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February 21, 2005
The Muder of Theo Van Gogh, Part 2 (NDRE Report)
Back in November, I wrote on the murder of Theo Van Gogh and concluded that it was far more than the actions of a small group of misguided fanatics but was instead an act carried out by al-Qaeda as part of a far more sinister plot aimed at destabilizing the Netherlands. Now, courtesy of the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, which are kind enough to publish their findings in English in marked contrast to some other countries I could name, we get a professional evaluation of the killing. This is my summary of the Norwegian report, with their findings in bullet form and my comments (if any, since this is a really good report) beneath. I substitute "al-Qaeda" for "Islamist militants" at various points in my summary of the report since, as the report itself notes, this is who they are talking about.
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