Posted on 11/03/2004 9:31:12 AM PST by knighthawk
AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Police arrested eight suspects during the last 24 hours in Amsterdam in the investigation of the murder of Theo van Gogh. The arrests were made during five home-searches. The nationalities of the arrested were an Algerian, six Moroccans and one with the Spanish-Moroccan nationality.
Police-chief B. Welten told this Wednesday evening during a press-conference. The suspects ages vary from 19 to 27 years. During the investigation police confiscated computers, books and fundanentalistic liturature. Four of the home-searches took place in Amsterdam-West, the other in Amsterdam-North. The police have 75 officers on the case. Also about 100 withnesses have been heard.
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So, it was not a lone nut-job, it was an orgainized part of World Jihah?
Poor man, I hope the Dutch avenge his death by tossing out every single Muslim they can.
All the muslim "immigrants" in the Netherlands are suspects. Crime? Attempted genocide against the Dutch people and invasion of the country.
Big demonstrations today in Holland. This will reinvigorate the murdered Pim Fortuyn's political party, Lis Fortuyn.
Which just might create the momentum for some major deportations.
I know they were having a little trouble with that concept originally.
are there demonstrations in Holland?
"Big demonstrations today in Holland."
Good for them. My heart is with them.
Stupid people don't understand, the Jihadis ain't kidding, they're killing people all over the globe. One at a time, or three thousand at a blow. And Muslims too, esp. female Muslims.
THANK GOD BUSH WON!
Now fry 'em.
Not likely. The maximum dutch penalty for murder is likely a week of community service and a 1 month suspension of library privileges.
Dutch Murder Suspect Had Possible Islamist Ties
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The man suspected of killing a Dutch filmmaker critical of Islam was probably driven by extremist Islamist motives and was already known to the national security service, the government said on Wednesday.
Director Theo van Gogh, who drew anger from Muslims with a film that said Islam encouraged violence against women but also managed to offend Jews and Christians with his blunt views, was shot and stabbed as he cycled to work on Tuesday morning.
Two knives were left in his body, one pinning a note to his chest, which the NRC Handelsblad newspaper said called for an Islamic holy war. A 26-year-old with dual Dutch and Moroccan nationality was arrested for the killing.
In a letter to parliament, Justice Minister Jan Hein Donner and Interior Minister Johan Remkes urged calm amid fears the killing could worsen Dutch race relations, tense since the murder of anti-immigration populist Pim Fortuyn in May 2002.
The ministers said the arrested man had already come to the attention of the AIVD national security service, but was not among some 150 Islamic extremists the service is monitoring.
"In light of what is known up to now we should seriously consider the fact that the perpetrator acted from a radical Islamic conviction," the ministers said.
Dutch newspapers said the suspect had had contact with Samir Azzouz, an 18-year-old who was arrested in June on suspicion of planning attacks on key buildings in the Netherlands. Police declined to comment on that information or their investigation.
Liberal politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali refugee given Dutch citizenship after fleeing an arranged marriage, worked with Van Gogh on his film about abuse of Muslim women and received a new death threat on Tuesday saying: "You are next."
A 22-year-old with Moroccan roots was sentenced to nine months in jail in October for threats against Hirsi Ali.
RACIAL TENSION
Van Gogh will be cremated next Tuesday in Amsterdam.
While Van Gogh was far from universally liked, Dutch people deplored the killing.
In scenes reminiscent of those after Fortuyn's death, sympathizers laid flowers in the street where Van Gogh was killed and outside his house. Tens of thousands of people sent messages of condolence to special Internet sites, although one was closed after it was swamped with racist notes.
Immigration has been top of the political agenda since the rise of Fortuyn, whose party came second in a general election just days after he was shot dead by an animal rights activist.
A demonstration of a right-wing group supporting Van Gogh's views is planned for Wednesday evening after some 20,000 people flooded a central square in Amsterdam on Tuesday night to denounce the killing.
The Netherlands is home to nearly one million Muslims or 5.5 percent of the population. Recent surveys have shown that the traditionally tolerant Dutch are growing more hostile toward immigration and increasingly fearful of Islamic extremism.
Organizers canceled a planned lecture by Syrian intellectual Sadik Jalal Al-Azm in Amsterdam central library on Sunday because of security concerns.
Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen told the municipal council on Wednesday that while he would "act vigorously" against extremists when needed, he would not single out any one group.
"Butchered," cried the banner-headline on the front page of the mass-circulation De Telegraaf, which showed Van Gogh lying on the street with two knives sticking out of his chest. It said the killer sliced his throat "like a French baguette."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=598&ncid=790&e=2&u=/nm/20041103/film_nm/dutch_killing_dc
I doubt it. They also arrested that 18 year old Moroccan who was planning an attack (he even had maps) and they let him go because they did not have enough evidence!
All were confirmed Episcopalians, except for the Spanish-Moroccan who was SSPX.
To those that don't know, Knighthawk is in Holland.
Hey, Knighthawk, give us some of the "talk", what people are saying, what you here. How is this being taken compared to Fortuyn? (And where is that great Fortuyn assassination thread you started?
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Thanks for the bump. It should be interesting to see how the government and people react.
He is a friend of a Moroccan who is in jail now for planning a terroristic attack.
There was a BBC page with a pic as well...
I don't know what the composition of the Dutch Parliament is at this point, specifically if Lis Fortuyn or its remnant is still significant in the parliament. Do you know if a) they still have any real power, and b) this murder will reinvigorate that party?
Not likely. The maximum dutch penalty for murder is likely a week of community service and a 1 month suspension of library privileges.....
What good will that do? Those ignorant bastards can't read.
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