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Britain may use mediaeval treason law to tackle Islamist fighters
[REUTERS] Britannia may use a mediaeval law dating to 1351 to charge citizens with treason if they go to fight with Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... turbans in Iraq and Syria, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said. Prime Minister  David Cameron... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... has warned that Islamic State, whose fighters have seized large areas of Syria and Iraq, pose a grave threat to Britannia while police and intelligence officers say they have seen a rise in potentially deadly plots. Security officials say some 500 Britons - largely with Moslem immigrant backgrounds - are believed to be fighting in Iraq and Syria, though the true figure could be much greater and security officials worry that those who return could carry out an attack on Britannia. Hammond said any British citizen who had sworn personal allegiance to the so-called Islamic State could have committed an offense under the Treason Act of 1351, which was passed during the reign of English King Edward III. "We have seen people declaring that they have sworn personal allegiance to the so-called Islamic State," Hammond told parliament on Thursday. "That does raise questions about their loyalty and allegiance to this country and about whether the offense of treason could have been committed," he said, adding he would bring the issue to the attention of Home Secretary (interior minister) Theresa May. Posted by: Fred 2014-10-18 |
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