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"Unfortunately, Roberto M. tried to escape after a violent incident in Overasselt, disguised as a festival-goer at a bus shelter, while a reconstruction of the night reveals that a group of heavily armed criminals was involved in the death of security guard Berry Leenders." #Overasselt #criminaliteit #wapens (translated)

A comprehensive police operation in Wallonia has led to the seizure of a veritable arsenal of weapons and explosives, including assault rifles, rocket launchers, and explosives, as well as the arrest of seven suspects allegedly involved in arms trafficking. #TraficDArmes #Wallonie #Justice (translated)

A comprehensive police operation in Wallonia has led to the seizure of a significant arsenal of weapons and explosives, including firearms, rocket launchers, and grenades, and the arrest of seven suspects involved in a arms trafficking organization. #TraficDArmes #Police #Wallonie (translated)

Mariba criticized Dilan Yeşilgöz after she claimed that Russia had been declared an enemy of the Netherlands. According to Mariba, Yeşilgöz stated that the Netherlands was not at war, but that a carefree peace was also not in sight. Mariba wrote that the Russian consulate had asked the Dutch government to confirm or distance itself from the statements. She believed it should be made clear whether this was about official policy, a political warning, or political rhetoric. According to Mariba, designating an enemy was not a strategy and threatening language could escalate tensions. She argued that the consequences of such statements ultimately affected civilians and urged the government to explain what the policy and risks were and how it intended to ensure security. She criticized the VVD and argued that politicians should think first before declaring an entire country an enemy. #Nederland #politiek #veiligheid (translated)

As many new projects as possible have a European component, but the fact that so much money was suddenly spent on American weapon systems last year, as explained by Secretary of State Derk Boswijk, is also because the Netherlands purchased extremely expensive American Patriot interceptors for Ukraine. #Defensie #Oekraïne #Veiligheid (translated)

An Ecuadorian judge has acquitted 32 crew members of boats that were bombed by the United States in the Pacific Ocean of charges of 'criminal conspiracy' with drug traffickers, as no drugs or weapons were found and the lawyers indicate that the evidence only contained family photos. #Ecuador #drugs #rechtszaak (translated)

Sander Sassen addressed Henri Bontenbal and wrote that he had been little visible for months, despite an earlier column by Sassen about his absence. According to Sassen, Bontenbal had published a long thread on October 7, in which he labeled Hamas a terrorist organization and reflected on the victims and the Jewish community. Sassen felt that Bontenbal had subsequently blurred the responsibility for the violence by talking about a chain of violence, the Israeli response, and civilian casualties. He also believed that Bontenbal had pointed to Benjamin Netanyahu's settlement policy as an obstacle to a two-state solution. Sassen argued that this approach equated Hamas's attack and kidnappings with Israel's response, thereby fueling antisemitism. Sassen also criticized Bontenbal's reference to an article in Trouw about Maoz Inon, who lost his parents to Hamas, and Aziz Abu Sarah, whose brother died in an Israeli prison. Sassen described their pursuit of reconciliation as hopeful but felt that Bontenbal presented this initiative as a serious way forward without giving sufficient attention to Hamas's persistence and objectives, according to him. He also stated that Hamas deliberately saddled Palestinian children with hatred for Jews. Sassen wrote that, in his opinion, Bontenbal offered false hope and insufficiently placed responsibility for Hamas's violence on the perpetrators. He claimed that Hamas and its supporters aimed for the destruction of Israel and stated that disarmament by Palestinians, in his view, would bring peace, while Israel's disarmament would lead to a new attack like the one on October 7. #Israël #Hamas #Antisemitisme (translated)

"NATO has already called for calm, which is wise. Look: the rhetoric is intensifying in the Kremlin, but there is no plan to block Kaliningrad at all. So the threats are part of the broader Russian strategy to undermine support for Ukraine in Europe. We must not be swept along. These texts are a form of propaganda. But they achieve no results; here in Lithuania, there is no great debate about it. We have seen this before." "Those big words about the use of nuclear weapons are mainly aimed at undermining European support for Ukraine," Budrys says in conversation with this site. #Litouwen #RussischeDreiging #Afschrikking (translated)

Superjan wrote that Rutte was more dangerous than many people thought and that he feared even the Russians did not realize who they were dealing with. He called Rutte a "destroyer" and stated that his weapons consisted of underestimation, mockery, and derision. #Rutte #politiek #gevaar (translated)

Jan B. Hommel outlined a scenario in which diesel, kerosene, Patriots, and ammunition ran out in succession. He also stated that three-quarters of the weaponry was not usable and that Russia was technologically superior and possessed weapons against which there was no defense. He wrote that only very foolish people thought that wars could be won with numbers on paper, thereby insulting the person addressed. #oorlog #technologie #defensie (translated)

To think about: In April 1946, Nazi leader Hermann Göring explained in his cell in Nuremberg exactly how political power really works. He said that ordinary people never demand war or crisis, but you can always get them on board. The recipe is simple: tell them they are in danger, and accuse the critics of endangering the community. That eighty-year-old formula is today the exact blueprint behind the permanent state of crisis in which we are kept. We see this in the conflict between Europe and Russia over Ukraine, where fear is used to push through billions in weapons without real democratic debate. But it doesn’t stop at geopolitics. We saw the same recipe with COVID-19, and now with climate change and the energy transition. It penetrates into our immediate living environment, such as the Environmental Vision Fryslân or the planned closures of the Wadden nature. While island residents are excluded, the elite discusses coercive 'system changes' at the Springtij Forum on Terschelling. The control over the narrative has now gone frighteningly far. Unheard Netherlands (ON!) is being ousted from the public broadcasting system, and through new legislation, there is an open search for ways to ban right-wing opposition parties. This is exactly where history painfully begins to rhyme with the 1930s, when critical media and parties were gradually silenced under the guise of 'public order' or 'safety'. The lines of this coordinated policy go directly to international networks and think tanks such as NATO, the World Economic Forum (WEF), and the UN with their coercive SDGs. Through programs like the Young Global Leaders, politicians worldwide are being trained to roll out exactly the same crisis narratives in their own countries. Our local democracy seems to have become an execution office for a predetermined global agenda. The great eye-opener that Göring left us is that this mechanism works in every system. Once a population is made afraid enough of an invisible enemy (whether it is a virus, an aggressor, nitrogen, or CO₂), it willingly surrenders its freedom, its diverse media, and its common sense. Fear is the ultimate weapon to steer the masses. This pattern only stops when we cease to blindly follow that automatic pilot of fear. Will you let history repeat itself, or will you say no? #politiek #geschiedenis #angst (translated)

,,We moeten vooruitkijken naar de toekomst om de komende decennia technologische en militaire dominantie op het slagveld te bereiken”Hegseth zei tijdens zijn toespraak, de zogenaamde State of the Force, een marinebasis dat 'Project Meridian gericht is op het ontdekken, ontwikkelen en inzetten van de wapens en systemen die onze kinderen en kleinkinderen tijdens hun leven nodig zullen hebben'. #ElonMusk #KunstmatigeIntelligentie #Oorlogsvoering

More than ever, I have the feeling that a huge gap has arisen between the reality as it is presented to us daily and what you hear when you talk directly to people. That the media - and by extension its celebrities - try to convince us that "the majority of the population" agrees with a certain narrative. That the population collectively believes in climate madness. That toy drones pose a real threat to Europe. That everyone is for more weapons, more escalation, and an expansion of the war. And so on. But… when you talk to people themselves… on the street, in a café, at work, among friends. Just, outside the media and social media bubble, I find something completely different. Of the people I speak to, the vast majority does not agree with that madness at all. On the contrary. And then I begin to wonder: Is this really "public opinion"? Or are we mainly hearing what public opinion is supposed to be? Or do people no longer dare to speak out of fear, thinking that their opinion is that of a small minority? #PubliekeOpinie #Media #Klimaatdebat (translated)

Russia has sent a document to NATO in which the alliance is accused of escalating military activities and taking provocative actions around Kaliningrad. The main point in the document is the warning that if NATO attempts to isolate or block Kaliningrad, Moscow will respond with its "full arsenal" of available weapons. #NAVO #Rusland #Kaliningrad (translated)