| Submit your comments on this article |
| Europe |
| Ayaan Hirsi Ali returns to Holland on security concerns |
| 2007-10-01 |
| Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali returned to the Netherlands, Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad reported on Monday. In August 2006, Somali born-Hirsi Ali, one of the Netherlands' most outspoken critics of Islam, accepted a position as researcher at the Washington-based Enterprise Institute, a conservative think-tank. The former legislator for the Liberal VVD party was allegedly forced to leave the US as American authorities had refused to finance the expenses of her personal security measures. So far, the Dutch government has paid all those expenses, but after more than a year of residency in the US, the Dutch allegedly said they were no longer willing to continue this arrangement. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #5 Probably not, Zhang Fe. But it's not cost many American lives, unlike a few other countries that stand in the breach in their part of the world. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-01 23:04 |
| #4 g: That's the same country that pisses away spends 3 billion a week on trying to civilize Iraqis? This is the country that has spent perhaps $50b subsidizing Israel over the past several decades. I can't remember the last time Israel sent troops to help us do anything anywhere. At the same time, we saved Israel's butt during Yom Kippur by risking nuclear war with Moscow. I hate to say it - but without Uncle Sam, there probably wouldn't be an Israel. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2007-10-01 22:23 |
| #3 In the article, the key points of U.S. refusal to pay forcing Ms. Ali back to the Netherlands and Dutch discontinuing payments are both alleged. Twenty-four hour rule at least -- let's see if she didn't just fly back to visit friends or do some shopping for items unavailable in Washington, DC. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-01 22:20 |
| #2 American authorities had refused to finance the expenses of her personal security measures That's the same country that |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-10-01 20:46 |
| #1 On so many levels this is messed up. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-10-01 18:26 |