Amsterdam Police Chief Dressed Down by Mayor

During a meeting of the Municipal Council Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen called down Police Head Commissioner Bernard Welten, because Welten had attacked the mayor in an interview. Cohen said “I told Welten not to give such an interview ever again. He understands this and it is he who has to repair the damage.” Opposition leader Eric van der Burg of the Liberal Party (VVD) reacted: “If my boss were to say such things about me, I would look for another job the next day.”
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article1309034.ece/Welten_over_de_knie_bij_C...

General: Dutch Military Dress Sloppy

Dutch General Mart de Kruif, who until recently was the commander of 40,000 soldiers of the international force in southern Afghanistan, says that the Dutch military make a poor impression on other soldiers there because of their sloppy way of dressing. He added: “A British colleague once told me that it looks as if we aren’t proud of our uniform.”
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/5166905/__Militairen_te_slonzig__.html

Expert: Rotterdam Antilleans Will Not Hand Over Weapons

Lionel Martijn of the Foundation for the Welfare of Antilleans and Arubans in Rotterdam has said that Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb’s call to asking Antillean parents to hand over knives and guns to the police is a waste of time. He said that it is good that the mayor is dealing with the issue, but the fact is that the mothers close their eyes to the problem. Ana Alcantara of the Network of Antillean Businessmen is angry that Aboutaleb is focusing only on Antilleans while the problem exists among youngsters of other cultures as well.
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/5186270/___Antilliaan_levert_wapen_niet_in___.html

Ten Soccer Fans Arrested in Dordrecht

The police arrested ten people in relation to the soccer cup game between FC Dordrecht and Ajax. Two fans lighted torches in the stadium. The others were arrested for violence and carrying weapons. The police considered it a relatively quiet soccer evening.
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/5197479/__Tien_arrestaties_FC_Dordrecht-Ajax__.html

Prime Minister: Grim Debate Climate in the Netherlands

At the conference of Christian Democrats in Utrecht, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende spoke about a grim debate climate in the country. He said, “The politicians have become reckless and without nuance.” He added that there is more polarization and the general climate and publicity are dominated by caricatures.
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article1310247.ece/Balkenende_hekelt_grimmiger_klimaat

Wilders: Researchers of Ministry have Gone Crazy

Three researchers who are preparing a report for the Ministry of Internal Affairs have concluded that the PVV Freedom Party is an extreme right party. Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders says that these researchers have gone crazy, and that their conclusions are idiotic. Wilders said that democracy is being undermined by the leftist elite, including these fake researchers, as well as the Islamization of the Netherlands. He said that they will not succeed in silencing him, adding “I’m not going to waste words on mud-slinging research by the left-wing investigations mafia.”
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article1310195.ece/Wilders_Ze_zijn_knettergek_geworden

Hirsi Ali: The Bankruptcy of the Dutch Legal System

Former Dutch parliamentarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who is now living in the US, has said that the murder of Theo van Gogh five years ago tomorrow, meant the bankruptcy of the Dutch legal system. She says that the multi-cultural parliamentarians and the center parties in Parliament are obfuscating the problems of the integration of Muslim immigrants. The main issue – the nature of the Islamic civilization – is never discussed.
www.parool.nl/parool/nl/4/AMSTERDAM/article/detail/266031/2009/10/31/Hirsi-Ali-islamdebat-is-mislukt.dhtml