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Dutch investigators believe the suspects in Mr. van Gogh's killing had contact with extremists in Spain, and that the order to kill Mr. van Gogh may have come from a fugitive terrorist in Spain. Recent investigations in Spain have uncovered links between Islamist extremists throughout Europe. Spanish investigators say they are awaiting information from their Dutch counterparts that could clarify the relationship between a Dutch cell and extremists in Spain and other European countries. Dutch police believe the suspects are part of a group of about 150 Muslim men who have been under observation by a unit of the intelligence service monitoring Muslim extremists in the Netherlands since 2001. Evidence that Mr. van Gogh's death was part of a wider campaign of Islamist extremism emerged over the weekend.| Judge Garzon certainly has plenty of detainees to question... |
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