Arabstan (the former territory of Ravenstein)

Arabstan (the former territory of Ravenstein), Islamic jewel in Western Europe

By David Verveer

Arabstan, a fictional mini state situated between Holland and Belgium, which gained independence only several years back and is populated by mainly Islamic workers, and run by a Democratic chosen Islamic coalition of immigrants coming from Arabic countries, who came to Western Europe in a giant Islamic wave of labor forces, and during the second Lebanese war (between Lebanon and Israel) fought for independence and self government, on a small area that is wedged between the two countries.

Ravenstein (as the territory was called before the war of independence) was an independent country, which was illegally conquered by the Dutch after the battle of Waterloo, but which in matter of fact, belonged to the Belgium royal family (see also my former writings on the Ravenstein beauties and Ravenstein revisited).

The region is strategically situated between the giant industrial regions of the German Ruhr, the Dutch Rotterdam and Belgium Antwerp ports, the mines in Belgium's Brabant and Limburg provinces, and is an ideal place to house Islamic labor forces, which enables them to live their own life stile, live under their own religious laws, without aggravating their neighbors with their behaviour.

On it self, the creation of this kind of self governing Bantustan appeared to have solved most of the discrimination in daily live, and if not the threats of terrorism imported by Islamic world terrorist organizations, nearly everybody would be happy with this arrangement. Even the increased smuggling trade of drugs, run by drug lords from the territory, is a cheap price to pay in order to gain a quiet operational environment.

The capital city Maaseik (now renamed Islamabad), a river port on the river Meuse, has grown to a metropolis of 2 million inhabitants, with huge new modern styled neighborhoods, as Arabstan is prospering from its labor force, and even though the income taxes are much lower than those of the neighboring countries, it provides a steady income for the young state.

I know, it sounds all a little bid too perfect, and indeed, according the agreement of the EU, the state of Arabstan has to remain demilitarized and is not allowed to have a standing army and / or weapons, besides of course those needed by the local police. Funny anough the border areas are not save, due to the firing of rockets on the neighboring Dutch town of Roermond on the other bank of the river Meuse (Maas). The official government of Arabstan denies their part in this bombardment, and blames it on the smuggling terrorists. The Dutch government did not reply by shooting back, but pressure on the government is very strong, and we imagine that a punitive military strike by the Dutch is evident, as no civilized country will allow their citizens to be bombarded unpunished. The United Nations assembly requested both sides to solve the dispute in a peaceful manner; the security council demanded that Holland stops interfering with the free trade of the sovereign nation of Arabstan.

Lately the smugglers and terrorist organizations started in arming secretly the country, by smuggling in small and medium arms and munitions. This is done by hiding those goods in the trucks and cargo trains, trading and passing through the territory. The border control and screening of the merchandise is not very effective.

But now they discovered a new way of smuggling weapons, by way of shipping it by river. The united German / Dutch and Belgium custom police started intercepting those cargo ships, and after checking their loads, they are allowed to continue their trip, but last week, a huge river boat "Franklin" (under the flag of Liechtenstein) was boarded by the custom police, when nearing the port of Islamabad (Maaseik), and it appeared to carry a huge load of heavy artillery and other military merchandise. Syria has turned to the Security Council of the UN excusing Holland of piracy in International waterways.

The majority of members in the Security Council are likely to vote against the piracy actions of Holland, and only a veto from the USA can save Holland from being judged by the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

It is clear for anybody with a little sense of human rights, that the shameful behaviour of the Dutch and their obvious show of un-fair play that the Dutch will always remain the same brutal criminals and pirates that roamed the oceans and colonized and killed the local natives. The head of a Ghana's prince who was beheaded by the Dutch Colonial Forces, (headed by General Jan Verveer*) has only now sent back for burial in his native land. How disgustingly cruel are those Dutch?

* General Verveer is not related to the writer of this post.