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Dutch war on terror

Posted by Rob (#1) on November 10, 2004 14:06 CET

So far, I'm not disappointed in my government's efforts to fight a war on terrorism.

Dutch police were locked in a standoff with an unknown number of terrorism suspects (the "Hofstad group") holed up in a house in The Hague Wednesday after three officers were wounded by a hand grenade during a raid on the home, authorities said.

Authorities closed the air space over the city to small planes during the operation.

The neighborhood has been sealed and I've read news reports that "hundreds of policemen" are surrounding the building. I've heard rumors that there might be plans to get tanks involved. Good stuff.

Update: rumors of tanks and helicopters appear to be false.

Update II: here are some photos of the The Hague siege. I don't know about the rest of the blogosphere, but this pretty much feels like warblogging.

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Mohammed Bouyeri and Samir Azzouz

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Posted by Rob (#1) on November 8, 2004 23:21 CET

Thanks to American media we can now give terrorism a name in Holland: Mohammed Bouyeri and Samir Azzouz. I have never understood the need to protect the identity of (alleged) criminals by trimming their last name. There must be several terrified Mohammed B's and Samir A's out there who will be happy to know that in sane countries, media and publications (Wikipedia included) use the full name for these Hofstad group members.