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| Britain in New Anti-Terror Plan |
| 2009-03-25 |
| Britain unveiled on Tuesday, March 24, its latest counter-terrorism strategy which seeks enlisting the "widest range" of people to battle a "severe" terror threat. "We can't tackle terrorism simply from Whitehall," Home Secretary Jacqui Smith told the BBC News. "I don't think tackling terrorism is simply something we can rely on our police and intelligence agencies to do... we need to enlist the widest possible range of support." The new strategy, called Contest Two, will update the Contest strategy developed by the Home Office in 2003. Contest was later detailed in the £45m ""Prevent" strategy released in 2006, following the July 7, 2005 attacks on London subway and bus stations, which was designed to curb extremism and raise awareness in public local. According to the 174-page document outlining the plan, some £3.5bn a year on would be spent on counter-terrorism by 2011, which goes beyond police and security services to 60,000 civilians in places that may be targeted by terrorists. "We have provided security advice to sport venues and shopping centres and expanded protective programmes for air, sea and rail travel to provide proportionate, sustainable and efficient security for passengers and staff." Preventing access to internet information on setting up attacks is another angle of the policy. The government also said its updated counter-terrorism policy would still focus efforts on trying to prevent young Muslims from being radicalised by extremists. Tackling anti-democratic extremist voices in the community and supporting mainstream pro-democratic Muslim voices are two main goals of the new plan. "We need to get in early to prevent people actually supporting violent extremism or supporting terrorism," said Smith. Britain's two million Muslims have taken full brunt of anti-terror laws since the 7/7 attacks. They have repeatedly complained of maltreatment by police for no apparent reason other than being Muslim. The UN human rights committee in July disparaged Britain over growing anti-Muslim sentiments, urging a review of its draconian anti-terror measures. A Financial Times opinion poll has showed recently that Britain is the most suspicious nation about Muslims. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Plaice and chips? Guinness? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-25 17:26 |
| #2 A Financial Times opinion poll has showed recently that Britain is the most suspicious nation about Muslims. We do have some redeeming features. |
| Posted by: Vortigern The Suspicious 2009-03-25 16:38 |
| #1 Oi vey. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-03-25 04:57 |