Going Wilder in the Country
Geert Wilders is continuing to make waves with the film that no-one has actually seen yet. It was (probably) the reason behind Pakistan’s recent incompetent blocking of YouTube and now the Taliban is trying to get involved.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesperson for the Taliban, called the film - which he hasn’t seen - an “insult to Islam”, and threatened that the group will up attacks against Dutch soldiers in Afghanistan if the film is released.
Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen courageously responded by calling on Wilders to not broadcast his film. He claims that he is trying to meet demands from anti-democratic forces and terrorists but protecting Dutch interests abroad, which is really no more than a difference of semantics.
Wilders does seem to be feeling remarkably thin-skinned about the whole affair, claiming that he was subjected to “an hour of intimidation” by Verhagen and Justice Minister, Ernst Hirsch Ballin after a meeting with the ministers on Wednesday.
The PVV leader expects his film will be finished at the end of this week. He will then look for a television broadcaster to air the film.
Friday 29 Feb 2008 | Paul | Afghanistan, The Netherlands
