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| UK police detain two under terrorism law |
| 2008-08-16 |
| Two men were arrested at Manchester Airport under Britain's terrorism laws late on Thursday afternoon, police said. A third was arrested later in the evening in the northwest English town of Accrington. The pair arrested at the airport was from the Blackburn area, also in northwest England, Lancashire police said in a statement posted to their website. A spokesman for Lancashire police said all three men were in their 20s and identified them as being "Asian", meaning that they were of Indian, Bangladeshi, or Pakistani ethnicity. He said he did not know whether they were British citizens, and spoke on condition of anonymity in line with force policy. Bill Crawshaw, terminal duty manager at Manchester Airport, said there had been no disruption to the airport's operations, and referred other questions to the police. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Fifth, their parents and they are better off than average. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-08-16 22:23 |
| #1 Let me see if I can identify them for you. One, they are home born British. Two, they are of Pakistani origin. Third, they have recently returned from visiting Mum's aunt Gira in the NWFP. Fourth, in their hovel of a pebble-wall terrace house they had literature and pamphlets published by the Pakistan Taliban and AQ community. Does that seem to fit? |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2008-08-16 08:57 |