Posted on 11/02/2004 3:50:45 AM PST by knighthawk
AMSTERDAM — Film director Theo van Gogh was shot and killed in Amsterdam on Tuesday morning, his production company said.
Theo van GoghBy midday, police had confirmed the film director's death, but earlier reporters at the scene say Van Gogh was shot and stabbed at the front door of the city council office on the Linnaeusstraat in Amsterdam around 9am.
He managed to get to the other side of the street where he was again shot and stabbed. He died at the scene, Planet News reported. Reporters at the scene said his body was covered by a white sheet.
The police said that the suspected killer ran into the nearby Oosterpark and shot at police vehicles on the Mauritskade, injuring one officer. The police returned fire, hitting the suspect in the leg.
Both the injured officer and the suspect have been taken to hospital. Both are expected to live.
Locals claim the assassin looked like "a Muslim" and that a letter was left on Van Gogh's body. The letter allegedly had Islamic text, but this has not been confirmed.
Van Gogh, 47, directed the controversial movie Submission — written by Somali-born MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali — which criticised the Koran for sanctioning domestic violence in Islamic communities.
He recently received numerous death threats following the release of Submission. He was also making a movie about populist Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn who was assassinated in Hilversum in May 2002. The film is due for release on the internet via Tiscali in several weeks time.
Meanwhile, RTL-Z business news reported that Hirsi Ali, who wrote the scenario for the film Submission, has been taken to a secure location by her protection officers. She has had armed protection for more than a year after her life was threatened when she criticised Islam.
She famously described the Muslim prophet Mohammed as a "pervert" by modern standards for marrying a 12-year-old girl.
Late last month a man was jailed for posting a death threat against Hirsi Ali on the internet following the screening of Submission on Dutch television in August.
Shades of WWII. The wolf is at the door once again.
Europe has swallowed the poison of muslim immigration, and now it is growing sick.
Taken from NOS Teletext:
Suspect befriended with Samir A.
AMSTERDAM - the suspect in the murder of Van Gogh is a friend of Samir A., the 18 year old Moroccan from Rotterdam that was arrested in June for the planning of a terrorist attack. This was reported by Het Journaal.
In Samir's home police found maps, inclusing one of the Dutch parliament buildings. His arrest resulted in a terror-alarm in the Netherlands.
The 26 year suspect has a double nationality, the Dutch and Morccan. The text of the note the suspect left behind is not made public. The suspect will be defended by the lawyer Plasman.
Well the chickens are coming home to roost for the West. The Western world, and yes even U.S. from Carter to Clinton thought that they could contain the spread of Islamo-fascism to the Middle East region. So what if they maime and torture and flog and rape and murder and hang from construction cranes in public squares their own people. So what if they oppress women, and children, and any other defenseless group under their rule, in the name of allah and Quran. As long as they stay home and do it to their own people, we'll continue "constructive Dialogues" (read lucrative trade deals), and appease them as the "people of peace". Well, they are NOT staying home any longer!!!
God bless George Bush - the most visionary, courageous leader of our time - who wants to finally put an end to this revolting sham of appeasement, and "grand bargains", and "critical engagements" with pure evilness . Europeans want to continue (just a little longer, please) so they could salvage their beloved "constructive dialogue$$$" with the thieves and thugs of Middle East. President Bush Knows that as long as the people in Middle East are not free, as long as there is no democracy for the people, there will be no security for the rest of the world.
"Islam is a religion of peace, and we will KILL you to prove it!"
*SM© = Sweet Muslims
Terrible news but oh so predictable.
Hopefully the Dutch people and more widely the western EURO weenies will come to understand (time is of the essence) that Islam is not content until they take over and you are either a Muslim or a dhimmi.
Internment camps preceding deportations, anyone?
Michael Moore sure knew which side of the WAR was safer to criticize.
This is a good point and Rush said "Would Hollywood be outraged?", words to this effect. Same thing for wondering if Michael Moore will be outraged, if he takes note of this incident.
The unconfirmed detail that Rush touched on as well, was if Van Gogh's throat was cut. Bad is bad, but if this is so, it might be cause of more incendiary reaction by the public. I think it would be here in the USA.
"Shades of WWII. The wolf is at the door once again."
Pretty close: the wolf is already inside.
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