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The seventies was a decade in which Europe was flooded by a wave of radicalisation, extremism and terrorism. Bloody attacks and hijackings sometimes seemed to be the order of the day, also in the Netherlands. As a result of the terror letter from Prime Minister Biesheuvel in February 1973, three BBE units were established. The Special Assistance Unit - Marines, the BBE-M, the BBE-Armed Forces and BBE-National Police, were the first anti-terrorist units in the Netherlands. While the BBE-Armed Forces and BBE-National Police consisted of long-distance and precision shooters, a third unit had to fulfil a Close Quarters Combat task: penetrating objects occupied by terrorists. After the first successful deployment of these marines at the Scheveningen Prison, the Netherlands was increasingly confronted with terrorism. This time from the South Moluccan community where they strived for an independent republic of the South Moluccas. Due to the particularly insensitive and thoughtless actions of the Dutch government in the aftermath of the decolonization of the Dutch East Indies, a painful colonial ulcer had grown on the margins of society that could have festered for years. To this day, this wound has not healed