July 18, 2005

this snowmail from last friday...

New Anti-Terror measures
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And now the government announces still more anti terror measures. New
offences of handling or being trained to handle hazardous materials;
Indirect incitement, what ever that means; and acting preparatory to a
terrorist attack.

There's a whiff of knee jerk in the air, there is also a surging
feeling amongst Muslims that they are the fall guys - that they are to blame
that they are the enemy. The email traffic and contacts I'm getting
from people expresses huge resentment at the way they are being regarded.

A Zimbabwe tale
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Also tonight an amazing event at the House of Commons in which three
people the government sought to deport back to Zimbabwe tell a harrowing
tale of their danger their and their treatment here - claiming a
callous disregard for their safety.

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