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2004-05-28 Britain

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-05-28 03:52|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

Posted by Howard UK 2004-05-28 4:55:29 AM|| 2004-05-28 4:55:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 A hearty welcome from the land-lubbers at HMP Belmarsh. Oooh-arrr me 'earties!

Posted by Howard UK 2004-05-28 4:56:39 AM|| 2004-05-28 4:56:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Howard - I was a bit surprised to see the prison has a balcony, and that apparently the prisoners have free run of it (or are they guards?!. Do you think the sheet was knotted to the rail after the photo for a quick shimmy to freedom?). Of course, next thing you know, it'll be Hamza himself photo'd on the balcony, preaching to a mass of prison roughnecks, new converts to Islam...

Posted by Bulldog 2004-05-28 5:42:58 AM|| 2004-05-28 5:42:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I believe Belmarsh has a shark-infested moat around it / also the surrounding environs (Woolwich -postmodern industrial desert a la Mad Max films) are possibly more dangerous than life inside.

Posted by Howard UK 2004-05-28 5:56:00 AM|| 2004-05-28 5:56:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 For an explanation of the photo:
AFP Photo
Builders and plumbers gather on the terrace of a building with a banner saying 'sling your hook' to support cleric Abu Hamza Al-Masri as he arrived at the Belmarsh magistrate court in London.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)

Posted by ed 2004-05-28 6:38:01 AM|| 2004-05-28 6:38:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Ah, thanks ed. Though they looked like an uglier bunch than your usual prison mob. 'Builders and plumbers' - that explains it!

Wonder what was on the sheet's other side: "Show us yer tits!"?!

Posted by Bulldog 2004-05-28 6:42:49 AM|| 2004-05-28 6:42:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Which one's your boyfriend, Antisemite?

Posted by BMN 2004-05-28 10:46:29 AM|| 2004-05-28 10:46:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 UR? I'd assume the intellectual who wrote the banner is her boyfriend

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-28 10:51:38 AM|| 2004-05-28 10:51:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Which one is Mario?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-05-28 12:12:54 PM|| 2004-05-28 12:12:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Today's New York Daily News headline: "Hooked" with a large, unflattering picture of Hamza. You gotta love a good tabloid.

Posted by Tibor 2004-05-28 1:33:52 PM|| 2004-05-28 1:33:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Oops! The headline was on the New York Post (natch).

Posted by Tibor 2004-05-28 3:06:22 PM|| 2004-05-28 3:06:22 PM|| Front Page Top

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