Left-wing parties, such as the Labour Party (PvdA), which demanded an immediate parliamentary investigation were later rebuked by military commander Dick Berlijn, who stated that the left-wing opposition tarnished the reputation of the Dutch Department of Defense by their incriminating language, while nothing happened in Iraq.
De venstreorienterede partier, herunder arbejderpartiet PvdA, som forlangte en øjeblikkelig parlamentarisk undersøgelse, blev senere irettesat af militærchefen Dick Berlijn, der erklærede, at oppositionen tilsmudsede the hollandske forsvarsministerium til trods for, at der intet var sket i Irak.