Are new deportation rules too strict?
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- Are new deportation rules too strict?
- Corn-Fueled In Cornhusker State Ethanol Blends Make Up 70 Percent Of…
- Airbus owner to bid for Army helicopter
- Moderate Muslims concerned for community harmony
Are new deportation rules too strict?
BBC News – Aug 26, 2005
In my view, we have a responsibility to the other countries to prosecute, convict and imprison dangerous criminals within our territory, instead of just sending them somewhere else to stir up trouble. Terry Gilbert, Constituent of Mr Clarke! I think this may be pretty much counterproductive. What happens to the Brits who express unacceptable opinions? It will breed a new kind of “ideological hero” and home grown radical commentators who cannot be deported. Tsatsu, UK These measures appear to be vague, ill-defined and potential to abuse. And I don’t believe in hopping aboard the moral bandwagon when it comes to the issue of “terror” – Western states have been supporting terrorism for decades (And it’s well documented!) I’m not particularly fond of the democratic system as it is. Can one expect to be deported for harbouring merely “damaging” views?Anon, Aberdeen, UK Secular and liberal Muslims have been warning the West for years to take a tougher stance against extremist Muslim groups living in both the West and in the Muslim world. It is a shame that it needed the loss of innocent lives in London to wake the British government from their human rights slumber.
Corn-Fueled In Cornhusker State Ethanol Blends Make Up 70 Percent Of…
CBS News – Aug 26, 2005
Meanwhile, CBS News Correspondent Jim Axelrod continues his drive across the country charting the impact of gas prices. He reports from Lincoln, Nebraska that many in the Cornhusker State are relying on a home-grown product to fuel their cars. We’re about half way through our trip cross-country. Having filled up five times now, we’ve been doing what everybody else is in America ‘ seeing how far we can go between fill-ups. In Nebraska, tow truck drivers are getting pretty used to getting fuel calls. Michael Turner ran out of gas just trying to push it a few extra miles.
Airbus owner to bid for Army helicopter
Seattle Times – Aug 26, 2005
army’s new Light Utility Helicopter competition as a prime contractor. The Netherlands-based company, the majority owner of Airbus, said Wednesday that it will offer the UH-145, a version of its EC-145 popular twin-engine civilian helicopter. It will have “significant” U. -made content to satisfy the constraints of the Bush administration’s policy of favoring home-grown companies for defense contracts. The decision to tender for the helicopter contract as a prime contractor marks a significant milestone for EADS, which had been expected to team up with a U.
Moderate Muslims concerned for community harmony
NEWS.com.au – Aug 26, 2005
El-Higzi said the community was aware of Western perceptions. “Youths are passionate by nature, whether they are Muslim or not,” she said. “We are aware there is the fear of home-grown terrorist acts, but we are also aware there is always a reason someone blows themselves up. It is a matter of connecting with young people to ensure they do not go off track. To make difficult times harder, an American-made documentary that contends the September 11, 2001, hijackings were not the work of Muslims has been circulating in Muslim communities in Queensland over the past month. The documentary, 911 In Plane Site, claims the live footage of the World Trade Centre disaster showed it being struck by rockets launched by a military plane, which then struck one of the buildings. The initial footage was shown just once, with subsequent images being doctored before they were aired.