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| Top British prosecutor: 'There is no war on terror' |
| 2007-01-25 |
| Britain's top prosecutor set himself at odds with Prime Minister Tony Blair's government Wednesday, saying the "war on terror" does not exist and urging restraint on laws threatening human rights. The director of public prosecutions, Ken Macdonald, warned of a "fear-driven and inappropriate response" to the new threat that could lead to the abandonment of respect for fair trials and due legal process. In a speech to the Criminal Bar Association, reported by the Guardian newspaper, Macdonald rejected the assertion that a "war on terror" was being played out in Britain. "On the streets of London, there is no such thing as a 'war on terror', just as there can be no such thing as a 'war on drugs', said Macdonald, who heads the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). "The fight against terrorism on the streets of Britain is not a war. It is the prevention of crime, the enforcement of our laws and the winning of justice for those damaged by the infringement." One of the primary aims of groups and individuals who committed atrocities such as the July 2005 suicide bombings in London was to encourage a response that ran counter to British values, he added. Since the bombings -- and even after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States -- there have been criticisms that anti-terrorism legislation unfairly targets British Muslims. Blair has tried -- and failed -- to increase the maximum period of detention without charge for security suspects to 90 days, while detention without trial -- the government's response to September 11 -- was ruled unlawful. The courts have also criticised an alternative system of "control orders" -- a loose form of house arrest for security suspects -- as incompatible with human rights laws. Macdonald said a "culture of legislative restraint in the area of terrorist crime is central to the existence of an efficient and human rights compatible process". Without such restraint, there would be a greater number of less safe convictions, he added. The criminal justice system's response to terrorism must be "proportionate and grounded in due process and the rule of law", he told his audience. "We must protect ourselves from these atrocious crimes without abandoning our traditions of freedom." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 He's right. There's no war on terror, there's a war with islam... Exactly. "Terror" is simply one of the methods Islam is using in order to implement its global caliphate under shariah law. |
| Posted by: Whiskettes4Hilali 2007-01-25 20:30 |
| #12 Rfever are you in the UK now? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-01-25 18:36 |
| #11 He's right. There's no war on terror, there's a war with islam, the line being if we (the West, for what concerns us, but the hindus or christian africans,... too) are at war with a re-awakened and morphed militant islam only, or with the intrinsic predatory nature of that religion-civilization. And, in addition, we're at war with our inner ennemy (The Forces Of Progress, aka socialists, marxists and all other assorted tripes, including the EUcrats) and we may be in a proxy war with the chicoms and the ruskies. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-01-25 13:06 |
| #10 Tipper, Excalibur, The Crown Prosecution Service, UK, are treating GWoT like part of a Public Disorder Act; see their lumping together of racial and religous crimes, unfortunately no names mentioned. And the definition of a (racial) crime on the basis it alarmed the victim, lol, only the victim need be the accuser, no-one else, no witnesses. Where is the breakdown of ALL racial AND religous elememnts in all these prosecutions? It would more than alarm some people if it got out, so it's not getting out. |
| Posted by: fever 2007-01-25 12:52 |
| #9 Sorry this guy forgot his meds, oh dear seems he has taken his own life, I hate it that so many of my country men are fu***** pussies. Maybe we should ask the germans to open up a couple of those camps they have |
| Posted by: Alex 2007-01-25 12:14 |
| #8 The never ending War on Subway Cars and Double Decker Buses. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-01-25 10:03 |
| #7 CPS seeks to reassure and listen to Muslim communities And we should neither seek to "reassure" nor "listen" to people who would destroy us and our way of life. My people have called England home for more than a thousand years. The notion a foreign swarm should demand not only refuge and opportunity but compliance with their demon-god does not call for hang-wringing and apologies: It is a call for war. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-01-25 09:37 |
| #6 It is time to start hanging traitors. A few examples now would save us a sea of blood later. But it seems we never learn until we have to all over again. Hosea 8:7 |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-01-25 09:29 |
| #5 Move along folks, nothing to see here, from another dhimmi |
| Posted by: tipper 2007-01-25 08:51 |
| #4 "The fight against terrorism on the streets of Britain is not a war. It is the prevention of crime, the enforcement of our laws and the winning of justice for those damaged by the infringement." Too bad Kerry's out. This guy coulda been his Attorney General... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-01-25 08:43 |
| #3 resignation letter due today - "to spend more time with my family" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-01-25 07:04 |
| #2 Should be happy then - PRAVDA/MENEWS/OTHER > besides JORDAN + EGYPT, ALGERIA + MOROCCO + NIGERIA + SCO are all contemplating dev nukies. Gotta wonder how PARIS is gonna react to anti-French Radic elements in GREATER FRANCE potens having access to nuke tech. FILM AT 11. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-01-25 00:52 |
| #1 Another Brit who has taken leave of his senses. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-01-25 00:35 |