[kj] Unconfirm your fears

[fatpotanga]

What really got me was the way the US are imprisoning people, who have as
yet committed no crime on the grounds that they think they may do something
in the future.
All the arrests in the both the USA and here were along the lines of this:
A 'cell' was arrested in Edinburgh, found with a map of targets in the city,
only to be discovered it had belonged to an Australian backpacker who'd
circled places to visit. High media profile arrest, very very quiet release.

I think the only charges levied in America out of all the arrests made were
for the only group with a direct link with Al Queda;  attending training
camp and buying a uniform. No evidence was found of any plans to comit
atrocities.

Also, dirty bombs apparently won't do jack.
The US and Iraqi governments did test with them and found them to be highly
ineffectual.
The number of deaths resulting from a dirty bomb (explosion aside) is
estimated at zero. And that was if all the individuals caught in the area of
the blast stood still for a year.
I couldn't stand still for a year.
Not with my back.

Anyway, fatpotanga + politics/religion = zzzzzzzzzzz, but this was such a
good, intelligent, Grrrr provoking documentary & I'm quite peeved I missed
the other 2.



On 4/11/04 7:30 am, "peter.west410" wrote:

> There was an interesting documentary on the BBC last night,Where they had
> evidence that Al-Queda does nt actually exist,not in the World-wide terror
> network as claimed by our governments.
>      Despite extensive searches of the Afghan mountains,No evidence of them
> existing has been found .
>      Also there have been over 600 people arrested in the UK ,In high
> profile swoops on terror cells,Out of this 600,only three have been charged
> with anything (minor offences)The rest were released (in a low-profile way).
>     It seems all these "Scares" about Al-Queda terror plots are just the
> figment of someone's imagination.
>    And the Governments are safe because no-one can prove that Al-Queda doe
> st exist (100 %) .How can you prove a group doe snt exist?(I mean really
> prove, with-out a doubt)
>    And it said that"America is a nation that doe snt believe in anything
> anymore,So it gets worried about  countries that do have belief in things"
> Not sure that I agree,But it sounded oh so poetic.
>    Help: I ve caught a virus,I m turning into a leftie:-(
>       PW
> 
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