Dutch authorities detained seven suspects in a national anti-terrorism operation Friday, officials said.

The chief suspect in the raids in three cities was Samir Azzouz, a 19-year-old Dutch national of Moroccan descent who was acquitted of terrorism charges earlier this year.

Azzouz was allegedly in the process of purchasing automatic weapons and explosives, "probably to carry out an attack with others on several politicians and a government building," a prosecution statement said.

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wave of retributive attacks against mosques, schools, and churches swept the country following van Gogh's murder. A bomb exploded at a Muslim school in Eindhoven in apparent retaliation; arsonists torched another Muslim school in Uden, an image that dominated the front page of Dutch daily Volkskrant; and vandals tossed Molotov cocktails at churches in Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Amersfoort. Volksrant listed 10 Muslim and five Christian sites that had been attacked since Friday

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And who says the Europeans are more civilized and treat minorities with any more care and concern than Americans?

Horemheb why isn't this in American media and would you please attach hyperlinks on the articles detailing these events?

I'd really like to read more about this!

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Even the French are starting to realize they made a big mistake.

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You had me up to that point.

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You could not have had the modern world without colonialism but I see what you mean. You know the United States has never liked what I call 'occupational colonialism.' After WW II we put enormous pressure on the UK and France to give up their colonies. I suppose the down side of the end of the colonial era was probelms like France went through with Algeria.

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According to the NATO treaty Europe had to pull their troops out of their colonies so they had troops on their own soil to defend themselves from attacks like the third reich.

I don't understand how these European governments would put the interests of the top 2% above the needs of the masses to be protected from a psychopath like Hitler.

But hey they couldn't understand it either.

Now many government employees in Europe have their pensions funded by these 'companies' that were founded during colonization and continue to be the main form of occupation in these former colonies. But then the only reason why America was ordered to go into Kuwait City during the first Gulf War is due to the fact that British Oil in the Gulf is mainly from Kuwait and all those retirees need their benefits.

And now can you imagine who is the best investor group in Halliburton and Haliburton subsidaries. You guessed it!

My these pension plans must be nice, about the only way the good life can continue in Europe is through the blood of Americans and Shia in the Middle East!