Summary Terrorist Threat Assessment Netherlands 14

DTN14 confirms the continued existence of a conceivable international terrorist threat to the Netherlands as a result of the film Fitna. According to intelligence gathered from a variety of sources over the past few months, the Netherlands and its foreign interests are currently among the priority targets of international jihadist networks. A relevant trend is the increasing number of reports about Western jihadists in training camps along the
Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Being less likely to attract the attention of Western intelligence services, this group could be better positioned to carry out attacks in the West. 

The above trends have made it necessary to maintain the threat level at ‘substantial’, where it has stood since DTN12, signifying that there is a real chance of an attack on the Netherlands.