Word: antiterror
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...Prime Minister and his Home Secretary have been determined to respond without the use of apocalyptic language. Blair was sometimes accused of scaremongering to generate support for antiterror measures. "Terrorists are criminals whose victims come from all walks of life, communities and religious backgrounds," Smith told the House of Commons. "Terrorists attack the values that are shared by all law-abiding citizens." Though the words were not so very different from those used by her pugnacious predecessor John Reid, they were greeted as if they signified a radical departure from the Blair years. The opposition thanked Smith for her "dignity...
...coordinated, and you talk to the public in a calm and authoritative way. The difficulty comes in pitching legislation right, in getting the right balance between civil liberties and the proper protection of the public," he says. The Brown government has indicated that it will not rush new antiterror legislation in response to the latest plot. That suggests a new approach. Since the beginning of the decade, Britain passed four separate laws that extended the authorities' rights to investigate and monitor suspects and seize their assets. Blair did not have everything his own way; in 2005 he suffered his first...
...years in prison and substantial fines if convicted. And News Corporation honcho Rupert Murdoch's publication could be left looking for a new chief royal correspondent. Could the scandal grow? The Metropolitan Police first conducted a small investigation into the Goodman affair. But it charged its antiterror unit with a larger probe in light of indications that many prominent politicians, actors and athletes - often devout mobile-phone users - might also have been compromised. Phone companies O2 and Vodafone have been cooperating with detectives to identify any other targeted customers. Was the dirt worth the drama? Goodman's alleged spycraft revealed...
...hoping that Jessen-Petersen was right when he said: "I trust that Mr Haradinaj will again be able to serve Kosovo." The alternative, if convicted, is life. - By Andrew Purvis Storm Over Sunset BRITAIN Home Secretary Charles Clarke imposed strict controls on 10 released terror suspects under a new antiterror bill approved after a marathon all-night session of Parliament. The House of Lords, Parliament's unelected upper chamber, finally endorsed the measure, which permits restrictions such as house arrest, after Prime Minister Tony Blair agreed to give Parliament the right to review it within a year. The 10 suspects...
...including allegations that he incited his followers to murder Jews and other non-Muslims. Abu Hamza, a former imam at a north London mosque, has been in detention since his arrest in May on a U.S. extradition warrant. The British indictment will now take precedence. On the Alert SPAIN Antiterror police asked Switzerland to extradite Algerian Mohamed Achraf, alleged ringleader of a group of Islamic extremists suspected of plotting to blow up Madrid's National Court. Spanish examining magistrate Baltasar Garzón questioned eight suspected members of the gang arrested in nationwide swoops, and a further 10 Islamic extremists...