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Dutch Government Raises Terror Threat Amid Rise of Jihadists

Mar. 13, 2013 12:45pm
Dutch Government Raises Terror Threat Following Rise of Jihadists

Protestors hold placards outside a press conference being held by Dutch MP Geert Wilders on October 16, 2009 in London. (Photo: Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (TheBlaze/AP) — The Dutch government raised its terror threat Wednesday amid concerns that Dutch citizens traveling to Syria to fight in the civil war could return battle-hardened, traumatized and further radicalized.

The government cited the threat posed by jihad fighters returning from Syria, where rebels are battling government forces, and signs of increasing radicalization among Dutch youth as key reasons for lifting its threat level from “limited” to “substantial”. The level now is the second-highest on the four-step scale, just below “critical.”

“The chance of an attack in the Netherlands or against Dutch interests abroad has risen,” the country’s National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism said in a statement.

The warning comes just two months before hundreds of thousands of people are expected to descend on Amsterdam for mass celebrations around the abdication of Queen Beatrix and coronation of her son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander.

Counter-terror chief Dick Schoof said nearly 100 people had travelled from the Netherlands to Africa and the Middle East, mainly to Syria, to fight, and warned that it is not just a Dutch problem.

“These jihadist travelers can return to the Netherlands highly radicalized, traumatized and with a strong desire to commit violence, thus posing a significant threat to this country,” Schoof said in his statement.

He said that several fighters have already returned to the Netherlands and are being monitored.

Government terror experts also say that political upheavals in North Africa and the Mideast are giving terror networks room to grow.

Schoof said Dutch intelligence and law enforcement agencies are working with other European allies to contain the threat. More intelligence staff are monitoring “jihadist travelers” and police are stepping up efforts to tackle radicalization in Dutch towns and cities.

Last month, France also expressed concerns about its citizens heading to Mali to join radical Islamic fighters there, even as the French army was fighting the Muslim rebels in its former colony.

French police arrested four youths last month suspected of trying to join radical Islamic fighters in West Africa, and expelled radical imams and others considered risks to public order.

Germany’s Interior Ministry said Wednesday that in 2012, some 220 people from across Europe went to Syria to fight. Of those, fewer than 10 were from Germany. The majority of German “jihadi travelers” picked Egypt as their first destination in 2012, and then traveled on either to Mali, Syria or Yemen, according to German intelligence information.

Police in the port city of Rotterdam arrested three men in November on suspicion of preparing to travel to Syria to fight alongside rebels.

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  • VetMike
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:54pm

    Now that it too late, some Europeans are pulling their head out and seeing that Islam is a religion of hate and violence. Do not listen to the muslims out there trying to tell you taht Islam is the religion of peace. These actions speak louder than words. Europe will fall under Sharia law within a decade.

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  • asybot12
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:19pm

    Warned family years ago , they laughed at me. Now not so much our last visitor a few months ago did not even answer the question.BTW the immigration from Islamic countries in to Holland started in 1948 when Indonesia was taken over by those lovely freedom fighters called communist. They are also bolstered by the “guest” workers in the 60 and 70′s arrived when a lot of dutch people did not want to do menial labor anymore. Then thousands decided to stay using “Human Rights” and “Refugee” status, then brought in their families and their religion now the Dutch are dealing with their nationalized offspring . The problem is not simple at all and sadly it is not stopping in North America either..

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  • zoro51
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:03pm

    save the dutch EXPELL ALL MUDERING MUSLUMS NOW… before they KILL your people

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  • leary1
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 4:50pm

    Hope the Netherlands can get a hold of this RADICAL DISEASE FROM ISLAM. If they choose to cover their eyes, the evil will still come, then your screwed !! There are but a few antibiotics for this illness, but it is very strong medicine, most people are afraid of the treatment, without it they will die!!

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  • akaireyt
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 4:19pm

    Folks! To understand ISLAM you must understand it’s history and why they do the things they unfortunately do!
    short clips of what JIHAD is
    http://www.answeringmuslims.com/p/jihad.html
    and for further indepth, watch this:
    http://vimeo.com/37180624

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  • akaireyt
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 4:16pm

    @ Free Thought! If you think CathyVanDyke is crazy for informing people of Geert, you might want to look in the mirror. YOU not taking heed of warnings about RADICAL ISLAM spreading like a virus, you’ll see the simitar on your neck soon enough then for your ignorance. RADICAL ISLAM is also spreading in Canada and are now starting to wake up. Every watch the SUN NEWS TV? ISLAM is a cult and a virus!
    http://vimeo.com/37180624
    Qur’an 5:51—O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other.
    Qur’an 9:29—Fight those who believe not in Allah . . .
    Qur’an 9:73—O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them.
    Qur’an 9:111—Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their property for this, that they shall have the garden; they fight in Allah’s way, so they slay and are slain.
    Qur’an 9:123—O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness.
    Qur’an 47:35—Be not weary and fainthearted, crying for peace, when ye should be uppermost.
    Qur’an 48:29—Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are severe against disbelievers, and merciful among themselves.

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  • Carlinpa
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 3:50pm

    I mean they are carrying signs saying that ” islam will dominate the world” and you never see any mention of that proclamation on the lame steam media! Unreal..

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on March 13, 2013 at 3:59pm

      I am unsure yet if that is because the lamestream media is in bed with them, or they are pansies too scared to talk about truth.

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  • Sargeking
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 3:36pm

    This is the kind of real danger any country is exposed to when the immigration is an open border for terrorists. In America we should take note.

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  • Black Manta
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 3:32pm

    Propaganda is know as a smoke screen…

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  • PZWLB
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 2:44pm

    I love the fact that the Muslims are causing them fits in Europe. They think they’re so superior to us, meanwhile they’re clearly idiots. Their economies are a mess and their disrespect of Christianity is coming back to bite them. Can only hope that America learns from their mistakes, but there’s no sign of that yet.

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  • Walkabout
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:54pm

    The posters held by the protestors are similar to what I saw in London at the intersection (area of) of St Johns Wood Road & Park Road.

    I stumbled upon that area by the The Islamic Cultural Centre and The London Central Mosque because I wanted to look at 221B Baker Street where the fictional Sherlocke Holmes lived. From there I saw Regent’s Park & decided to take a stroll. Lastly I saw the mosque once I was in Regents Park.

    All of our non Muslim resident trolls would be uncomfortable there. They would be scared straight. Of course the relapse rate would be high. They would undoubtedly take some pills, drink some alcohol or take some drugs and reboot. The next day they would be just fine & go back to trolling.

    These people are hateful to the right & the left. Somehow the left does not understand this or hates us more.

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  • Xiccarph
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:40pm

    These idiot European countries let these Jihadists come and stay for years now, with arms and pocketbooks wide open. They made their own bed, just as we are making our own now. One happy celebration of diversity and multiculturalism; you made it, you own it.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:46pm

      This is the everyday propaganda presented to the American people for one purpose. Demonize all of Israel’s enemies, and conquer those enemies for Israel using American wealth and lives.

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    • texashuntre
      Posted on March 13, 2013 at 2:07pm

      JERK You are truly one of the most ignorantanuses I have been in contact with. Please pull the cord and read a book. Start with the bible.

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  • s_usa_n
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:29pm

    I wonder what Erin Burnett would have to say about this. Maybe the Netherlands could use some of that progressive wisdom she tried to get Laura Bush to suscribe to. Erin Burnett should wear a burka and take a vacation to the Netherlands. Gives “going dutch” a whole new meaning.

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  • AvengerK
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:26pm

    But according to Blaze poster NO MORE WAR….this is result of US attacks during the eighties and nineties in the Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan. It appears even the Dutch were involved.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:35pm

      Well, the Dutch ARE mostly Caucasian. They must have done something evil at some point.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:48pm

      it stands to reason GONZO. Maybe homegrown muslims from the Netherlands have an issue with what took place in South Africa? Free Nelson Mandela (with every purchase of $19.99 or more).

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    • Free_Thought
      Posted on March 13, 2013 at 2:05pm

      So you are saying that the american foreign policies had nothing to do with some of the anger coming from the middle east. C’mon avenger. Yu arent very smart’ but you have to be smarter than that.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 13, 2013 at 4:48pm

      No FUDGED_THOUGHT…I’m saying the fundamentalists are unstable to begin with and anything can set them off.
      By all means..tell me how American actions in the muslim world create a threat for the Dutch. Oh let me guess…”soft targets” right? Islamists can’t launch an attack against the US right now, so a proxy will do. So once again..why are the Dutch a proxy? Isn’t Great Britain a better proxy? Why not Saudia Arabia? They do allow a US presence in the land of Mecca after all.
      Let’s try it your way..oh wait we did. Spanish trains were blown up to protest Spain’s presence in the coalition. Spain pulled out of the coalition as a result. The bombings continued regardless. So the whole “leave them alone” thing isn’t quite the way you lefties want it to be is it champ?
      What about Egypt? Well while you were asleep, Egypt just closed down the last Jewish temple in Cairo. And of course their campaign against Copts there doesn’t need to be mentioned.
      Are you seeing a pattern with Islam FUDGED_THOUGHT?

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    • Free_Thought
      Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:12pm

      Ah yes the usual avengerk retort. Twist the username and blab the rest of the article. Thanka for checking in homie.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:27pm

      Free_Thought (a.k.a. UnFree or Chained though)

      “Qutb’s writings would later become the theoretical basis for many radical Islamic groups of today — including al Qaeda. Qutb increasingly saw the redemption of Egypt in the application of Islamic law.”

      http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1253796

      Sayyid Qutb& other hated the U.S. in 1949. We had done what then?

      “In March 1785, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams went to London to negotiate with Tripoli’s envoy, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman (or Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja). Upon inquiring “concerning the ground of the pretensions to make war upon nations who had done them no injury”, the ambassador replied:

      “It was written in their Koran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave; and that every mussulman who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise. He said, also, that the man who was the first to board a vessel had one slave over and above his share, and that when they sprang to the deck of an enemy’s ship, every sailor held a dagger in each hand and a third in his mouth; which usually struck such terror into the foe that they cried out for quarter at once”

      - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War

      Unfree Thought are you a troll or do you just play one full time in real life? It is always the same with you Blamer America 1st & most.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:38pm

      Free_Thought

      Ah yes the usual avengerk retort. … & blab the rest of the article.

      Hmmmm. Did the article mention anything about Spain & the history of Islamic Terrorism in Spain?
      Did it mention Egyptian persecution of Jews & Copts?

      Uhmmmm …No!

      Those 3 things were not in the article, so Avergerk – 3 & Free_Thought – 0.

      “Muslim conquest of Egypt

      The Muslim invasion of Egypt took place in AD 639. Despite the political upheaval, the Egyptian population remained mainly Christian. However, the gradual conversions to Islam over the centuries changed Egypt from a Christian to a largely Muslim country by the end of the 12th century.[12] Egypt’s Umayyad rulers taxed Christians at a higher rate, driving merchants towards Islam and undermining the economic base of the Coptic Church.[13] Although the Coptic Church did not disappear, the Umayyad tax policies made it difficult for the church to retain elites”

      - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria

      And since then it has been no better.

      According to the Quran, Christians & Jews are to be treated better than pagans & atheists/agnostics. But it really all depends on how people are feeling that day.
      I am sure as a troll you really have developed a winning personality. :)

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:21pm

    That’s some system they have to win people over.

    “We’re coming to your Country to DOMINATE you and force you into our pig religion”.

    Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy all over.

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  • yanki161
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:10pm

    France has expelled radical imams? I hope these countries start to stand up to these radicals. God knows we never will.

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  • jackact
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:08pm

    At least the threat of Islamic terrorism for the Dutch is overseas thanks to sensible immigration policy.
    Our threat lies in Camden, NJ.
    :(

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  • SGT Rock
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:05pm

    Simple solution, you went to Jihad you and all family members are kicked out. Countries and people need to stand up to Muslims and kick em in the dixie cups.

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  • Bullitt2008
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:02pm

    Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Love those signs. Just wait until the idiot Obama-loving Progressive Socialist Party of Tolerance Democrats get their way and model America after the European socialistic countries. I believe this is coming to America sooner than we think.

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  • STREBOR
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:01pm

    Sorry Holland………..yer screwed………..

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  • pragmaticpatriot
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:55pm

    Simple cure, expel all muslims, arrest anyone entering from any middle eastern country and outlaw sharia law. Never happen because Europe is almost conquered and we are next

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  • mikem1969
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:53pm

    Well Dutch government, then I suggest that you pack all the mussies up and drop them back in the middle east and secure your borders. Better yet, just spray some black flag mussie be gone made with real pork blood.

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  • SamIamTwo
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:51pm

    And the US is buying up all of our bulk ammo…I need 12 gauge #4 shot…and not for 2 bucks a hit.

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    • TSUNAMI_22
      Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:59pm

      It would be nice if the ammo manufacturers would stop selling to the government.

      But that would be too simple of a solution.

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  • Sargeking
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:51pm

    There’s something that smells fishy in Rotterdam……So they say.

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  • gyro
    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:49pm

    Yay you picked this up !!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Watch out usa they are training the next back of bad guys just for you

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