Via The Astute Bloggers ( http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/ ):
1 October 2007
AMSTERDAM (dpa) - Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali returned to the Netherlands, Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad reported on Monday.
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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….
Read the rest at http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=44467
I’m puzzled. A tussle over who pays for her protection?
It should be an honour to foot the bill, for Americans and for Europeans alike.
From LGF:
Breaking: Dutch PM Tells Ayaan Hirsi Ali to Scram
Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 2:58:56 pm PDT
Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende has told Ayaan Hirsi Ali to get out of the Netherlands, and stay out: Klein Verzet: Prime Minister: Hirsi Ali should leave the country!
First they don’t want to pay for her security in the US, then they throw her out of her own country?
I hope our American friends can help her, the free world needs people like her
I’ve been very ill and just a few hours ago found out that Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been abandoned.
I have to wonder if she can stay alive!