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Speaking about the [[2015 Hawija bombing]], Ank Bijleveld denied Dutch officers had accepted civilian casualties with the remark "We always calculate them. The Americans do that differently".<ref>https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/11/04/burgerslachtoffers-calculeren-we-niet-in-zo-opereren-wij-niet-a3979051</ref>. She stated to the [[Dutch House of Commons]] that they could not "differentiate between IS and civilians in multiple instances that were under investigation by the Public Prosecution Service" in a letter to Dutch Parliament the 4th of November 2019, and blamed "wrong US intelligence and software" telling Dutch officers "no civilians lived in the neighborhood<ref>https://www.defensie.nl/binaries/defensie/documenten/kamerstukken/2019/11/04/transparantie-burgerslachtoffers-bij-luchtaanvallen-in-de-strijd-tegen-isis/Kamerbrief+Transparantie+Burgerslachtoffers.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/11/04/kabinet-erkent-dat-nederlandse-luchtaanval-70-levens-kostte-a3979052/</ref>" | Speaking about the [[2015 Hawija bombing]], Ank Bijleveld denied Dutch officers had accepted civilian casualties with the remark "We always calculate them. The Americans do that differently".<ref>https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/11/04/burgerslachtoffers-calculeren-we-niet-in-zo-opereren-wij-niet-a3979051</ref>. She stated to the [[Dutch House of Commons]] that they could not "differentiate between IS and civilians in multiple instances that were under investigation by the Public Prosecution Service" in a letter to Dutch Parliament the 4th of November 2019, and blamed "wrong US intelligence and software" telling Dutch officers "no civilians lived in the neighborhood<ref>https://www.defensie.nl/binaries/defensie/documenten/kamerstukken/2019/11/04/transparantie-burgerslachtoffers-bij-luchtaanvallen-in-de-strijd-tegen-isis/Kamerbrief+Transparantie+Burgerslachtoffers.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/11/04/kabinet-erkent-dat-nederlandse-luchtaanval-70-levens-kostte-a3979052/</ref>" | ||
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In December 2020 Bijleveld announced an "internal commission" after halting the operation.<ref>https://www.nu.nl/tech/6093266/minister-bijleveld-legt-nieuwe-defensie-eenheid-die-data-verzamelde-stil.html</ref> | In December 2020 Bijleveld announced an "internal commission" after halting the operation.<ref>https://www.nu.nl/tech/6093266/minister-bijleveld-legt-nieuwe-defensie-eenheid-die-data-verzamelde-stil.html</ref> | ||
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| + | Bijleveld resigned in the wake of motions of censure directed at her and foreign affairs minister [[Sigrid Kaag]] for their failings in the evacuation of civilians from [[Afghanistan]] during the [[Afghanistan/2021 withdrawal]], after an initial refusal by Bijleveld to have done too much wrong to resign at first.<ref>https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/09/defence-minister-does-u-turn-resigns-over-afghanistan-failings/</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:21, 28 September 2021
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| Born | Anna Theodora Bernardina Bijleveld 17 March 1962 Ijsselmuiden | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Twente | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Christian | ||||||||||||||
Dutch Defence Minister. Tried to cover-up 2015 Hawija bombing. Warned for attacks with bioweapons in 2018.
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Anna Theodora Bernardina (Ank) Bijleveld-Schouten is a Dutch politician. Unusually for a Dutch Minister of Defence, she is not known to have attended a Bilderberg.
Contents
Opinions
Bioweapons
- Full article: Bioweapons
- Full article: Bioweapons
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Ank Bijleveld stated in 2018 that the world could face a large-scale bioweapon attack within “the next 10 to 15 years”, clarifying that “The threat is real, this is not a script for a film.”[1]
2015 Hawija bombing
- Full article:
2015 Hawija bombing
- Full article:
Speaking about the 2015 Hawija bombing, Ank Bijleveld denied Dutch officers had accepted civilian casualties with the remark "We always calculate them. The Americans do that differently".[2]. She stated to the Dutch House of Commons that they could not "differentiate between IS and civilians in multiple instances that were under investigation by the Public Prosecution Service" in a letter to Dutch Parliament the 4th of November 2019, and blamed "wrong US intelligence and software" telling Dutch officers "no civilians lived in the neighborhood[3][4]"
Dutch Army
In November 2020 newspaper NRC revealed the Dutch Army is clandestinely spying and gathering data on Dutch protestors supporting the official opposition narrative during the Covid-19 pandemic. Calling these domestic threats the most dangerous at the moment, Bijleveld could not answer why the Dutch Army is trying to replace the tasks of the AIVD and national police.[5]
In December 2020 Bijleveld announced an "internal commission" after halting the operation.[6]
Afghanistan
Bijleveld resigned in the wake of motions of censure directed at her and foreign affairs minister Sigrid Kaag for their failings in the evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan during the Afghanistan/2021 withdrawal, after an initial refusal by Bijleveld to have done too much wrong to resign at first.[7]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Munich Security Conference/2018 | 12 February 2018 | 14 February 2018 | Munich Bavaria Germany | The 54th Munich Security Conference |
References
- ↑ https://www.politico.eu/article/ank-bijleveld-bioweapon-risk-attack-growing-dutch-defense-minister-says/
- ↑ https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/11/04/burgerslachtoffers-calculeren-we-niet-in-zo-opereren-wij-niet-a3979051
- ↑ https://www.defensie.nl/binaries/defensie/documenten/kamerstukken/2019/11/04/transparantie-burgerslachtoffers-bij-luchtaanvallen-in-de-strijd-tegen-isis/Kamerbrief+Transparantie+Burgerslachtoffers.pdf
- ↑ https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/11/04/kabinet-erkent-dat-nederlandse-luchtaanval-70-levens-kostte-a3979052/
- ↑ https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/11/dutch-armed-forces-collected-info-about-domestic-dissidents-nrc/https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/11/dutch-armed-forces-collected-info-about-domestic-dissidents-nrc/
- ↑ https://www.nu.nl/tech/6093266/minister-bijleveld-legt-nieuwe-defensie-eenheid-die-data-verzamelde-stil.html
- ↑ https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/09/defence-minister-does-u-turn-resigns-over-afghanistan-failings/
