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Independent: "Lawyers for two men arrested in an anti-terror raid in east London spoke out angrily as mystery deepened about the circumstances surrounding the operation which left one suspect with a gunshot wound.
More than 1,000 people have been arrested under the Terrorism Act in Britain since the US attacks on 11 September 2001 but only 121 have been charged and 23 convicted of terrorist offences."
Observer: "Neighbours also registered their anger towards the police, describing how a younger brother in the family was arrested and 'dragged down the road, put down on the pavement and then plastic sheets were put on him and he was into white overalls'. Others claimed that even the grandmother of the family was led from the home in handcuffs.
A spokesman for Scotland Yard confirmed that, in addition to the suspect who was shot, 'Two other people went to hospital. One was a woman suffering shock. The other, a man with a head injury.' He declined to comment further."
Guardian: "Counter-terrorism officials conceded yesterday that lethal chemical devices they feared had been stored at an east London house raided on Friday may never have existed."
SundayHerald: "The government is refusing to allow the release of reports by Europe's official anti-torture watchdog which are believed to be critical of the UK's treatment of suspects detained under the Terrorism Act.
As the Home Office faces a battle over the legality of its controversial anti- terrorism laws, the Sunday Herald can reveal that ministers have for months been holding on to two reports which detail findings from inspections of high-security prisons and detention centres."
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LATimes: "The Pentagon has decided to omit from new detainee policies a key tenet of the Geneva Convention that explicitly bans 'humiliating and degrading treatment', according to knowledgeable military officials, a step that would mark a further, potentially permanent, shift away from strict adherence to international human rights standards.
The decision could culminate a lengthy debate within the Defense Department but will not become final until the Pentagon makes new guidelines public, a step that has been delayed. However, the State Department fiercely opposes the military's decision to exclude Geneva Convention protections and has been pushing for the Pentagon and White House to reconsider, the Defense Department officials acknowledged."
The top brass bastards Rumsfeld and Bush have criminal intentions. There is no doubt about that.
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© Copyright 2006 Hetty Litjens.
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