Terrorism was an unknown item in the Netherlands after the second World War.
During the 1950's and 60's the country was rebuilding and redeveloping.
Allthough two minor wars were fought in the former colonies, no problems occured in the homeland.
Both wars ended with autonomy for the countries involved.
It was during the 1970's when Holland encountered the first terrorist acts.
People were shocked, as was the government.
The police was not equiped or trained to engage terrorists nor did they have equipment and knowledge to investigate such acts of agression.
It was after the 1972 hijacking at the Olympics in Germany that western European nations reacted appropriate to this new danger.
Anti-terrorisme units were formed and trained, In Germany the GSG 9 team was the first of its kind in Europe.
Holland soon came with its own unit, a special branch in the marinecorps the
BBE (bijzondere bijstands eenheid) or Special Assistance Unit in English.
Unfortunately they saw action sooner than expected.
Their first action with use of force was in the Punt , where they took out terrorists in a train.
Also a school in Bovensmilde, and later a governmental building in Assen were targets of terrorists where the BBE acted against.
Today the BBE is a highly trained and very well equiped unit capable of operations against many thinkable dangers.
I will post a list of terrorist actions and I will make a detailed profile for the
BBE.(
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijzondere_Bijstands_Eenheid )