It’s been a while since I discussed the Van Gogh affair and that partly has been caused by the fact that there hasn’t been an awful lot of news to report. Dan Darling at Winds however has a fairly detailed analysis of a recent report from the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment about the affair. Their study makes it very clear that the filmmaker’s murderer was absolutely not the deranged individual that many would like him to be (his trial is currently on hold until a three-month psychological assessment is completed) but part of a larger group and a broader strategy best summarized by the now omnipresent term ‘jihad’. Although the findings of the report are not earth-shattering material for those who have been following the affair, it may be mandatory reading for especially the Dutch establishment that would love nothing better than a verdict built on a lone-nut theory.