspect, who was wounded in the leg, was not identified.

Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner said the suspect “acted out of radical Islamic fundamentalist convictions” and added that he had contacts with a group that was under surveillance by the Dutch secret service.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

A prediction:

It may take 40 years, but eventually George W. Bush will become highly regarded in Europe.

When the nightmare of Islamism becoming the European norm becomes real, they will realize just how sensible the man in the white Stetson was.

[CdMGuy]

They won't identify him because he has a Arabic name. The Dutch government will not admit reality but, I suspect, the Dutch people finally are beginning to read the tea leaves. Hope it is not too late for them.

Fortunately, the American people continued their realistic view of the world when they voted yesterday.

[July 4th]

The next Charles Martel? We can only hope.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

Like I said, it may take 40 years...

[Capriole]

Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner said the suspect “acted out of radical Islamic fundamentalist convictions” and added that he had contacts with a group that was under surveillance by the Dutch secret service.

What? You're kidding! This is amazing! I could not be more astonished! My beeber is completely stuned!

[Capriole]

Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner said the suspect “acted out of radical Islamic fundamentalist convictions” and added that he had contacts with a group that was under surveillance by the Dutch secret service.

What? You're kidding! This is amazing! I could not be more astonished! My beeber is completely stuned!

[roadrunner96]

http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/11/04/news/dutch.html

Now, 8 people have been arrested in connection.

As for the primary suspect and a few other noteworthy quotes from the article:

" "He moved on the periphery of a group of Muslim militants, but he was not part of the hard core of the group," Remkes said.
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In a joint letter to Parliament on Wednesday, the ministers said that although the main suspect's name had appeared to have been linked to others under investigation, there was no sign that he had been preparing acts of violence.
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They said investigations were still going on as to "whether he operated on his own or had help from others in preparing and carrying out his act." .
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In June and July, the police, acting on information of the intelligence service, arrested five Islamic militants, one of them an 18-year old Moroccan, Samir Azzouz, who was found to have in his home maps and floor plans of key buildings in the Netherlands that were believed to be potential terrorist targets.
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The buildings included floor plans of the country's only nuclear power plant, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Parliament, the Defense Ministry and several other public buildings. Until the van Gogh killing, there had been no Islamist-linked violence on Dutch soil.
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Among the nearly one million Muslim immigrants or their descendants, there are few militants, according to a government report published in August. But it said that "small groups of young Muslims, mainly of North African origin, have appeared susceptible to radical views."
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[roadrunner96]

Doubt if they have capital punishment in Holland, they need to punish this murdering vermin.

[Travis McGee]

Europe has swallowed the poison pill of Islam. What did they expect?

Mohammed's bottle is clearly marked with a skull and crossbones.

[RGSpincich]

A suspected Muslim extremist with alleged terrorist ties..

Tiptoeing through the tulips...

[Grampa Dave]

Gee what a surprise that a lovely Islamofascist/kazi terrorist would kill a Euro person!

"AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A suspected Muslim extremist with alleged terrorist ties was under arrest Wednesday for allegedly killing a Dutch filmmaker who received death threats after his recent movie sharply criticized how women are treated under Islam."

[knighthawk]

I spit on his religion

[Travis McGee]

I never refer to it as a religion.
It's an insane murder cult, from Mad Mo until today.

[knighthawk]

Ping

[Pharmboy]

Thanks for the ping...is it Dutch law not to name suspects in major crimes?

[knighthawk]

It's not accepted and I thought it was indeed a law. Not sure what the penalty is though.