Dutch MP Angered at Welcome for Mecca Pilgrims

26 November 2011 The Schipol Airport’s practice welcoming pilgrims returning from Mecca with a small room providing mint tea and sweets has angered MP Hero Brinkman of the PVV Freedom Party. Brinkman contrasted the practice with an apparent lack of Christmas decoration at the airport. A Schipol spokesperson explains that due to the upcoming festival…

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Dutch Authorities Arrest, Release Terror Suspect

September 22 2010 Dutch authorities arrested a British Somali man on Sunday at Amsterdam’s Schipol airport on suspicions of terrorism. The man was on his way from London to Entebbe, Uganda. The arrest followed a tipoff from British police, and the man was subsequently questioned by Dutch and British authorities. The man was released on…

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Attack on flight from Dutch airport raises security questions

Dutch coverage of the December 25 attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to set off an explosion on the Northwest Air flight from Amsterdam to Detroit has centered largely on security issues. As Dutch News reports, national papers devote much attention to reconstructing what happened on board flight 253, the actions of the passenger who overpowered…

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