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August 05, 2005

PM Blair's big talk

Tony Blair tosses down the gauntlet

LONDON - Foreigners who preach hatred, sponsor violence or belong to extremist groups could be deported from Britain under strict new measures that Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Friday, nearly a month after suicide bombers killed 52 people on London's transit system.

Membership in extremist Islamic groups such as Hizb-ut-Tahrir would become a crime under the new measures. The group, which advocates the creation of an Islamic state in Central Asia, already is outlawed in several countries.

Blair said the government also would compile a list of Web sites, bookshops and centers that incite hatred and violence. British nationals involved with such organizations could face strict penalties. Foreign nationals could be deported, he said.

"They come here and they play by our rules and our way of life," Blair said at his monthly news conference. "If they don't, they are going to have to go."

All well and good. But can he make it fly?
A spokesman for Hizb ut Tahrir Britain, Imran Waheed, said Blair's comments were "most unjust," and the group would fight any ban through the courts.
Well, DOAH. GW can not even whisper this kind of proposal here without the "A"CLU and other terrorist enabling organizations marshalling a phalanx of lawyers and street puppets to file lawsuits and posture for the "news" media about "Fascist" Bush and his "further" errosion of American rights.
"You only have to read the demands coming from al-Qaida to realize there is no compromise possible with these people," Blair said.
Jaysus on a Pony, I'm glad Blair has finally seen the light, but what the hell took so long?

Posted by Darleen at August 5, 2005 06:16 AM

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