UK Court Condemns Handling Of Terror Suspects

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Thu Dec-16-04 03:29 PM
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UK Court Condemns Handling Of Terror Suspects

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=336799&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

Britain's highest court on Thursday harshly condemned one of the most hotly disputed elements of the country's anti-terrorist strategy a law allowing some foreign suspects to be locked up indefinitely with no charge.

"Nothing could be more antithetical to the instincts and traditions of the people of the United Kingdom" than indefinite detentions without charge or trial, wrote Lord Hoffman, one of a nine-judge panel in the House of Lords.

"The real threat to the life of the nation … comes not from terrorism but from laws such as these. That is the true measure of what terrorism may achieve," he wrote.

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MasonJar

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Thu Dec-16-04 06:02 PM
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1. Tony Blair has lost all sense since aligning himself with the

Edited on Thu Dec-16-04 06:03 PM by MasonJar

US man-child. How are we going to get out of this dilemma if we do not take back our elections?

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Thu Dec-16-04 06:06 PM
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2. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1076195

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