Son of Dutch military chief killed in Afghanistan

[sabra]

Source: Reuters

KABUL, April 18 (Reuters) - The son of the new chief of the Dutch military and another Dutch soldier serving with NATO-led forces were killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on Friday.

Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the blast, which occurred at a time of rising violence following a traditional winter lull in fighting.

The Dutch Defence Ministry said in a statement there were no indications that the attack was specifically targeted at the 23-year-old son of chief of joint staffs Peter van Uhm, who took over command of the Dutch military on Thursday.

"The contrast with yesterday's festivities, when command was handed over to General Van Uhm, could not have been bigger," Defence Minister Eimert van Middelkoop told a news conference in the Hague.

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[ohio2007]

1. Dutch chief's son killed in Afghanistan for 'Fitna'

KABUL (AFP)

The son of the Netherlands' new military chief was killed by a bomb in southern Afghanistan on Friday, in what Taliban militants said was retaliation to an anti-Islam film by a Dutch MP.

Lieutenant Dennis van Uhm, the son of General Peter van Uhm, was one of two Dutch NATO soldiers killed by the roadside attack, a day after a suicide blast took 25 Afghan lives.

General van Uhm was named top commander of the Dutch armed forces only on Thursday.

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This (attack) was part of our operation against the Dutch. First it was because they have occupied our country and secondly it was in retaliation to the Dutch insult to our great prophet Mohammed," Ahmadi said.

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The slain Lieutenant Dennis van Uhm (inset); Father during his appointment as commander of the Dutch army (main)

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/04/18/48527.html


In justifying funeral bombings or elementary school bus stops, they got to grab their moral victories where they can .