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Spying on Muslims
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6353035/Anti-extremism-scheme-spying-on-muslims.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/16/anti-terrorism-strategy-spies-innocents
Is this to be condoned in a free country, or a necessity taking into account the present situation?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/16/anti-terrorism-strategy-spies-innocents
Is this to be condoned in a free country, or a necessity taking into account the present situation?
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TCL....Of course they are labelled "innocent"because either they are not planning terrorist attacks or that they are and have done and not been caught. There are a lot of terrorists labelled "innocent."
If one is looking for Islamic terrorists, one does not tend to waste time in the leafy suburbs of Chipping Sodbury, or the Jewish Community or the Irish, or football hooligans, but in the Muslim Community......which seems perfectly reasonable to me, particularly if it saves the lives of innocent men, women and children.
If one is looking for Islamic terrorists, one does not tend to waste time in the leafy suburbs of Chipping Sodbury, or the Jewish Community or the Irish, or football hooligans, but in the Muslim Community......which seems perfectly reasonable to me, particularly if it saves the lives of innocent men, women and children.
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Put simply its either their freedom or ours. It was no coincidence that the staff of MI5 grew from about 3000 to 8000 during the Iraq war. The threats and actions from the enemy within has altered the balance of a free society able to move about and do its business unhindered. Some innocents may be caught up in these terrorist plots but thats the price they pay for being from the same tribe. The original immigrants are free to go back from where they came but they seem to delight in siding with the insurgents who only wish the country harm. It seems countries like Russia and China have more respect for their countries and would have tackled the problem at source not trying to pacify them.
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"If you've nothing to hide, what's the problem?"
That's an easy one: the problem is the police arrest the wrong people. Ask the Birmingham Six. The Guilford Five. The Maguire Seven.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Six
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guildford_Four_and_Maguire_Seven
Every one of them wrongly convicted - guilty only of looking Irish (and not even that)
That's an easy one: the problem is the police arrest the wrong people. Ask the Birmingham Six. The Guilford Five. The Maguire Seven.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Six
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guildford_Four_and_Maguire_Seven
Every one of them wrongly convicted - guilty only of looking Irish (and not even that)
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