Another blog mentioned some great links from 2003 and 2004 related to this: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,104821,00.html (Dec 2003) http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1143524,00.html (Feb 2004)
I thought you wanted to put money on it? Not so sure anymore? Let's just say I can read between the lines of BS. Since an actual act of terrorism had not been carried out at the time of the arrest, they will not be charged with terrorism directly, but with attempted terrorism charges. Which is obviously why you don't want to make a reasonable bet. Are you sure you don't want to put your money where your mouth is? I've already got the charity picked out and I'm sure you'll whine and moan about it too Huh? Which voice in your head is speaking now? Isn't it too soon to start defending your buds? Let them at least get into the system before we start making them out to be innocent The bet is, you will donate to "my" charity of choice and if none are convicted, I will donate to the charity of your choice. I want control over where your donation will go. And trust me, they need your money. My apologies, I haven't been to the "be kind to a terrorist" sthensthitivity training lately. You'll forgive me if suddenly I'm not interested in being pals with people that wanted to blow your country up. Some people are stupid like that, ya know?
Interesting that it took so many days before warnings were issued /// "An eerie prologue to the events of Thursday played out to anxious authorities on Sunday. Masked explosives capable of destroying an airplane midair were recovered in a tense operation from a family travelling from London to Boston." - source
I'm 100% sure I do want to put money where my mouth is! What I didn't agree with was your stipulation of charges being filed. That's not good enough. I will bet on a conviction in a UK court of law on any terrorism-related charge of any of the people arrested in the UK. I will even settle for money laundering, incitement to race-hatred, or any other type of conviction that could further the ends of terrorism. You're being disingenuous, GTech. Being charged with an offence and being found guilty of an offence are two different things. I'm willing to bet on a conviction in a court of law. See above Good for you! Er, hardly. C'mon, Gtech, surely you know by now I'm not gonna bite Ok. Deal. With the caveat that you can name the charity, full stop. Whoever loses the bet, the charity of your choice will still get a $50 donation. Fair enough?
Don't hold your breath yo! It's good to release those who were caught up in the arrests, but not involved. I wouldn't start throwing a celebration party for your buds so soon though.
They released ALL the terrorists who hijacked a plane from Afghanistan, held women and children hostage at Stanstead airport for 3 days, and threatened to blow it up and kill the people. They demanded the plane be refuelled, then they decided (after 3 days) that they were REALLY asylum seakers. They were arrested, put in jail, but appealed and won.. NOW we have to give them money, a nice house, and pay them damages. Oh, and we CAN NOT deport them so they are free to wander around the UK as they please, because when the government wanted to electronically tag them, they sued (with state legal aid of course) and won , claiming their human rights were being infringed. What is the world coming to.
Yeah, I'm still trying to get my head round that one. Exactly what part about hijacking a plane is legal, I wonder? On another angle, MI5 are recruiting:
It's all down to Tony Blairs crazy human rights act, which has achieved nothing but give rights to criminals (not the victims) and to make his wife a lot of money though her human rights court cases. The sooner the bloody thing is scrapped the better
The online MI5 test is a piece of piss (or was when I took it ) Shame I can't sign up. The again MI6 would better suit me. I far prefer running arounfd in other peoples countries than my own (MI5 = UK MI6 = Other countries)
There was no 007 test. So I didn't bother taking the MI5 test. I wanted to be Brooke Bond, double-o tea-drinker.
I would not want to get dragged into all that crap anyhow. It is hard enough playing the politics of business
Link /// Funny thing, but the general public wasn't buying it. Thousands of ordinary folks posted their thoughts on Web forums set up by the BBC, The New York Times and other news outlets to monitor reaction. And that reaction was surprisingly mundane and cynical.
That is awesome. The public is finally growing tired of right-wing "be afraid of your shadow" propaganda.