Rob Bertholee, the head of the Dutch
General Intelligence service AIVD has said at a congress in the United Sates
that most of the Dutch jihadis who travel to Syria or Iraq are as Dutch as wooden
shoes and windmills. Nevertheless they radicalize. Bertholee remarked that the
jihadis come out of all layers of Dutch society, including very good families.
Some have a university degree. There was even a medical doctor among them. He
added that there are also criminal elements among them. Bertholee observed: “once seven jihadis from one town left
simultaneously and the crime figures thereupon decreased. Bertholee also
mentioned culture conflicts, saying: “many are not accepted in Dutch society as
Dutch nor among Dutch Moroccans as Moroccans.”
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