Dutch Look for Qaeda Link After Killing of Filmmaker

New York Times ^ | November 8, 2004 | Craig S. Smith

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MSTERDAM, Nov. 6 - Five days after a Dutch-Moroccan man killed the outspoken filmmaker Theo van Gogh in broad daylight here, intelligence officials say they are investigating a possible international dimension to what many people see as the country's first Islamic terrorist attack.

While intelligence officials caution that there is no evidence to prove that the suspect in Mr. Van Gogh's killing was part of a larger organization, they have focused on his past association with people who are suspected of plotting bombings and may have links to terrorist networks abroad.

"There are links to the transnational Al Qaeda network," said Vincent van Steen, a Dutch intelligence official. "But it is hard to say how extensive they are."

Mr. Van Gogh's killing has shaken this country of 16 million people and alarmed the government, which is already facing death threats against some of its politicians, including two legislators who have been moved to safe houses. Many people argue that the Netherlands, arguably Europe's most tolerant society, has become a staging ground for Islamic terrorist activity and one node in a loose militant network stretching across Europe and North Africa.

Muhammad Bouyeri, 26, the Dutch-Moroccan who is accused of cutting Mr. Van Gogh's throat after first shooting him repeatedly, had come to the attention of Dutch intelligence officials earlier when they were investigating a younger Dutch-Moroccan man, Samir Azzouz. Both moved among five apartments in the city's western suburbs frequented by Islamic radicals, and Dutch newspapers have reported that the two men were seen in each other's company.

Mr. Azzouz, now 18, became known to the police nearly two years ago when he was stopped in the Ukraine while trying to reach Chechnya, saying he wanted to join an Islamic war against Russia.

[Major_Risktaker]

The pathetic end to a nice little nation. Killed off by socialism, abortion, and euthanasia, the Dutch will vanish from the genetic pool of humanity, replaced by swarthy muslim barbarians.

The Dutch are just going though a little experimental phase.

As a matter of fact, I'm thinking of going to Holland
to find a Flemish wife and help restore their dwindling population.

She'll clean up nicely after detox.

[Bandaneira]

The Dutch Intelligence service better put their boots on and get moving.

[FormerACLUmember]

As a matter of fact, I'm thinking of going to Holland to find a Flemish wife and help restore their dwindling population. She'll clean up nicely after detox.

LOL. I'd strongly advise against it. Your life will be a living nightmare with one of these modern EuroTrash babes.