Terror in the Netherlands
November 9, 2001: Dutch neo-nazis set fire to several mosques in the Netherlands. In Amsterdam it turns to tragedy when 12 people die in the blaze.
November 10, 2001: As retalliation the "Soldiers of the Mahdi" kill 74 schoolchildren before blowing themselves up. In Berlin and London far-left organizations hold anti-Dutch demonstrations. In Tehran the crowd chants "Death to the Netherlands". Saudi Arabia refuses to sell oil to the Dutch after the attacks in the Netherlands. Begin of the Second European Oil Crisis
November 12, 2001: Dutch PM Wim Kok declares martial law on the entire Netherlands. Kok is the first Dutch leader to do so after Dirk Jan de Geer in 1940.
November 17, 2001: Martial law is lifted. The opposition plus the governing party D66 vote against Wim Kok in a vote of no confidence. The coalition of PvdA (Labour), VVD (Liberals) and D66 (Progressives) comes to an end. A temporary government led by Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (CDA, Christian Democrats) is formed. The government consists of CDA, PvdA, the Green Party and the VVD. New elections are set for March 2002.
November 19, 2001: In Amsterdam a memorial is held for the terror victims. Afterwards Queen Beatrix, Prince Claus, who is terminally ill, Prince Willem-Alexander go to Utrecht to visit a mosque to show solidarity with the muslims in the Netherlands/
The USA
November 8 - John Hagee causes uproar by claiming on Fox News that the death of George W. Bush was Gods will.
November 10 - President Cheney gives an address to the American People in which he urges the Americans to be tolerant towards muslims. "Freedom is perverted when we deny other folks the right to worship the way they want." Cheney condemns both the attacks on the mosques and killing of innocent schoolchildren.
Italy
November 13 - Silvio Berlusconi is defeated in a vote of no confidence. Leaving Italy in the worse political crisis since 1946.