Sure, against terrorists. Bruce http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=1147152006
Anti-terror laws said to risk 'discrimination' GERRI PEEV BRITAIN'S top Asian police officer has warned the government that its anti-terrorism laws risk criminalising Muslims. Tarique Ghaffur, the assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, also called for a judicial review of the radicalisation of young Muslims. His warning about radicalisation came as a new poll found that almost a quarter of British Muslims thought the 7/7 bombings were justified because of the government's support for the war on terrorism. It was time to investigate the cause of the "anger and resentment" of young British Muslims that lay behind last July's bombings in London, Mr Ghaffur told the National Black Police Association's conference in Manchester. "Not only has anti-terrorism and security legislation been tightened across many European countries, with the effect of indirectly discriminating against Muslims, but other equally unwanted practices have also emerged, including increased stop-and-search legislation," he said. A Home Office spokesman said: "The powers within counter-terror legislation are not aimed at a particular race, religion, or any other group. They are aimed at terrorists, whatever section of society they may come from." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
