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Plot to murder Dutch deputy
12/01/2005 13:48 - (SA)


The Hague - A plot to murder Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Dutch lawmaker of Somali origin who is a leading critic of radical Islam, has been uncovered in the course of the investigation into the assassination of film-maker Theo van Gogh, the daily De Telegraaf said on Wednesday.

Hirsi Ali co-wrote the script for van Gogh's movie Submission, dealing with the oppression and abuse of women under Islam, that led to his murder on November 2 by a suspected Islamic radical. Under tight police protection, she was reported to be planning a sequel to the movie and writing a book targeted at Muslims.

De Telegraaf said a document was found during a police raid on an apartment in Amersfoort that was searched as part of an anti-terrorism swoop.

It added that the plan was to assassinate Hirsi Ali on New Year's Eve when the sound of shots would have been masked by the noise of fireworks.

Although she herself and her party have said she will soon return to parliament, her whereabouts were not known. Some reports said the Dutch army took her to the United States for her own protection following van Gogh's murder.

The alleged killer, Mohammed Bouyeri, is a Dutch citizen of Moroccan origin.

Hirsi Ali, 34, who is herself a Muslim, fled to Holland in 1992 to escape a forced marriage arranged by her father. - AFP