PROUD OF THAT GOOD 'OL DUTCH MILITARY?
AMSTERDAM, 2004 The Netherlands: According to Expatica, of the 1,000 Dutch naval personnel stationed in the Netherlands Antilles to combat the international drugs trade, 15 have been arrested so far this year for allegedly trafficking narcotics, it was revealed Thursday.
Another 30 have been detained by the military police for a range of crimes, including serious assault, intimidation, vandalism and theft, newspaper Algemeen Dagblad reported. The Dutch Royal Navy confirmed to the newspaper that eight marines have been sent home this year from the Caribbean for drug possession or drug dealing.
Jean Debie, of the military trade union VBM/NOV suggested that information from the navy itself indicated about 50 service personnel had been accused of law-breaking. The 15 mentioned referred to cases judged too serious to deal with by internal disciplinary action.
Last year, the navy sent eight to 10 people home for possessing or trafficking drugs in the Netherlands Antilles. A naval spokesperson explained that personnel caught with soft drugs while serving in the Antilles were given a warning (???) and sent home due to the fact they were there to combat drugs. Discharge from the service would follow if the person was caught a second time and anyone caught with hard drugs would be dismissed automatically.
The Netherlands Antilles is made up of five islands — Curacao, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Saba and Sint Eustatius — which were at the heart of the Dutch slave trade until abolition in 1863. The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, which seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986, are two of the three parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Caribbean islands are considered transit points for drugs coming from South America destined for Europe and the US. The Netherlands is responsible for the defence of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. As the Caribbean islands do not have any territorial disputes, the Dutch naval contingent — made up of 300 marines and 700 other naval personnel — stationed on the Netherlands Antilles is involved in combating drug trafficking.
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Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling kinda of putting extreme pressure on the NYC Judge to give a go ahead for the Civil Case. In Aruba and Holland there are chaos and wanton legal procedures preventing Natalee from getting her justice. Joran and Joe T are taking advantage of the NYC Judge's silence. The essense of Natalee's disappearance in a trafficking island Aruba is a highly charged political matter, it can either break the Republicans or the Democrats due to the grassroots Boycott Aruba movement. The American people will vote for Natalee, and none for Joran. Joran is the tip of all the sex terrorists, and he has all the answers to the disappearance of Natalee. The American voters will get Joran one way or the other.
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