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Van Gogh suspect confesses guilt
2005-07-12
The man charged with the murder of the controversial Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh has confessed to the killing at his trial in Amsterdam.
Mohammed Bouyeri, 27, said he acted out of his religious beliefs and that he would do "exactly the same" if he were ever set free. Prosecutors say Mr Bouyeri killed Mr Van Gogh in a ritualistic murder committed in the name of radical Islam. The November 2004 murder shocked the Netherlands and raised ethnic tensions. Mr Bouyeri, who has dual Dutch-Moroccan nationality, could face a life sentence if he is convicted.
"I take complete responsibility for my actions. I acted purely in the name of my religion," he told the court in Amsterdam. "I can assure you that one day, should I be set free, I would do exactly the same, exactly the same," he added.
I have no doubt you would.
His lawyer told the court on Monday there would be no defence case put forward by Mr Bouyeri or on his behalf.
Mr Bouyeri is accused of shooting and stabbing Mr Van Gogh to death as he cycled along an Amsterdam street. A note stuck to his body with a knife threatened the Somali-born Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who wrote the script for Mr van Gogh's film Submission, about violence against women in Islamic society. Mr Bouyeri was arrested following a shoot-out with police just minutes after Mr Van Gogh's killing. The prosecution said Mr Bouyeri had hoped to die a "martyr" at the hands of the police.
Pity you are so "civilized" you don't have the means to grant him his wish.
The murder sparked a wave of revenge attacks on mosques and counter-attacks against Christian churches in the Netherlands.
They make it sound like half the Netherlands was burned to the ground.
Posted by:Steve

#7  
Whether Peshing actually did this, or it's an UL is irrelevent. It would still be GOOD payback and send an unambibuous message to the muzzies.

AR
Posted by: Analog Roam   2005-07-12 19:08  

#6  Wow! American genocide in the Phillipines? Sounds like a urban legend plan!
Posted by: Shipman   2005-07-12 13:57  

#5  Time to resurrect Pershing's approach in the Phillipines. Capture 50, shoot 49 and bury them with hogs. Let the last one carry the word.
Posted by: Elmaimp Huperemp2282   2005-07-12 13:46  

#4  Perhaps some non-Muslim homicidal Dutch prisoner can give him his due.
Posted by: Neutron Tom   2005-07-12 13:19  

#3  Kudos to the Dutch coppers for only winging him. The Dutch people now get to watch him posturing and preening...and they're learning more about Islam than if he had been 'martyred.' Keep him in solitary for the rest of his life though; he's highly contagious.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-07-12 13:13  

#2  a ritualistic murder committed in the name of radical Islam

interesting. the term "radical" was added by the writer. In fact, I'm sure he would say he killed Van Gogh in the name of islam, not in the name of "radical" islam.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2005-07-12 13:08  

#1  Mohammed has little to lose in this trial. He committed the crime in broad daylight with many witnesses. The Dutch (like the rest of the EU) abolished the death penalty so he knows that the most he can face is life in prison as a living martyr. I heard that Dutch prisons are pretty much a country club including a cocktail hour.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-07-12 10:28  

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