EFL.
| That's not a "cell." It's a secret society. Think Fu Manchu. Think Boskone. Think SPECTRE... |
Theo Van Gogh, whose latest movie denounced the treatment of women in Muslim countries, was slain Nov. 2 in Amsterdam. His throat was slit and a note attached to a knife shoved in his chest threatened "jihad" against the Dutch government. Officials arrested an alleged Islamic extremist in connection with the slaying. The suspect is part of what officials describe as a 1,000-member international terror cell with ties to Usama bin Laden. "We now have an integration problem with a large population of foreign people.
| At least he's noticed that they're foreign... |
But the problem [is] we are now apprehending for extremism Dutch people born in the Netherlands 
It's a different aspect in that respect," said Dutch Justice Minister Piet Donner.
| Next, perhaps he'll catch on to the fact that just because they're born in the Netherlands doesn't mean they're not foreign. They're colonists, Piet. |
Donner said some young men and women raised in the Netherlands refused to accept the tolerant Dutch way of life. It's something locals are angry about. "If they don't accept how the policy is here in Holland, then they have to leave," one woman said in Amsterdam.
| They don't intend to do that willingly. They intend to kill the women and rape the men and keep all your gold and jewels for themselves. |
Some here think twice about the country's open-door immigration policies and acceptance of foreigners. "From the 60s in the Netherlands, we have seen we were almost too tolerant. We accepted almost everything here in Holland," said Gerard Van As, a member of Parliament. "They call the Netherlands almost a breeding place for criminal organizations." Officials confirm that the Dutch Secret Service, the agency in charge of investigating terrorism, has been infiltrated by at least one Islamic extremist. The agent was said to be recruited after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States in a rush to bring in Arabic speakers. That agent was an associate of the radical accused of killing Theo Van Gogh. |