Van Gogh murder suspect on trial BBC July 11, 2005 Mohammed Bouyeri Mr Bouyeri was arrested shortly after the killing The man charged with the murder of the controversial Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh has gone on trial in Amsterdam. Prosecutors allege that Mohammed Bouyeri killed Mr Van Gogh in a ritualistic murder carried out in the name of radical Islam. The November 2004 murder shocked the Netherlands and raised ethnic tensions. Mr Bouyeri, who has dual Dutch-Moroccan nationality, has instructed his lawyer not to defend him. He could face a life sentence if he is convicted. A note spiked into Van Gogh's body carried threats against his co-author, Somali-born Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali. An outspoken critic of Islam, she wrote the script for his short film Submission, which offended many Muslims. Mr Bouyeri is also accused of the attempted murder of bystanders and police, and obstructing the work of Ms Hirsi Ali. She went into hiding after Van Gogh's death. Revenge attacks Mr Bouyeri, 27, appeared in a special high-security courtroom in Amsterdam. Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh Theo Van Gogh was a well-known critic of Islam and multiculturalism He was arrested following a shoot-out with police, just minutes after Mr Van Gogh had been shot several times and stabbed. The murder sparked a wave of revenge attacks on mosques and counter-attacks against Christian churches in the Netherlands. Police are holding about a dozen suspected Islamist radicals said to be associates of Mr Bouyeri in the so-called "Hofstad" group. They will go on trial accused of being in a criminal organisation and planning to kill prominent politicians. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
