International

SP Member of Parliament Harry van Bommel has asked Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen for clarification regarding American attacks on Pakistani territory from within Afghanistan. Van Bommel, foreign affairs spokesman for the SP, wants to know what mandate formed the basis of these attacks, given that the Pakistani government has not given its permission for them. His fear is that what is taking place is the extension of the war in Afghanistan and that this will have consequences for Dutch soldiers in the area.

SP Member of Parliament Ronald van Raak has asked Interior Minister Guusje Ter Horst for an explanation of events surrounding the alleged handing over of secret information by a Rotterdam police officer to the Moroccan secret service. The information is said to concern radical Islamicist elements within the Netherlands' extensive Moroccan population. Van Raak wants to know what diplomatic steps the government has taken against Morocco in connection with the incident, and whether, aside from this event, police officers have been the subject of spying activities by other countries.