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| Dutch version of Abu Qatada has vanished |
| 2004-11-14 |
| This may be the "Ismail" mentioned in the Milan wiretaps. Dutch authorities have confirmed that 13 young Muslims arrested on terrorism charges in the Netherlands after the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh are members of a radical Islamic group with international links and a Syrian-born spiritual leader. Dutch intelligence calls the group the "Hofstad Netwerk," and a Justice Ministry official says 43-year-old Syrian Redouan al-Issar, the alleged spiritual leader, has disappeared without a trace. In a letter and notes sent to parliament Thursday, Interior Minister Johan Remkes, who oversees the secret service, gave the clearest picture yet of the Dutch cell allegedly behind Van Gogh's murder. Remkes said the Hofstad Network, composed mostly of young Dutch Muslims of North African ancestry, has links to networks in Spain and Belgium; that several members of the group have traveled to Pakistan for training; and that its members were under the influence of al-Issar for many years. "The number of persons and networks in the Netherlands that thinks and acts in terms of actual violence is, in our opinion, limited," he wrote. "But the feeding ground from which they spring, is broader ... it's better to think in terms of thousands than hundreds," he said. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #3 Seafarious here from an undercover IP. Zacht Ei was reporting that "Jason W." and his brother have an American father and a Dutch mother... |
| Posted by: Snolulet Omusing8842 2004-11-14 10:41:33 AM |
| #2 Dutchgeek, I think its high time for Seething of the Dutch Street(TM) if you get what I mean. What do you think ? |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2004-11-14 8:09:25 AM |
| #1 Mr Remkes, de head of a secret service that leakes all info to terrorists so no wonder the vanishing act works......In the mean time Dutch politicians are visiting mosques and other islamic institutions to solve all problems "together". So let's just wait for further conflict as Dutch politics still thinks islamification is a process that the Dutch people should just experience and adapt to. |
| Posted by: Dutchgeek 2004-11-14 6:40:03 AM |