Posted on 12/10/2004 7:54:03 PM PST by nanak
AMSTERDAM — Justice authorities arrested a Moroccan man last month after receiving a tip-off that Islamic extremists were allegedly planning an attack on the Red Light District in Amsterdam, it was reported on Friday.
The pizza-delivery courier allegedly conducted reconnaissance of the capital's prostitution zone while riding through the area during work hours on his scooter. He was arrested on 5 November. Newspaper De Telegraaf described him as a "radical Moroccan pizza deliverer".
The National Detectives Unit was alerted to the supposed attack plan by three anonymous emails, the first of which was received on 14 September. Emails dated 27
September and 11 October gave further details of the suspects and addresses.
The emails warned that "terrorists in Amsterdam East" were plotting an attack on the Wallen area in Amsterdam, De Telegraaf reported. Muslim extremists, the paper said, were allegedly furious at the lack of morals in the prostitution zone.
Justice authorities took the tips very seriously and arrested the pizza deliverer at the Nasr mosque in the Celebesstraat in Amsterdam East. The man has been identified as a 20-year-old Amsterdam resident of Moroccan descent, Bilal L., alias Abu Qataadah.
L. was allegedly in contact with Syrian Redouan al-Issa, the fugitive leader of the terror network Hofstadgroep (Main City Group). The Syrian was an illegal immigrant in the Netherlands and gave Koran lessons in the home of Mohammed B., the suspected murderer of filmmaker Theo van Gogh. B. is also a member of the Main City Group.
The emails claimed the Syrian was involved in the plans to attack the Red Light District, while another target was the Dutch Parliament in The Hague. L. is alleged to have bought equipment needed to carry out the attack.
It is possible that L. was in contact with Jason W., one of the two suspects arrested in a stand-off with police in The Hague on 10 November. The detective unit involved in the investigation claims the group around L. regularly met at the Aboe Bakr mosque in Almere.
L. is also reportedly being held for threatening right-wing independent MP Geert Wilders. The MP's life has been repeatedly threatened because of his trenchant critisism of Islam.
The Main City Group — which mainly consists of Muslims of North African descent — has been kept under surveillance by the Dutch intelligence service AIVD since the summer of 2002.
Samir A. — who is being held on suspicion he was planning an attack against Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the Dutch Parliament and the Defence Ministry — is also a member of the group. He is believed to be in contact with the suspected killer of Van Gogh.
Must have been the wrong kind of mushrooms on the Pizza... or maybe it was his belief in the Mohammedan idiocy?
Where is scrappleface when you need him?
Checkin out his 72 virgins?
As a former pizza deliveryman I resent this tarring with such a wide brush. To some I terrorized the quiet streets of Bozeman, Montana in my 74 Vega, but everyone wants their dinner now, and its not my fault there were loose bolts on my header collector.
My thoughts exactly.
Note the pre-emptive arrests to protect the prostitutes but the movie maker gets attention only by having a note pinned
to his chest with a knife.
"Yes, Hello, pizza to go please..make that a large with C4, TNT, and some fuses...about twenty minutes?..Thank You".....
This guy supplied the Pepperoni...
LOL !!!!!!!
So he delivered radical Moroccan pizzas? You'll love the cous cous and goat meat stuffed crust at Domino's!
It's probably safe to assume most deliveries were spat upon.
(if not worse)
Waiting for the "but radical Muslims are our *allies* in the culture wars" comments.
ya, he's checking out the hookers. give me a break
What next- "Radical 7-11 clerks?" - Hey....
bttt
How the *hell* can you wish that on anyone?! Have you ever been caught in the middle of a terrorist attack? I have, and I think that anyone who'd wish that on innocent people is disgraceful, to say the least.
Over the years, I've read a LOT of dopey things on the Internet, but this may just take the cake.
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