Dutch Jihad Expert: Netherlands Even More Vulnerable than France

Ronald Sandee is a world-renowned expert on jihad who now lives in the United States.  In the past, he was a jihad specialist of the Dutch military secret service. Sandee says that the Netherlands is far more vulnerable to jihadist attacks than France, as there are far less police officers on the streets, and that the cutbacks in defense spending may make the Dutch military incapable of defending the country.  Sandee adds that Dutch businesses, ministries and institutes are not prepared whatsoever for such types of attacks. According to a police detective, the Dutch police officers are afraid of attacks, the more so as their weapons are limited to small pistols.

http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/23531948/___NL_niet_voorbereid_op_terreur___.html

Forty Percent of Mosques Have Been Vandalized

Researcher Ineke van der Valk of the University of Amsterdam says that almost 40% of the about 475 mosques in the Netherlands have been vandalized within the past ten years.  The vandalism included graffiti, broken windows, or the hanging of a pig’s head within the mosque.  Van der Valk interviewed representatives of 86 mosque of which 58 had suffered from an incident, of which 1/3 occurred within the last year alone.  In the past few days, security around the mosques has been strengthened because of a call on a Facebook page, supporting the PVV, to burn down mosques, like what was done in Sweden. Van der Valk says that after the murder of van Gogh in 2004, there was an increase in such vandalism, which is increasing yet again due to the publicity around the Islamic State.

http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/geweldsincident-bij-40-procent-van-de-nederlandse-moskeeen~a3823496/

Eye Doctor: Consumer Fireworks Should be Prohibited

During New Year’s Eve, seven people were treated at the eye hospital in Rotterdam.  Each one had an eye seriously damaged by fireworks.  The victims will either have reduced vision or be completely blind in one eye.  In some cases, an eye will even have to be removed entirely.  Eye doctor Tjeerd de Faber said that there should be a government prohibition of consumer fireworks.  He said so in the name of the Dutch Association of Eye Doctors.

http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1038/Rotterdam/article/detail/3822000/2015/01/02/Oproep-oogartsen-Stop-met-consumentenvuurwerk.dhtml

More than 70,000 Complaints about Fireworks

Over the past few days, there were 71,582 complaints made to the call center regarding hazardous fireworks.  This has been said by Arno Bonte, a member of the Rotterdam municipality of the Green Left party.  The huge number of complaints was still 20% less than those of last year, which shows, according to Bonte, that government measures, such as the establishment of firework-free zones, are efficient.  The Green Left party’s aim is that no fireworks should be used by individuals, but rather that the municipalities should organize professional firework shows. 

http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/vuurwerkmeldpunt-krijgt-beduidend-minder-klachten~a3822470/

Jihadist Preacher Calls on Dutchmen to Join Al Nusra

The Saudi preacher, Abdullah al-Muhaysini, has called on Dutch Muslims to go to Syria and fight for the jihadist cause.  He asked them to join Al Nusra.  In his video message, al-Muhaysini speaks about “the dirty democracy which the Syrian jihadists are staying from.”  The video has been posted on the internet by a Dutch jihadist.

http://www.telegraaf.nl/feed/23503185/__Oproep_jihadist_aan_NL_ers__.html

Turkish Criminal Liquidated in Amsterdam

On New Year’s Eve the Dutch Turkish criminal Okan Fidan was shot death in the Northern part of Amsterdam. In 2010 also an attempt was made to kill Fidan. The Dutch public television NOS states that there is apparently no connection between this killing and the various recent murders in Amsterdam related to what is called the Mocro-Maffia. 

http://nos.nl/artikel/2011482-slachtoffer-amsterdam-noord-was-turkse-crimineel.html

Video Confirms: Dutch Jihadist Blew Himself Up in Bagdad

A video now confirms that the 19-year-old jihadist, Sultan Berzel, from Maastricht and of Moroccan origin, has blown himself up in front of a police bureau in Bagdad on November 12, 2014.  According to Islamic State, more than twenty police agents died in the suicide attack, and there were dozens of wounded. Berzel is the third Dutchman who has blown himself up on behalf of the Islamic State.  Shortly before the suicide bomb attack, he spoke to his father for three-quarters of an hour.  Out of Berzel’s Maastricht neighborhood, six to eight jihadis have already departed for the Middle East.

http://www.volkskrant.nl/dossier-islamitische-staat/video-bevestigt-nederlandse-jihadist-blies-zich-op-in-bagdad~a3820405/