Conclusion about 🇳🇱 attack done by Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (see picture)
Islamist terrorist activity in Western Europe increased significantly after the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, and after al-Qaida’s no. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri started to direct specific threats against the United States’ European allies in 2002. The activity increased further after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and remained at a high level in 2004.
The Islamist milieus in the Netherlands, radical and moderate, have been put under pressure following the disclosure of multiple Islamist terrorist conspiracies in several European countries since 2001. As noted above, Dutch police have arrested more than 40 terrorist suspects.
The tensions and xenophobia have increased social problems among Muslim immigrants, struggling to complete their education and to obtain decent jobs.
In this climate the Dutch have also seen the rise of right-wing extremism that adds to the tensions. The Dutch government’s support for Israel, their inclusion of HAMAS on the list of terrorist organizations, the support for the US-led invasion of Iraq, and the deployment of more than one thousand troops to the country, are other factors that might be used by Islamist radicals to explain how Holland joined the US-led “crusade against Islam”, and to justify terrorist attacks against Dutch targets.
Not done by 🇳🇴:
This article presents evidence that the killing of Osama bin Laden was a major event that may have qualitatively changed the nature of terrorism in a number of nations around the globe. Our findings also suggest that this event was observed on a global scale, and was followed by detectable increases in the incidence of attacks by Al Qaeda and their affiliates in a number of strategically important nations.
Islamist terrorist activity in Western Europe increased significantly after the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, and after al-Qaida’s no. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri started to direct specific threats against the United States’ European allies in 2002. The activity increased further after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and remained at a high level in 2004.
The Islamist milieus in the Netherlands, radical and moderate, have been put under pressure following the disclosure of multiple Islamist terrorist conspiracies in several European countries since 2001. As noted above, Dutch police have arrested more than 40 terrorist suspects.
The tensions and xenophobia have increased social problems among Muslim immigrants, struggling to complete their education and to obtain decent jobs.
In this climate the Dutch have also seen the rise of right-wing extremism that adds to the tensions. The Dutch government’s support for Israel, their inclusion of HAMAS on the list of terrorist organizations, the support for the US-led invasion of Iraq, and the deployment of more than one thousand troops to the country, are other factors that might be used by Islamist radicals to explain how Holland joined the US-led “crusade against Islam”, and to justify terrorist attacks against Dutch targets.
Not done by 🇳🇴:
This article presents evidence that the killing of Osama bin Laden was a major event that may have qualitatively changed the nature of terrorism in a number of nations around the globe. Our findings also suggest that this event was observed on a global scale, and was followed by detectable increases in the incidence of attacks by Al Qaeda and their affiliates in a number of strategically important nations.