http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1312&id=1737432005
Louise Gray
"Leaders at a South London mosque wrote to police complaining Hussein Osman, the alleged Shepherd's Bush attempted bomber currently fighting extradition from Italy, and associates were harassing more moderate Muslims to convert them to more radical views. But they said police did little to get rid of the gang who were 'brainwashing' and 'intimidating' members of the mosque. "
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society
Saturday, August 06, 2005
The price of multiculturalism / Spiked, 5 Aug 2005
http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CACE2.htm
Michael Fitzpatrick
"Though there are other plausible explanations for the tragic death of a young man in a city with a reputation for violent crime, none fits the script that was ready to hand to explain an event about which there is still little reliable information. The familiar script is that Walker's death confirms that Britain is in the grip of a wave of race (and faith) hatred, one that predates, but has been exacerbated by, the recent London bombings. It is striking that a similar incident on the same evening in London, in which another young man was fatally stabbed on a bus, merited little media attention (as the victim was white and the attacker black, this did not fit the script) ."
Michael Fitzpatrick
"Though there are other plausible explanations for the tragic death of a young man in a city with a reputation for violent crime, none fits the script that was ready to hand to explain an event about which there is still little reliable information. The familiar script is that Walker's death confirms that Britain is in the grip of a wave of race (and faith) hatred, one that predates, but has been exacerbated by, the recent London bombings. It is striking that a similar incident on the same evening in London, in which another young man was fatally stabbed on a bus, merited little media attention (as the victim was white and the attacker black, this did not fit the script) ."
What's behind the 'cult of the suicide bomber'? / Spiked, 4 Aug 2005
http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CACDF.htm
Brendan O'Neill
"These attacks, or more accurately media events, seem to be more about an individual making a statement than achieving a discernible aim. Toolis agrees that suicide attacks were tactical then and are something different now."
Brendan O'Neill
"These attacks, or more accurately media events, seem to be more about an individual making a statement than achieving a discernible aim. Toolis agrees that suicide attacks were tactical then and are something different now."
British-bred terrorists: Was it something they ate? / Spiked, 5 Aug 2005
http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CACE1.htm
Josie Appleton
"So Golborne Road gets journalists pointing the finger and blaming it for breeding terrorists - and it gets the police protecting it from the surrounding barbarians. The residents are cast as either villains or victims. Both approaches are strategies of non-engagement, treating communities as communities apart."
Josie Appleton
"So Golborne Road gets journalists pointing the finger and blaming it for breeding terrorists - and it gets the police protecting it from the surrounding barbarians. The residents are cast as either villains or victims. Both approaches are strategies of non-engagement, treating communities as communities apart."
After 21/7: still hiding behind the terrorists / Spiked, 2 Aug 2005
http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CACD2.htm
Brendan O'Neill
"By continuing to link the attacks in London with the war in Iraq, anti-war activists are conferring authority on the bombers."
Brendan O'Neill
"By continuing to link the attacks in London with the war in Iraq, anti-war activists are conferring authority on the bombers."
London after 7/7: capital of hate? Islamophobia / Spiked, 5 Aug 2005
http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CACE6.htm
Josie Appleton
"The Met’s new stats were said to show an explosion in faith hate crimes. Actually, they showed the opposite. The faith crime issue is also becoming a way for the police to try to build links with Muslim communities, and show that it is taking their concerns on board. But far from resolving concerns, this creates an official Islamophobia industry, which cranks the issue up whatever the reality on the streets."
Josie Appleton
"The Met’s new stats were said to show an explosion in faith hate crimes. Actually, they showed the opposite. The faith crime issue is also becoming a way for the police to try to build links with Muslim communities, and show that it is taking their concerns on board. But far from resolving concerns, this creates an official Islamophobia industry, which cranks the issue up whatever the reality on the streets."
Al-Zawahri: what a rip-off merchant / Spiked, 5 Aug 2005
http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CACE0.htm
Brendan O'Neill
"The al-Qaeda deputy is only parroting what’s been said on a thousand lefty blogs since 7/7. We pretty much wrote that script for al-Zawahri and he just read it back to us in a scary, shouty Middle Eastern voice, like a James Bond villain circa 1980."
Brendan O'Neill
"The al-Qaeda deputy is only parroting what’s been said on a thousand lefty blogs since 7/7. We pretty much wrote that script for al-Zawahri and he just read it back to us in a scary, shouty Middle Eastern voice, like a James Bond villain circa 1980."
Lib Dems threaten end of terror consensus / ePolitix, 5 Aug 2005
http://www.ePolitix.com/EN/News/200508/cd229424-485a-4aa9-bcac-b5b7c188e7bb.htm
"'The prime minister intends to ban Muslim organisations, seek powers to close down mosques, and deport people who visit particular bookshops or websites'"
"'The prime minister intends to ban Muslim organisations, seek powers to close down mosques, and deport people who visit particular bookshops or websites'"
Live by our values or leave, PM warns / ePolitix, 5 Aug 2005
http://www.ePolitix.com/EN/News/200508/07a5839b-6e61-4992-bb55-ffb341253967.htm
"'If people want to come here, as refugees fleeing persecution or as people seeking a different and better way of life, they come here and they play by our rules and our way of life' "
"'If people want to come here, as refugees fleeing persecution or as people seeking a different and better way of life, they come here and they play by our rules and our way of life' "
Blair's anger at human rights rulings / ePolitix, 5 Aug 2005
ePolitix.com - Blair's anger at human rights rulings:
"'In our courts... there has been this problem with deporting people who are a threat to our national security' "
"'In our courts... there has been this problem with deporting people who are a threat to our national security' "
Communities 'must join fight against crime' / ePolitix, 5 Aug 2005
http://www.ePolitix.com/EN/News/200508/dc464d9d-3e2e-44e0-86e0-54f350aaaf45.htm
"Ministers have called on local communities to play their part in the fight against gun and knife crime. The call came as the Home Office unveiled a £250,000 initiative aimed at boosting communities worst affected by gun and knife crime."
"Ministers have called on local communities to play their part in the fight against gun and knife crime. The call came as the Home Office unveiled a £250,000 initiative aimed at boosting communities worst affected by gun and knife crime."
Friday, August 05, 2005
Corporate Crimes : Global Solutions Ltd / Corporate Watch, 2005
http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=1843
"A lot of GSL's 'corporate crimes' will be well-known: they are a continuation of those of Group 4. Therefore this report will try to focus on things that have happened or come to light since GSL was sold by Group 4. It's also worth noting that to a lot of people, GSL's whole rationale for existence is a crime."
"A lot of GSL's 'corporate crimes' will be well-known: they are a continuation of those of Group 4. Therefore this report will try to focus on things that have happened or come to light since GSL was sold by Group 4. It's also worth noting that to a lot of people, GSL's whole rationale for existence is a crime."
Strange logic / Guardian, 5 Aug 2005
http://society.guardian.co.uk/crimeandpunishment/story/0,8150,1543209,00.html
Decca Aitkenhead
"More than 1,000 women who claimed their drinks had been spiked submitted samples for analysis by the Forensic Science Service, in an attempt to verify the widespread belief that men are drugging women to make it easier to assault them."
Decca Aitkenhead
"More than 1,000 women who claimed their drinks had been spiked submitted samples for analysis by the Forensic Science Service, in an attempt to verify the widespread belief that men are drugging women to make it easier to assault them."
I must preach holy war, says teacher - War on Terror / [Australia] The Age, 5 Aug 2005
http://digbig.com/4eebn
Michelle Grattan
"Former ASIO officer Michael Roach said Australia had about a dozen terrorist cells, with up to 60 individuals in Sydney and Melbourne. Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty has confirmed this."
Michelle Grattan
"Former ASIO officer Michael Roach said Australia had about a dozen terrorist cells, with up to 60 individuals in Sydney and Melbourne. Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty has confirmed this."
Somewhere over the rainbow / Expatica Belgium, 5 Aug 2005
http://digbig.com/4eebk
Khaleed Diab
"Belgium's 'rainbow' coalition is coming to the end of its four-year term in office. As the country prepares to go to the polls to choose a new government, question marks surround what lies at the end of the rainbow for Belgium's Muslim community."
Khaleed Diab
"Belgium's 'rainbow' coalition is coming to the end of its four-year term in office. As the country prepares to go to the polls to choose a new government, question marks surround what lies at the end of the rainbow for Belgium's Muslim community."
Long prison sentences have minimal effects on young criminals / [USA] U of M News Service, 4 Aug 2005
http://www.umich.edu/news/?Releases/2005/Aug05/r080405a
"The study uses data from all felony arrests from 1995 to 2002 in Florida, where the criminal age of the majority is 18. Both researchers emphasized the importance of the paper's methodology for answering how responsive individuals are to prison length."
Report - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11491
"The study uses data from all felony arrests from 1995 to 2002 in Florida, where the criminal age of the majority is 18. Both researchers emphasized the importance of the paper's methodology for answering how responsive individuals are to prison length."
Report - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11491
Islam: the tide of change / New Statesman, 8 Aug 2005
http://www.newstatesman.com/200508080006
Ziauddin Sardar
"My voyages for the BBC took me to Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco and Turkey, an itinerary that included some of the most populous and important Muslim nations. Everywhere I went I found courageous progressives engaged in a battle of ideas with conservatives. Each country had a different Islam, a different dynamic and a different way of addressing the issue of change, but that change is taking place is beyond dispute. And yet all this is largely invisible to us in the west. "
Ziauddin Sardar
"My voyages for the BBC took me to Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco and Turkey, an itinerary that included some of the most populous and important Muslim nations. Everywhere I went I found courageous progressives engaged in a battle of ideas with conservatives. Each country had a different Islam, a different dynamic and a different way of addressing the issue of change, but that change is taking place is beyond dispute. And yet all this is largely invisible to us in the west. "
Brutalised Britain / New Statesman, 8 Aug 2005
http://www.newstatesman.com/200508080001
"The following year the government's Social Exclusion Unit produced a courageous report on the reasons behind reoffending. It noted that the key was tackling causes such as homelessness, unemployment, drug and alcohol abuse and mental illness. All these, it concluded, were exacerbated by prison. What was striking about the conclusions was not their originality but their clarity - a little too clear for ministers fearful of being seen as 'soft'. "
"The following year the government's Social Exclusion Unit produced a courageous report on the reasons behind reoffending. It noted that the key was tackling causes such as homelessness, unemployment, drug and alcohol abuse and mental illness. All these, it concluded, were exacerbated by prison. What was striking about the conclusions was not their originality but their clarity - a little too clear for ministers fearful of being seen as 'soft'. "
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Anti-terror operation pushing police to limit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1541356,00.html
Rosie Cowan and Vikram Dodd
"Scotland Yard is so stretched by the huge investigation into the London terrorist attacks that many other big inquiries have been put on hold, one of the Metropolitan police's most senior officers"
Rosie Cowan and Vikram Dodd
"Scotland Yard is so stretched by the huge investigation into the London terrorist attacks that many other big inquiries have been put on hold, one of the Metropolitan police's most senior officers"
Britain's tolerance put to test / The Japan Times, 25 Jul 2005
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20050725hc.htm
Hugh Cortazzi
"The British government has backed the development of a multicultural and multiethnic society, and has accepted, if not promoted, multilingual communities. Until quite recently Britain welcomed immigrants and asylum seekers. These policies have made British society in the last half century much more diverse, and Britain has deservedly won a reputation for tolerance of ethnic and cultural differences.
Public opinion, however, has now become concerned that the changes that have occurred in British society have gone too far and that the common values that have been developed in Britain over the centuries are being eroded."
Hugh Cortazzi
"The British government has backed the development of a multicultural and multiethnic society, and has accepted, if not promoted, multilingual communities. Until quite recently Britain welcomed immigrants and asylum seekers. These policies have made British society in the last half century much more diverse, and Britain has deservedly won a reputation for tolerance of ethnic and cultural differences.
Public opinion, however, has now become concerned that the changes that have occurred in British society have gone too far and that the common values that have been developed in Britain over the centuries are being eroded."
Flawed crime bill threatens rights / The Japan Times, 3 Aug 2005
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?ed20050803a1.htm
"The government has reportedly given up a plan to have the Diet enact within the current session a bill to enable Japan to join a multilateral treaty to combat international organized crime, but it intends to introduce it again in the next Diet session. The bill carries a danger of undermining a national legal principle that no criminal liability is established unless a crime is actually committed. It also could impair freedom of thought, speech and expression guaranteed by the Constitution. It must be substantially rewritten before it is resubmitted."
"The government has reportedly given up a plan to have the Diet enact within the current session a bill to enable Japan to join a multilateral treaty to combat international organized crime, but it intends to introduce it again in the next Diet session. The bill carries a danger of undermining a national legal principle that no criminal liability is established unless a crime is actually committed. It also could impair freedom of thought, speech and expression guaranteed by the Constitution. It must be substantially rewritten before it is resubmitted."
Police Chiefs Group Bolsters Policy on Suicide Bombers / Washington Post, 4 Aug 2005
http://digbig.com/4eeat
Sari Horwitz
"In Israel and the United Kingdom, countries with a history of confronting terrorist violence, police have adopted a national policy of shooting a suspected suicide bomber in the head to prevent detonation of a suicide vest. The British order became public last week after the shooting of the Brazilian."
Sari Horwitz
"In Israel and the United Kingdom, countries with a history of confronting terrorist violence, police have adopted a national policy of shooting a suspected suicide bomber in the head to prevent detonation of a suicide vest. The British order became public last week after the shooting of the Brazilian."
Suicide (Homicide) Bombers: Part II - Training Key 582 / IACP
PDF - http://www.theiacp.org/pubinfo/IACP582SuicideBombersPart2.pdf
Part II explains how police and other first responders should react to such incidents.
Part II explains how police and other first responders should react to such incidents.
Suicide (Homicide) Bombers - Training Key 581 / IACP
PDF - http://www.theiacp.org/pubinfo/IACP581SuicideBombersPart1.pdf
This is the first of a two-part series on suicide
bombers. Part I covers profiles of suicide
bombers and common beliefs behind committing
a terrorist act. By profiling the suicide
bomber, law enforcement personnel can better
understand the types of actions associated
with suicide bombers and can be better prepared
to prevent attacks.
581
This is the first of a two-part series on suicide
bombers. Part I covers profiles of suicide
bombers and common beliefs behind committing
a terrorist act. By profiling the suicide
bomber, law enforcement personnel can better
understand the types of actions associated
with suicide bombers and can be better prepared
to prevent attacks.
581
Your Vest Won't Stop This Bullet: A Guide to Safer Traffic Stops / Police Chief Magazine, July 2005
http://digbig.com/4eean
Richard J. Ashton
"The need for officers to be alert and readily visible to others when investigating collisions, directing traffic, or attending to disabled vehicles is indispensable to their safety and security. Officers must not focus so intently upon completing these duties that they unconsciously overlook the importance of being clearly recognizable to approaching motorists. They must be furnished with-and trained to use-retroreflective gear suitable to the duties they are undertaking, that is,"
Richard J. Ashton
"The need for officers to be alert and readily visible to others when investigating collisions, directing traffic, or attending to disabled vehicles is indispensable to their safety and security. Officers must not focus so intently upon completing these duties that they unconsciously overlook the importance of being clearly recognizable to approaching motorists. They must be furnished with-and trained to use-retroreflective gear suitable to the duties they are undertaking, that is,"
Police chiefs back head shots: report / The Age, 4 Aug 2005
http://digbig.com/4eeam
"From the Washington Post
An international organisation representing the heads of police departments across the world has issued new guidelines recommending that officers who confront a suicide bomber should shoot the suspect in the head, the Washington Post reported.
The recommendations by the International Association of Chiefs of Police take a more aggressive posture than typical lethal-force guidelines for police departments."
"From the Washington Post
An international organisation representing the heads of police departments across the world has issued new guidelines recommending that officers who confront a suicide bomber should shoot the suspect in the head, the Washington Post reported.
The recommendations by the International Association of Chiefs of Police take a more aggressive posture than typical lethal-force guidelines for police departments."
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Britain's way / Indian Express, 4 Aug 2005
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=75599
Seem Alavi
" But there is no doubt that both society and the police deserve support in the arduous task that confronts them. Their definition of terrorists as criminals and not Muslims has helped maintain race relations in these troubled times. It is a strategy worthy of being followed by other countries dealing with crimes that a handful commits but which sadly tarnish the entire community. "
Seem Alavi
" But there is no doubt that both society and the police deserve support in the arduous task that confronts them. Their definition of terrorists as criminals and not Muslims has helped maintain race relations in these troubled times. It is a strategy worthy of being followed by other countries dealing with crimes that a handful commits but which sadly tarnish the entire community. "
Islands in the dangerous dark / Indian Express, 3 Aug 2005
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=75534
ABHIK NAEEM SIDDIQUI
" The increasing attraction of British youth to terrorism and extremist ideologies should force the UK government to reassess its own policies towards ethnic minorities. Recent reports indicate that unemployment in the UK, particularly among Muslim men, was 22 per cent. Even those youth who are economically integrated often lived in relatively isolated community pockets with less, or little, inter-community linkages. "
ABHIK NAEEM SIDDIQUI
" The increasing attraction of British youth to terrorism and extremist ideologies should force the UK government to reassess its own policies towards ethnic minorities. Recent reports indicate that unemployment in the UK, particularly among Muslim men, was 22 per cent. Even those youth who are economically integrated often lived in relatively isolated community pockets with less, or little, inter-community linkages. "
Faith-hate on rise in U.K. / International Herald Tribune, 4 Aug 2005
Faith-hate on rise in U.K. - Europe - International Herald Tribune:
Alan Cowell
"The debate turns on whether young, second-generation immigrants would have been less vulnerable to Islamic extremism if British society had required a greater degree of assimilation, as in France or the United States, among the country's 1.6 Muslims - roughly 3 percent of the population."
Alan Cowell
"The debate turns on whether young, second-generation immigrants would have been less vulnerable to Islamic extremism if British society had required a greater degree of assimilation, as in France or the United States, among the country's 1.6 Muslims - roughly 3 percent of the population."
Terrorism is not Islamic / International Herald Tribune, 4 Aug 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/03/opinion/edasmal.php
Abdul Cader Asmal
"Whether we are American, Nigerian, Indonesian, or British, we look like them, we dress like them, we speak like them and we pray like them. We cannot identify them before they strike. They hate us because we reject their ideology. They would kill us as 'infidels.' We are Muslims. So are they. But they are terrorists and we are not. That is the distinction. This is where we must make our stand.
"
Abdul Cader Asmal
"Whether we are American, Nigerian, Indonesian, or British, we look like them, we dress like them, we speak like them and we pray like them. We cannot identify them before they strike. They hate us because we reject their ideology. They would kill us as 'infidels.' We are Muslims. So are they. But they are terrorists and we are not. That is the distinction. This is where we must make our stand.
"
In Britain, growing objections to multicultural society / The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug 2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0804/p07s01-woeu.html?s=hns
Mark Rice-Oxley
"When terrorists bombed London twice last month, the response from authorities was unequivocal: they would not change our way of life.
Yet one aspect of British society is being pressed to change: multiculturalism. The social model that shuns assimilation and encourages ethnic groups to retain their cultural practices is under fire.
In the Monitor
Thursday, 08/04/05
A spacewalk, and a mentality shift
New rules in global rivalry for oil
Tragic end to a war reporter's bracing story
On Indian land, a twist on church vs. state
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"When terrorists bombed London twice last month, the response from authorities was unequivocal: they would not change our way of life.
Yet one aspect of British society is being pressed to change: multiculturalism. The social model that shuns assimilation and encourages ethnic groups to retain their cultural practices is under fire.
In the Monitor
Thursday, 08/04/05
A spacewalk, and a mentality shift
New rules in global rivalry for oil
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On Indian land, a twist on church vs. state
Federalist Society: A judicial think tank or a plot?
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Wednesday, August 03, 2005
DHS touts success of anti-gang operation / GovExec, 1 Aug 2005
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0805/080105c1.htm
"A total of 1,057 arrests have been made through 'Operation Community Shield,' an initiative launched by the Homeland Security Department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau. About 580 arrests were made during a two-week nationwide operation that ended last week."
"A total of 1,057 arrests have been made through 'Operation Community Shield,' an initiative launched by the Homeland Security Department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau. About 580 arrests were made during a two-week nationwide operation that ended last week."
U.K. police told not to use racial profiling / CBC News, 2 Aug 2005
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/02/blears050802.html
"British police trying to prevent more suicide bombings must refrain from racial profiling when stopping and searching commuters, the country's Home Office said. Decisions should be based on intelligence information, not on whether someone is of Muslim or Asian origin, Minister Hazel Blears said. "
"British police trying to prevent more suicide bombings must refrain from racial profiling when stopping and searching commuters, the country's Home Office said. Decisions should be based on intelligence information, not on whether someone is of Muslim or Asian origin, Minister Hazel Blears said. "
Muslims who hate us can get out, says Tory / Scotsman, 3 Aug 2005
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1721092005
Gerri Peev
"MUSLIMS who resent the British way of life should leave the UK, regardless of whether they are citizens or not, a senior Conservative said last night in comments that have heightened already tense community relations. "
Gerri Peev
"MUSLIMS who resent the British way of life should leave the UK, regardless of whether they are citizens or not, a senior Conservative said last night in comments that have heightened already tense community relations. "
Muslim leaders hit back at terror cell claims / [Australia] The Age, 3 Aug 2005
http://digbig.com/4ednh
Julia Medew
"Representatives of Melbourne's Muslim community have hit back at Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty's claims of terrorist cells operating in Australia, saying they know nothing of them."
Julia Medew
"Representatives of Melbourne's Muslim community have hit back at Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty's claims of terrorist cells operating in Australia, saying they know nothing of them."
Inquiry into firm's asylum contracts / The Guardian, 3 Aug 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1541354,00.html
David Pallister and Owen Bowcott
"The Home Office is investigating allegations of financial irregularities by a private property company which earns millions of pounds annually through government contracts for housing asylum seekers around the country."
David Pallister and Owen Bowcott
"The Home Office is investigating allegations of financial irregularities by a private property company which earns millions of pounds annually through government contracts for housing asylum seekers around the country."
Religious-hate crime soars 600% / This is London, 3 Aug 2005
http://digbig.com/4edmk
"Crimes motivated by religious hatred have rocketed by nearly 600% in London since the July 7 bombings, it has been revealed.
They include verbal and physical attacks and criminal damage to property including mosques."
"Crimes motivated by religious hatred have rocketed by nearly 600% in London since the July 7 bombings, it has been revealed.
They include verbal and physical attacks and criminal damage to property including mosques."
Crackdown on young leads to crime drop / Peterborough Today, Aug 2005
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=1102622
"A CAMPAIGN targeting young offenders has had a dramatic effect on the number of crimes committed in the city.
Figures released today show that the team - set up by Peterborough City Council to tackle prolific young criminals before they move on to commit more serious crimes - has had an immediate impact. Targets to cut crime and make the city safer have been smashed, and expectations for getting offenders treatment for drug addiction have been exceeded."
"A CAMPAIGN targeting young offenders has had a dramatic effect on the number of crimes committed in the city.
Figures released today show that the team - set up by Peterborough City Council to tackle prolific young criminals before they move on to commit more serious crimes - has had an immediate impact. Targets to cut crime and make the city safer have been smashed, and expectations for getting offenders treatment for drug addiction have been exceeded."
Weigh costs before taking hard line - Editorial / [Australia] The Age, 3 Aug 2005
http://digbig.com/4edmj
"Most voters - 78 per cent - appear to support the deportation of terrorist suspects, while 56 per cent would approve the detention of suspects without charge for up to three months. "
"Most voters - 78 per cent - appear to support the deportation of terrorist suspects, while 56 per cent would approve the detention of suspects without charge for up to three months. "
The battle within / [Australia] The Age, 3 Aug 2005
http://theage.com.au/news/general/the-battle-within/2005/08/02/1122748638607.html
Barney Zwartz
"Wahhabism and similar theologies, combined with political resentment, guide al-Qaeda and other terrorists. It rejects much Islamic law, and thus the classically trained scholars and traditional leaders who condemn terrorism. Al-Qaeda regards mainstream Muslims not just as spineless but heretical, which is why it kills so many of them.
Saudi Arabia has been vigorously exporting this theology, though after September 11 the funds slowed to a trickle and the Saudi Government signed a protocol with Australia to reveal who receives its money here."
Barney Zwartz
"Wahhabism and similar theologies, combined with political resentment, guide al-Qaeda and other terrorists. It rejects much Islamic law, and thus the classically trained scholars and traditional leaders who condemn terrorism. Al-Qaeda regards mainstream Muslims not just as spineless but heretical, which is why it kills so many of them.
Saudi Arabia has been vigorously exporting this theology, though after September 11 the funds slowed to a trickle and the Saudi Government signed a protocol with Australia to reveal who receives its money here."
Special briefing: How radical Islamists see the world / The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug 2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0802/p04s01-wogi.html?s=u2
Dan Murphy and Howard LaFranchi
"Persistent suicide bombings in Iraq. Attacks on London subways. Explosions at an Egyptian resort.
Whether related or not, these recent incidents have heightened global concern about the spread of radical Islamist militancy. And they raise questions about the current reach of Al Qaeda and groups with similar ideology. "
Dan Murphy and Howard LaFranchi
"Persistent suicide bombings in Iraq. Attacks on London subways. Explosions at an Egyptian resort.
Whether related or not, these recent incidents have heightened global concern about the spread of radical Islamist militancy. And they raise questions about the current reach of Al Qaeda and groups with similar ideology. "
Special Briefing: Jihad: Who's joining, and why? / The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug 2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0803/p04s01-wogi.html?s=hns
Dan Murphy and Howard LaFranchi
"This briefing explores how the movement is evolving at a time of concern about terror cells in Western cities such as London. "
Dan Murphy and Howard LaFranchi
"This briefing explores how the movement is evolving at a time of concern about terror cells in Western cities such as London. "
Hardliners target mosques - War on Terror [Australia] The age, 3 Aug 2005
http://digbig.com/4edmg
"Barney Zwartz
Hardline Muslim fundamentalists are targeting mosques, universities and high schools across Melbourne in a battle for the hearts and minds of local Muslim youth.
Mainstream Muslim leaders have identified three groups operating in Melbourne promoting radical forms of Islam and who they fear may turn rhetoric into violence."
"Barney Zwartz
Hardline Muslim fundamentalists are targeting mosques, universities and high schools across Melbourne in a battle for the hearts and minds of local Muslim youth.
Mainstream Muslim leaders have identified three groups operating in Melbourne promoting radical forms of Islam and who they fear may turn rhetoric into violence."
Big Brother Britain?/ Business Week, 8 Aug 2005
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_32/b3946009_mz001.htm
"Britain's idea of a centralized database that allows for sharing of information among government agencies, which is what it wants at least at home, is unusual in Europe, where many countries with ID cards have strong legal protections in place to prevent this kind of information sharing, according to the anti-ID card lobby NO2ID. The group claims that in Germany the centralization of such records is forbidden for historical reasons, while Belgium uses modern encryption methods and local storage to protect privacy and prevent data-sharing"
"Britain's idea of a centralized database that allows for sharing of information among government agencies, which is what it wants at least at home, is unusual in Europe, where many countries with ID cards have strong legal protections in place to prevent this kind of information sharing, according to the anti-ID card lobby NO2ID. The group claims that in Germany the centralization of such records is forbidden for historical reasons, while Belgium uses modern encryption methods and local storage to protect privacy and prevent data-sharing"
Trust in the judge and jury / The Observer, 31 Jul 2005
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1539688,00.html
Mary Riddell
"Seeking answers must not mean repealing good laws, enacting bad ones, and pre-emptively attacking any judge who might prove awkward. The right response is to arrest suspects, as the police have done, muster evidence and set it before a court. That panel will reach the proper verdict, just as the ricin jury did."
Mary Riddell
"Seeking answers must not mean repealing good laws, enacting bad ones, and pre-emptively attacking any judge who might prove awkward. The right response is to arrest suspects, as the police have done, muster evidence and set it before a court. That panel will reach the proper verdict, just as the ricin jury did."
The identity vacuum / Guardian, 3 Aug 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1541358,00.html
onathan Freedland
"The racists had long argued that immigrants were a menace. As if to vindicate every scaremongering anti-refugee headline of the last 10 years, along came the suspected cell behind the July 21 strikes. It included at least two men who, as children, had fled Africa and found safe haven in Britain. British tabloids had once had to make up 'Asylum seekers ate my donkey'; now they write 'The asylum seekers who want us dead' - and this time it seems to be true."
onathan Freedland
"The racists had long argued that immigrants were a menace. As if to vindicate every scaremongering anti-refugee headline of the last 10 years, along came the suspected cell behind the July 21 strikes. It included at least two men who, as children, had fled Africa and found safe haven in Britain. British tabloids had once had to make up 'Asylum seekers ate my donkey'; now they write 'The asylum seekers who want us dead' - and this time it seems to be true."
Passport checks key to UK security / The Guardian, 2 Aug 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1540610,00.html
Alan Travis
"The reintroduction of passport checks on everybody leaving Britain in the immediate aftermath of the London bombings marks the future as far as the government's hopes of improving the security of Britain's borders are concerned.
Ministers believe that if they could track the movement of everybody in and out of the country they could dispel the myth that Britain's borders are an open door that leave the country a 'soft touch' to illegal migrants."
Alan Travis
"The reintroduction of passport checks on everybody leaving Britain in the immediate aftermath of the London bombings marks the future as far as the government's hopes of improving the security of Britain's borders are concerned.
Ministers believe that if they could track the movement of everybody in and out of the country they could dispel the myth that Britain's borders are an open door that leave the country a 'soft touch' to illegal migrants."
A black day for Britain's self-image / Times, 3 Aug 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1062-1718619,00.html
Magnus Linklater
"A recent survey by the Rowntree Foundation found widespread hostility and resentment among young people aged between 11 and 21 towards recent immigrants and asylum-seekers. Terrorist activities have exacerbated hostility towards Muslims, but they are not the only targets. Some young people confessed to straightforward �dislike� of black neighbours. The tolerance for which Britain, historically, claims credit seems thin on the ground in mixed-race areas. "
Magnus Linklater
"A recent survey by the Rowntree Foundation found widespread hostility and resentment among young people aged between 11 and 21 towards recent immigrants and asylum-seekers. Terrorist activities have exacerbated hostility towards Muslims, but they are not the only targets. Some young people confessed to straightforward �dislike� of black neighbours. The tolerance for which Britain, historically, claims credit seems thin on the ground in mixed-race areas. "
The illegal Migrant Population in the UK / Migration Watch UK, 1 Aug 2005
http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/frameset.asp?menu=news&page=newsdesk.asp
"The recent Home Office estimate of unauthorised (illegal) migrants was four years out of date. It estimated the number to be between 310,000 and 570,000 with a central estimate of 430,000.
2. This estimate should be adjusted to include failed asylum seekers in subsequent years and the UK born children of illegal immigrants.
3. Taking these two factors into account Migration Watch estimates that the current population of unauthorised migrants is in the range 515,000 to 870,000 with a central estimate of 670,000. However, other factors point towards the upper end of this range. "
"The recent Home Office estimate of unauthorised (illegal) migrants was four years out of date. It estimated the number to be between 310,000 and 570,000 with a central estimate of 430,000.
2. This estimate should be adjusted to include failed asylum seekers in subsequent years and the UK born children of illegal immigrants.
3. Taking these two factors into account Migration Watch estimates that the current population of unauthorised migrants is in the range 515,000 to 870,000 with a central estimate of 670,000. However, other factors point towards the upper end of this range. "
Immigration blames detention centre operator / [Australia] The Age, 2 Aug 2005
http://digbig.com/4edmc
Andra Jackson
"The Immigration Department has admitted it had provided misleading answers about a group of detainees who were found to have been inhumanely treated during a transfer to Baxter detention centre.
The department yesterday blamed private contractor Global Solutions Limited for its mistake, saying it was relying on information from the detention centre operator."
Andra Jackson
"The Immigration Department has admitted it had provided misleading answers about a group of detainees who were found to have been inhumanely treated during a transfer to Baxter detention centre.
The department yesterday blamed private contractor Global Solutions Limited for its mistake, saying it was relying on information from the detention centre operator."
Australian IT - Searching Aussie talent pool (Simon Hayes, AUGUST 02, 2005)
http://digbig.com/4edkr
"A CRACKDOWN on criminals by British Prime Minister Tony Blair could provide a fertile market for Australian software developers. The head of Britain's Criminal Justice Information Technology project is in Australia to audition local developers for slots in a $5.18 billion revamp of technology in the country's police, courts and prisons. Mr Blair, who once described British justice as 'a 19th-century system trying to solve crime in the 21st century', has identified equipping police, prosecutors and the court system with better technology as a key to the fight against crime. Criminal Justice IT project head John Suffolk, a Home Office director-general is visiting Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney this week as part of an Austrade-organised mission to seek technology for the overhaul.
Mr Cliff said Australia was more advanced than Britain in adopting content management systems, giving local developers an advantage. "
"A CRACKDOWN on criminals by British Prime Minister Tony Blair could provide a fertile market for Australian software developers. The head of Britain's Criminal Justice Information Technology project is in Australia to audition local developers for slots in a $5.18 billion revamp of technology in the country's police, courts and prisons. Mr Blair, who once described British justice as 'a 19th-century system trying to solve crime in the 21st century', has identified equipping police, prosecutors and the court system with better technology as a key to the fight against crime. Criminal Justice IT project head John Suffolk, a Home Office director-general is visiting Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney this week as part of an Austrade-organised mission to seek technology for the overhaul.
Mr Cliff said Australia was more advanced than Britain in adopting content management systems, giving local developers an advantage. "
Migration Information Source - Immigration Reform Bill and DHS Restructuring Focus on Enforcement and Facilitation
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=323
Julia Gelatt
"Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) have introduced their plan for comprehensive immigration reform, which would strengthen current border enforcement efforts and create a temporary worker program for migrants applying from outside the country. "
Julia Gelatt
"Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) have introduced their plan for comprehensive immigration reform, which would strengthen current border enforcement efforts and create a temporary worker program for migrants applying from outside the country. "
Migration Information Source - Spotlight on Refugees and Asylees in the United States
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=327
Jeanne Batalova
"Besides the definitional difference, refugees and asylees are different in the way they are treated by immigration and refugee law at the time of application, admission, and adjustment of their status to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status (see sidebar). "
Jeanne Batalova
"Besides the definitional difference, refugees and asylees are different in the way they are treated by immigration and refugee law at the time of application, admission, and adjustment of their status to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status (see sidebar). "
The Czech Republic: From Liberal Policy to EU Membership / Migration Information Source, Aug 2005
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?ID=325
Dušan Drbohlav
"Not surprisingly, the country is confronting a number of migration-related issues, including illegal migration, the need for high-skilled migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, discrimination against migrants, and trafficking. In addition, EU membership has made these issues more complex, especially since migration policies and practices are still developing. "
Dušan Drbohlav
"Not surprisingly, the country is confronting a number of migration-related issues, including illegal migration, the need for high-skilled migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, discrimination against migrants, and trafficking. In addition, EU membership has made these issues more complex, especially since migration policies and practices are still developing. "
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Irrelevant ID cards come at huge cost / Scotsman, 1 Aug 2005
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1713332005
Micahel Parker
"THE Government would have us believe that personal freedom and privacy are no longer ours by right, but should instead lie in the hands of the Home Office and their identity scheme.
New Labour have so far sacrificed civil liberties, habeus corpus, trial by jury and being charged before arrest in the name of the 'war on terror'. What sort of society will be left to protect once the statutes have been trimmed? And exactly how are ID cards supposed to help? "
Micahel Parker
"THE Government would have us believe that personal freedom and privacy are no longer ours by right, but should instead lie in the hands of the Home Office and their identity scheme.
New Labour have so far sacrificed civil liberties, habeus corpus, trial by jury and being charged before arrest in the name of the 'war on terror'. What sort of society will be left to protect once the statutes have been trimmed? And exactly how are ID cards supposed to help? "
Searching Aussie talent pool / Australian IT, 2 Aug 2005
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16119368%5E15322%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
"A CRACKDOWN on criminals by British Prime Minister Tony Blair could provide a fertile market for Australian software developers. The head of Britain's Criminal Justice Information Technology project is in Australia to audition local developers for slots in a $5.18 billion revamp of technology in the country's police, courts and prisons."
"A CRACKDOWN on criminals by British Prime Minister Tony Blair could provide a fertile market for Australian software developers. The head of Britain's Criminal Justice Information Technology project is in Australia to audition local developers for slots in a $5.18 billion revamp of technology in the country's police, courts and prisons."
HYDE SEEKS NEW FORCE: Police act on modern criminals / [Australia] The Advertiser, 2 Aug 2005
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16122746%255E910,00.html
Nigel Hunt
"THE way police target organised crime groups in South Australia will undergo a major revamp to enable them to keep pace with the sophisticated tactics of modern criminals. "Old concepts" of the way police targeted organised crime were changing and, in future, police should target "identified groups which, in our view, are high risk in terms of their criminal activities,""
Nigel Hunt
"THE way police target organised crime groups in South Australia will undergo a major revamp to enable them to keep pace with the sophisticated tactics of modern criminals. "Old concepts" of the way police targeted organised crime were changing and, in future, police should target "identified groups which, in our view, are high risk in terms of their criminal activities,""
Monday, August 01, 2005
Australian team developing the science of surveillance / Sydney Morning Herald, 1 Aug 2005
http://digbig.com/4edds
"Australian researchers have begun developing advanced surveillance systems capable of recognising suspicious behaviour to combat crime and potential terrorist activity on public transport.
Curtin University of Technology and DTI Group, both located in Perth, have joined forces in a $1 million, three-year project aimed at creating next-generation surveillance for public transport services in Australia and overseas."
"Australian researchers have begun developing advanced surveillance systems capable of recognising suspicious behaviour to combat crime and potential terrorist activity on public transport.
Curtin University of Technology and DTI Group, both located in Perth, have joined forces in a $1 million, three-year project aimed at creating next-generation surveillance for public transport services in Australia and overseas."
Stronger warning on Tasers / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 31 Jul 2005
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/0705/31METtaser.html
Lateef Mungin
"Multiple shocks with a Taser could impair breathing and even lead to death, the stun gun's manufacturer says in a new warning to law enforcement agencies.
The three-page bulletin, posted on the Taser International Inc. Web site and e-mailed to the company's 19,500 certified trainers, contradicts past statements the company has made to the public and law enforcement, as well as its own training manual, last issued in November 2004."
Lateef Mungin
"Multiple shocks with a Taser could impair breathing and even lead to death, the stun gun's manufacturer says in a new warning to law enforcement agencies.
The three-page bulletin, posted on the Taser International Inc. Web site and e-mailed to the company's 19,500 certified trainers, contradicts past statements the company has made to the public and law enforcement, as well as its own training manual, last issued in November 2004."
Gardai to intercept asylum seekers at foreign airports / Sunday Times, 31 Jul 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2091-1715077,00.html
Enda Leahy
"GARDA immigration officers are being sent to airports around Europe next week to vet passengers boarding planes bound for Ireland, in a bid to curb illegal immigration. A three-month trial of the new policy, involving about 10 gardai, will begin next week. The move is designed to enforce immigration controls before migrants reach Irish shores, where they can claim refugee status. "
Enda Leahy
"GARDA immigration officers are being sent to airports around Europe next week to vet passengers boarding planes bound for Ireland, in a bid to curb illegal immigration. A three-month trial of the new policy, involving about 10 gardai, will begin next week. The move is designed to enforce immigration controls before migrants reach Irish shores, where they can claim refugee status. "
High-tech tracked London suspects / The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug 2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0801/p01s03-woeu.html?s=hns
John Thorne
"Using closed-circuit cameras and tracing cellphone calls, British and Italian police capture 7/21 bombing suspects. Terrorist organizations have also made use of technology to distribute both their ideology and training. Islamist websites show slickly produced instructional videos on such things as building bombs and pulling off a successful kidnapping. And in the event the hostage is executed, the videos can be shown online to a world audience to simultaneously recruit new terrorists and sow fear."
John Thorne
"Using closed-circuit cameras and tracing cellphone calls, British and Italian police capture 7/21 bombing suspects. Terrorist organizations have also made use of technology to distribute both their ideology and training. Islamist websites show slickly produced instructional videos on such things as building bombs and pulling off a successful kidnapping. And in the event the hostage is executed, the videos can be shown online to a world audience to simultaneously recruit new terrorists and sow fear."
Questions raised by the attacks and arrests / Scotsman, 1 Aug 2005
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1710582005
Karen McVeigh
�Police investigating connection between 7/7 and 7/21 bombings
� Experts believe 7/21 attempted bombings co-ordinated by a 'mastermind'
� Reports claim as many as 300 potential suicide bombers could be in UK "
Karen McVeigh
�Police investigating connection between 7/7 and 7/21 bombings
� Experts believe 7/21 attempted bombings co-ordinated by a 'mastermind'
� Reports claim as many as 300 potential suicide bombers could be in UK "
Children aged 13 dealing heroin for their parents / Scotsman, 1 Aug 2005
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1710062005
Michael Howie
"And police said the data - supplied by five of Scotland's eight forces under the Freedom of Information Act - indicated an increase in the usage of drugs, particularly cannabis, by children in Scotland."
Michael Howie
"And police said the data - supplied by five of Scotland's eight forces under the Freedom of Information Act - indicated an increase in the usage of drugs, particularly cannabis, by children in Scotland."
UK temple / outlookindia.com, 31 July 2005
http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=313957
"After eight years, Shri Venkateswara Balaji Temple in Tividale, the largest in Europe, is almost ready but the temple is now fighting immigration policy to get adequate number of traditionally trained priests."
"After eight years, Shri Venkateswara Balaji Temple in Tividale, the largest in Europe, is almost ready but the temple is now fighting immigration policy to get adequate number of traditionally trained priests."
Arab View - Website
http://www.arabview.com/
"Arab View is a collection of articles written by leading journalists and editors in the Middle East. "
"Arab View is a collection of articles written by leading journalists and editors in the Middle East. "
Europe Meets the New Face of Terrorism / New York Times, 1 Aug 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/01/international/europe/01threat.html?th&emc=th
ELAINE SCIOLINO
"'Hard-core Islamists are mixing with petty criminals,' he added. 'People of different backgrounds and nationalities are working together. Some are European-born or have dual nationalities that make it easier for them to travel. The networks are much less structured than we used to believe. Maybe it's the mosque that brings them together, maybe it's prison, maybe it's the neighborhood. And that makes it much more difficult to identify them and uproot them.'"
ELAINE SCIOLINO
"'Hard-core Islamists are mixing with petty criminals,' he added. 'People of different backgrounds and nationalities are working together. Some are European-born or have dual nationalities that make it easier for them to travel. The networks are much less structured than we used to believe. Maybe it's the mosque that brings them together, maybe it's prison, maybe it's the neighborhood. And that makes it much more difficult to identify them and uproot them.'"
Leader: Multiculturalism / Guardian, 1 Aug 2005
http://society.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,7838,1540307,00.html
"There is an important distinction between British pursuit of integration and French efforts to achieve assimilation. Integration is not assimilation. An integrated society aims to respect cultural diversity, widen understanding between communities, reduce hate and give people a sense of belonging. We are a long way still from achieving these aims but they are the right goals. Assimilation goes much further attempting to absorb differences. The problem with 'melting pots' is that the dominant culture dominates. A self-confident democracy should be able to celebrate diversity. "
"There is an important distinction between British pursuit of integration and French efforts to achieve assimilation. Integration is not assimilation. An integrated society aims to respect cultural diversity, widen understanding between communities, reduce hate and give people a sense of belonging. We are a long way still from achieving these aims but they are the right goals. Assimilation goes much further attempting to absorb differences. The problem with 'melting pots' is that the dominant culture dominates. A self-confident democracy should be able to celebrate diversity. "
- A new chance for everyone � the Danish Government�s integration plan / Ministeriet for Flygtninge, Indvandrere og Integration, 2005
PDF - http://www.inm.dk/imagesUpload/dokument/A_new_chance_for_everyone.pdf
"Based on the integration plan 'A new chance for everyone', the Danish Government will enhance its current integration efforts through several new initiatives intended to boost education and employment among immigrants and their descendants, counter ghettoisation in vulnerable neighbourhoods and prevent and combat crime."
"Based on the integration plan 'A new chance for everyone', the Danish Government will enhance its current integration efforts through several new initiatives intended to boost education and employment among immigrants and their descendants, counter ghettoisation in vulnerable neighbourhoods and prevent and combat crime."
United Nations and Global Security Initiative - Website
http://www.un-globalsecurity.org/papers_cat/terrorism_non_state_actors.asp#12
Non-state Actors ; Terrorism ; Transnational crime
Non-state Actors ; Terrorism ; Transnational crime
Long live Londonistan / Scotsman, 31 Jul 2005
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1707592005
Brian Brady
"'The hard fact is that America has decided that it is engaged in a war, while Britain has decided that it is confronted with... a 'criminal conspiracy'. Put differently, 7/7 has evoked a policy response very different from 9/11.' "
Brian Brady
"'The hard fact is that America has decided that it is engaged in a war, while Britain has decided that it is confronted with... a 'criminal conspiracy'. Put differently, 7/7 has evoked a policy response very different from 9/11.' "
France's Polygamy Problem / Deutsche Welle, 31 Jul 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1664241,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
"The government argues that living in polygamy prevents immigrants from becoming integrated into French society and that it goes against the principles of gender equality enshrined in the constitution. Polygamy was made illegal in France in 1993. Those who still live in polygamy have either been doing so since before the law was passed or they married abroad."
"The government argues that living in polygamy prevents immigrants from becoming integrated into French society and that it goes against the principles of gender equality enshrined in the constitution. Polygamy was made illegal in France in 1993. Those who still live in polygamy have either been doing so since before the law was passed or they married abroad."
Work test for home crims / STUFF New Zealand, 1 Aug 2005
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3363026a10,00.html
Vernon Small
!Prisoners on home detention are to be pushed into finding jobs under a tough new work-testing regime to be put in place later this year. The new rule would in effect switch the burden of proof, from an assumption they could not work to an assumption that they could.
The aim is to find work for 'suitable offenders' while still meeting the requirements of their sentence"
Vernon Small
!Prisoners on home detention are to be pushed into finding jobs under a tough new work-testing regime to be put in place later this year. The new rule would in effect switch the burden of proof, from an assumption they could not work to an assumption that they could.
The aim is to find work for 'suitable offenders' while still meeting the requirements of their sentence"
Drug user numbers set to treble / The Observer, 31 Jul 2005
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1539784,00.html
"Lorna Martin, Jamie Doward and Jo Revill
The number of hardcore heroin and crack cocaine addicts in the UK could treble in the next 20 years, putting an overwhelming burden on the nation's health and criminal justice systems, according to a government think tank report."
ee reports at http://digbig.com/4eddm
"Lorna Martin, Jamie Doward and Jo Revill
The number of hardcore heroin and crack cocaine addicts in the UK could treble in the next 20 years, putting an overwhelming burden on the nation's health and criminal justice systems, according to a government think tank report."
ee reports at http://digbig.com/4eddm
The Next Targets? Italy, Denmark Up Security / Deutsche Welle, 1 Aug 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1662429,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
"Following the London bombings, Italy and Denmark were named as possible targets on a Web site popular with Islamic militants. Both countries are now stepping up measures to protect against a similar attack. "
"Following the London bombings, Italy and Denmark were named as possible targets on a Web site popular with Islamic militants. Both countries are now stepping up measures to protect against a similar attack. "
Drugs, gems and militants draw FBI to West Africa / Reuters.co.za, 29 Jul 2005
http://digbig.com/4edct
Nick Tattersall
"The FBI plans to open two offices in West Africa early next year, a region where South American drug cartels, international diamond smugglers and Islamic extremists are all thought to be operating.
The U.S. law enforcement agency, one of whose main priorities is protecting the United States from terrorist attacks, will set up offices in Senegal's capital Dakar and one in Freetown, Sierra Leone, an FBI spokesman in Washington said."
Nick Tattersall
"The FBI plans to open two offices in West Africa early next year, a region where South American drug cartels, international diamond smugglers and Islamic extremists are all thought to be operating.
The U.S. law enforcement agency, one of whose main priorities is protecting the United States from terrorist attacks, will set up offices in Senegal's capital Dakar and one in Freetown, Sierra Leone, an FBI spokesman in Washington said."
Russian drugs abuse "catastrophic" -- police / Reuters AlertNet, 29 Jul 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29727797.htm
"Drug abuse in Russia has reached 'catastrophic' proportions, posing a threat to national security, a top anti-narcotics police officer was quoted as saying"
"Drug abuse in Russia has reached 'catastrophic' proportions, posing a threat to national security, a top anti-narcotics police officer was quoted as saying"
[Terrorism Report ] / Ain-Al-Yaqeen - July 29, 2005 - Article 5
http://www.ain-al-yaqeen.com/issues/20050729/feat5en.htm
"PRINCE NAIF IBN ABDUL AZIZ: THE WORLD MUST MOVE AS ONE BLOC, TO ERADICATE TERRORISM AND ROOT IT OUT."
"PRINCE NAIF IBN ABDUL AZIZ: THE WORLD MUST MOVE AS ONE BLOC, TO ERADICATE TERRORISM AND ROOT IT OUT."
School Program Helps Kids Stay Out of Prison / CCDO's In-Sites Magazine - Summer 2005
http://www.ncjrs.org/ccdo/in-sites/prevention_3.html
"If the curriculum used in prisons was reducing recidivism, a similar curriculum for schools could reduce truancy and other problems and ultimately help prevent youth from entering the corrections system"
"If the curriculum used in prisons was reducing recidivism, a similar curriculum for schools could reduce truancy and other problems and ultimately help prevent youth from entering the corrections system"
A.S.T.A.R Is Born; Offenders Are Reborn / CCDO's In-Sites Magazine - Summer 2005 issue
http://www.ncjrs.org/ccdo/in-sites/reentry_2.html
Tamica Payton
"The Adult Service/Training Administered for Re-Entry (A.S.T.A.R) program of Dayton, OH, is a two-phased program for people who have been incarcerated but who want to redirect their lives."
Tamica Payton
"The Adult Service/Training Administered for Re-Entry (A.S.T.A.R) program of Dayton, OH, is a two-phased program for people who have been incarcerated but who want to redirect their lives."
Prosecutors’ Programs Ease Victims’ Anxieties / National Institute of Justice, July 2005
http://ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/jr000252h.pdf
Marcia R. Chaiken, Barbara Boland, Michael D. Maltz, Susan Martin, and Joseph Tragonski
"Researchers Unit in Multnomah County, Oregon, investigating State and local responses to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) found new approaches implemented by prosecutors in four States (Arizona, Mary-advocates. land, Massachusetts, and Oregon) that both led to increased punishment of offenders who victimized women and eased the strain of the prosecutorial process for the victims."
Marcia R. Chaiken, Barbara Boland, Michael D. Maltz, Susan Martin, and Joseph Tragonski
"Researchers Unit in Multnomah County, Oregon, investigating State and local responses to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) found new approaches implemented by prosecutors in four States (Arizona, Mary-advocates. land, Massachusetts, and Oregon) that both led to increased punishment of offenders who victimized women and eased the strain of the prosecutorial process for the victims."
USA National Institute of Justice Annual Report 2004
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/209274.htm
"Summarises recent research and evaluation issues related to changes in the nature of crime, as well as advances in technology which are changing how evidence is collected and crimes are investigated and prosecuted.
"
"Summarises recent research and evaluation issues related to changes in the nature of crime, as well as advances in technology which are changing how evidence is collected and crimes are investigated and prosecuted.
"
Bioagent detector guide aids first responder purchasing / Medical News today, 28 Jul 2005
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=28216
"To help them make informed decisions about which biological agent detection devices best meet their needs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently developed a two-volume guide for the emergency response community. The guide, produced for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), does not make recommendations. It provides the community with ways to compare and contrast commercially available biological detection equipment."
DHS intends to maintain and update the guide as new information on biological detection equipment becomes available. The Guide for the Selection of Biological Agent Detection Equipment for Emergency First Responders is available at www2.rkb.mipt.org. After registration, type http://www2.rkb.mipt.org/contentdetail.cfm?content_id=97649in your Web browser.
"To help them make informed decisions about which biological agent detection devices best meet their needs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently developed a two-volume guide for the emergency response community. The guide, produced for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), does not make recommendations. It provides the community with ways to compare and contrast commercially available biological detection equipment."
DHS intends to maintain and update the guide as new information on biological detection equipment becomes available. The Guide for the Selection of Biological Agent Detection Equipment for Emergency First Responders is available at www2.rkb.mipt.org. After registration, type http://www2.rkb.mipt.org/contentdetail.cfm?content_id=97649in your Web browser.
Terrorism, Islam, reform: thinking the unthinkable / OneWorldNet, 28 Jul 2005
http://digbig.com/4edce
Maruf Khwaja
"Both Muslim and non-Muslim commentators have pointed out that such acts of terrorism are not sanctioned, either through the Qur’an or the hadith (the recorded traditions of Mohammed, its founder). They say the teachings of Islam were twisted to suit the political ends of the terrorists’ masterminds.
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Maruf Khwaja
"Both Muslim and non-Muslim commentators have pointed out that such acts of terrorism are not sanctioned, either through the Qur’an or the hadith (the recorded traditions of Mohammed, its founder). They say the teachings of Islam were twisted to suit the political ends of the terrorists’ masterminds.
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Report blasts city race relations / BBC, 25 Jul 2005
BBC NEWS | England | Humber | Report blasts city race relations: "A damning assessment of race relations in Hull has emerged in a report commissioned by a race watchdog."
Race Relations Report - A report on the state of race relations in Kingston upon Hull.
PDF -
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/council/download/race_report.pdf
Race Relations Report - A report on the state of race relations in Kingston upon Hull.
PDF -
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/council/download/race_report.pdf
Child deportations face criticism / [Scotland] BBC, 22 Jul 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4705567.stm
"The Scottish Children's Reporter Administration has been accused of colluding with the Home Office over the deportation of six children. The SCRA denied collusion and said the Home Office made such decisions alone. "
"The Scottish Children's Reporter Administration has been accused of colluding with the Home Office over the deportation of six children. The SCRA denied collusion and said the Home Office made such decisions alone. "
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