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| Hirsi Ali to leave Netherlands for US think tank |
| 2006-05-15 |
| AMSTERDAM — Liberal party MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali is leaving the Dutch parliament in September and moving to the United States. Insiders confirmed a report on the website of Dutch newspaper 'De Volkskrant' on Monday about the move. Hirsi Ali has been on a speaking tour in the US and is due to make an official announcement on Tuesday. She is going to work for the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative Washington think tank. The institute was founded in 1943 and is seen as one of the most important advisors to the government of George Bush. Somali-born Hirsi Ali has been an outspoken critic of aspects of Islam and she became a campaigner for freedom of speech after the murder of film director Theo van Gogh in November 2004. Hirsi Ali and Van Gogh collaborated on the short film ‘Submission’ which featured women in see-through veils discussing ill-treatment of women in Muslim societies. Hirsi Ali’s life has been threatened several times and she is under armed guard. She is currently embroiled in a controversy about lies she told the immigration service in 1992 to get asylum in the Netherlands. She became a naturalised Dutch citizen five years later. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #32 I'm at a loss for words to describe this. There really aren't words for it in english. I hope the Dutch suffer as harsh a future as they deserve. Disgusting....... |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2006-05-15 22:13 |
| #31 Jihadwatch is now reporting that there may be some difficulty with her coming to the US because of the "false passport". Come in from Mexico. Got a shot at amnesty. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-05-15 22:09 |
| #30 Sounds like some fellow party member wants to get her. Her life isn't worth 2 cents to the Dutch including he fellow party members. The Eu is crap. We need to cut our losses and cut them lose every way we can asap. |
| Posted by: SPoD 2006-05-15 20:39 |
| #29 a sitting member of the dutch parliament cannot travel to the US on a dutch passport? There's noise about revoking her Dutch citizenship, which would put any visa she has to get into the US in question. Claiming refugee status would be appropriate, IMHO, though I'm already hearing leftist turds trying to make points against it. What amazes me -- but shouldn't -- is the way they're going after her for lying on her papers, while ignoring people who not only lied on theirs, but threaten violence and vow to turn Europe into a Taliban-esque hell. Hirsi Ali is as European in mindset as you could hope for; apparently that's trumped by people who slit throats. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-05-15 20:36 |
| #28 AEI -- Is this Dan Darling's outfit? Dan interned there one summer. He's now with the Manhattan Institute. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-05-15 19:49 |
| #27 Let me get this straight.. a sitting member of the dutch parliament cannot travel to the US on a dutch passport? I think a resolution in the congress is needed. It has been done before... |
| Posted by: john 2006-05-15 19:23 |
| #26 If the Dutch pull this shit with Hirsi Ali, and take it to the logical conclusion of sending her back to Somalia, can we please beat them up over their atrocious human rights record? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-05-15 19:02 |
| #25 Jihadwatch is now reporting that there may be some difficulty with her coming to the US because of the "false passport". "Ayaan Not Dutch; According To Dutch Minister." We should move heaven and earth to protect and rescue this woman from the treachery of her "countrymen". The Dutch are being utterly despicable-they apparently actually wish her to end up like Theo Van Gogh-quiet and dead. |
| Posted by: Jules 2006-05-15 18:26 |
| #24 Excellent. I'm sure a lot of people here will welcome here. Any chance we can ship some of our Tranzi's over there? Call it an exchange program. I'm thinking Ted Keeendy, John Kerry (and Te-RAY-sa), the Clintons, others.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-05-15 16:04 |
| #23 Europe will be the poorer. Welcome to the US! |
| Posted by: Crusader 2006-05-15 16:03 |
| #22 More on her aslyum row: "AYAAN Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born Dutch politician known for her outspoken criticism of Islam, will leave parliament and move to the US after admitting she lied to win asylum in the Netherlands." |
| Posted by: tipper 2006-05-15 16:02 |
| #21 ST -- I honestly doubt we'll last that much longer. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-05-15 15:58 |
| #20 Right, Fallaci's main problem is the European Arrest Warrant, which means they can put the habeas grabbus on her anywhere in the EU. Prolly at the airport. AHA's "defection" reminds me of the flight of European scientists and intellectuals in the 1930s. How many more will be murdered (e.g., Fortuyn) and how many more will go into exile (e.g., OF & AHA) before Europe wakes the f*** up? And I wonder if Uncle Sam will help this time? |
| Posted by: ST 2006-05-15 14:36 |
| #19 Excellent, this is the best possible outcome. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-05-15 12:13 |
| #18 Technically speaking, Orianna Fallaci had left Europe long ago, in disgust, to live in New York City. Now that she is dying of cancer, she just can't go back to Italy to visit. How many court cases -- in how many European countries -- is she facing? She's been back to Italy since being diagnosed with cancer; she can't go back because the legal and jihadi threats are too high. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-05-15 12:04 |
| #17 Technically speaking, Orianna Fallaci had left Europe long ago, in disgust, to live in New York City. Now that she is dying of cancer, she just can't go back to Italy to visit. If Ms. Ali is going to the AEI, I can't imagine President Bush will be shocked by her descriptions of the nature of Islam. I wonder why she is waiting until September though... perhaps to finish up the term for which she was elected? I only hope she can stay safe until she gets here, where the neighbors won't complain about her guards. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-05-15 11:55 |
| #16 Great. Welcome. Apply for citizenship. Run for office. Speak out against Islamic tyranny. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2006-05-15 11:51 |
| #15 So Europe expels those who call for their defense, while embracing those who call for their destruction. Hirsi Ali and Fallaci -- hounded out of their homes by jihadists and multi-culti tyranny. Pim Fortyn (sp?) -- murdered because a leftist thought he was a "threat to immigrants". The only question is how long until the American left tries the same tactics. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-05-15 11:30 |
| #14 They...(the Dutch) do not deserve her! Welcome! -M |
| Posted by: Manolo 2006-05-15 11:18 |
| #13 A finger in the dam. God bless her though... |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-05-15 11:12 |
| #12 EUrope |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-05-15 11:11 |
| #11 Our gain, their loss. Welcome to America! |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-05-15 10:51 |
| #10 Welcome!! |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-05-15 10:42 |
| #9 On a purely symbolic level, this is terrible for Holland and for europe in general. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-05-15 10:39 |
| #8 I'll be happy to write a letter of support for her citizenship application, and we have a spare room if she needs a place to stay. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-05-15 10:38 |
| #7 Mark 6:4 And Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2006-05-15 10:14 |
| #6 A pity and shame. Seems the famed Dutch tolerance doesn't extend to those warning that Dutch survival is under threat. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-05-15 10:11 |
| #5 Bravo! AEI -- Is this Dan Darling's outfit? Welcome, Ms Ali. |
| Posted by: Unomomp Unetch4922 2006-05-15 10:07 |
| #4 Actually I think her economic ideology is more in keeping with Brookings but I'm happy she has a place to live and work. Her life will be threated here but we haven't had any Van Gogh type slayings in the past 5 years I think. |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-05-15 10:07 |
| #3 Welcome. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-05-15 09:57 |
| #2 If she needs an assistant, I'm available. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-05-15 09:57 |
| #1 She is welcome here. Anytime. For as long as she would like. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-05-15 09:51 |