Thursday, February 17, 2005

Terrorist Sympathizer Operates Openly in the Netherlands

The most notorious terrorist mouthpiece in the Netherlands is probably Nada al-Rubaiee, a central committee member of the so-called "Iraqi Patriotic Resistance" (IPA). Ms. al-Rubaiee explains the role of the IPA in this story from the Decatur Daily News
"We politically support the armed resistance of the Iraqi people against the occupation forces and their agents," said Nada Al-Rubaiee, who said she is a member of IPA's Central Committee, in an e-mail interview.
Al-Rubaiee brags about insurgent attacks in Iraq in a posting on the al-Basrah website:
Here, we would like to share with you some of the heroic achievements of the Iraqi resistance:

The Iraqi resistance was able to cause a high number of casualties in material and soldiers among the occupying forces.

The resistance fighters were able to liberate 30 cities: creating a suitable environment for the resistant fighters by forming a death-zone for the occupying forces and their agents.
In the same message, al-Rubaiee comes very close to admitting complicity in the terrorist bombings in Spain last year and acknowledges close ties with imprisoned terrorists:
The Iraqi resistance has defeated the Spanish imperialism and has forced 9 out of the occupying/ allying countries to leave Iraq. The Netherlands, Hungary and Poland are leaving Iraq next year.

As to the Iraqi Patriotic Alliance, we are proud to inform you that our secretary general in Iraq Mr. Abduljabbar al-Kubaysi was arrested on 3rd of September in Baghdad. The house he had temporarily stayed in was surrounded and stormed by about 50 US occupation soldiers employing helicopters and tanks. Mr. Al-Kubaysi was leading the IPA since the 90’s against the economic sanctions and the Zionistic and imperialistic plans of the US in Iraq.
She closes the missive with her contact information, which includes this Dutch-prefixed phone number: Tel: 0031- (0)-645542498.

The hosting service for al-Rubaiee's IPA-related sites is 357Hosting.com, which has an address in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands. It's possible that 357Hosting is a front for al-Rubaiee.

The Dutch have gotten serious since the murder of Theo Van Gogh by a radical Islamist. Perhaps they will finally take action to root out people like al-Rubaiee, operating openly on Dutch soil.

Tomorrow: US-based websites with banner links on albasrah.net

Update: These US-based websites have banner links on albasrah.net:
Informationclearinghouse - Imperial Beach, CA
Antiwar.com - Redwood City CA
whatreallyhappened.com - Concord NH
FAIR.ORG - New York NY
TVNEWSLIES.ORG - Brooklyn NY