Steven Mace
04-11-2002, 03:40 PM
Dogs of war
By Charlie Jacoby
10/04/2002
Abu Hamza al-Masri (pictured) is going to have a good summer in the UK. Equally, Amar Makhlulif looks set to escape punishment in the USA. The reason they are able to relax is that they are high up a list of those who have escaped a proposed law designed to send people for trial to countries where they are alleged to have committed crimes.
The Government did this so that theres plenty of time to debate foxhunting, coursing, terrierwork and tail docking. His war on hunting means Tony Blair has let slip the terrorist dogs of war.
Yemen accuses Egyptian-born Abu Hamza real name Mustafa Kamil who holds British citizenship, of involvement in the 1998 kidnapping of foreigners in Yemen, and connection to the extremist group Aden-Abyan Islamic Army. It has demanded his extradition from Britain. In 1998, the Aden-Abyan Army kidnapped 61 foreign tourists, four of whom were killed when the Yemeni security forces tried to free them. Amar also known as Abu Doha an Algerian who has lived in Britain since 1999, is accused of being the European "gatekeeper" to Osama Bin Laden`s Afghan training camps and organising travel arrangements for terrorists. He is held at Belmarsh high security prison after being arrested at Heathrow last year trying to use a false passport to board a flight to Saudi Arabia.
In March, the Government shelved three major Bills, including an extradition Bill and plans to scrap the double jeopardy rule preventing people being tried twice for murder, because of a legislative logjam at Westminster. The criminal justice Bill, announced in the Queen`s Speech last June, was one of Tony Blair`s main law and order measures, and could have brought Stephen Lawrence`s killers to justice. The Extradition Bill was to have meant the UK derogating from Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This would have allowed for the indefinite detention of foreign nationals "suspected" on the basis of security and police reports of being "a threat to national security" where there was no extradition agreement with a third country or where the return of the person meant they could face torture or death if returned. Its timeframe 18 months is the same timeframe set for the taildocking bill. Since September, the Government has been able to bring in tougher extradition laws. But the 1995 and 1996 EU Extradition Conventions which were approved by Parliament in December and came into force in March were watered-down versions of the proposed Extradition Bill.
Once again, the Government has gone back on its word. When he announced the Extradition Bill, Home Secretary David Blunkett said: "On 11 September, families lost their loved ones, and the threat of terrorism touched us all. If we fail now to take the necessary action to protect our people, future generations will never forgive us." And in September, when confronted with the drawn-out absurdity of current extradition proceedings, Tony Blair said: "We`ve got to deal with it."
http://www.leadshot.com/story.asp?id=523
Steve Mace
By Charlie Jacoby
10/04/2002
Abu Hamza al-Masri (pictured) is going to have a good summer in the UK. Equally, Amar Makhlulif looks set to escape punishment in the USA. The reason they are able to relax is that they are high up a list of those who have escaped a proposed law designed to send people for trial to countries where they are alleged to have committed crimes.
The Government did this so that theres plenty of time to debate foxhunting, coursing, terrierwork and tail docking. His war on hunting means Tony Blair has let slip the terrorist dogs of war.
Yemen accuses Egyptian-born Abu Hamza real name Mustafa Kamil who holds British citizenship, of involvement in the 1998 kidnapping of foreigners in Yemen, and connection to the extremist group Aden-Abyan Islamic Army. It has demanded his extradition from Britain. In 1998, the Aden-Abyan Army kidnapped 61 foreign tourists, four of whom were killed when the Yemeni security forces tried to free them. Amar also known as Abu Doha an Algerian who has lived in Britain since 1999, is accused of being the European "gatekeeper" to Osama Bin Laden`s Afghan training camps and organising travel arrangements for terrorists. He is held at Belmarsh high security prison after being arrested at Heathrow last year trying to use a false passport to board a flight to Saudi Arabia.
In March, the Government shelved three major Bills, including an extradition Bill and plans to scrap the double jeopardy rule preventing people being tried twice for murder, because of a legislative logjam at Westminster. The criminal justice Bill, announced in the Queen`s Speech last June, was one of Tony Blair`s main law and order measures, and could have brought Stephen Lawrence`s killers to justice. The Extradition Bill was to have meant the UK derogating from Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This would have allowed for the indefinite detention of foreign nationals "suspected" on the basis of security and police reports of being "a threat to national security" where there was no extradition agreement with a third country or where the return of the person meant they could face torture or death if returned. Its timeframe 18 months is the same timeframe set for the taildocking bill. Since September, the Government has been able to bring in tougher extradition laws. But the 1995 and 1996 EU Extradition Conventions which were approved by Parliament in December and came into force in March were watered-down versions of the proposed Extradition Bill.
Once again, the Government has gone back on its word. When he announced the Extradition Bill, Home Secretary David Blunkett said: "On 11 September, families lost their loved ones, and the threat of terrorism touched us all. If we fail now to take the necessary action to protect our people, future generations will never forgive us." And in September, when confronted with the drawn-out absurdity of current extradition proceedings, Tony Blair said: "We`ve got to deal with it."
http://www.leadshot.com/story.asp?id=523
Steve Mace