Five detained over threat to national security. (Britain)

[Rhiannon12866]

Mark Oliver and agencies
Monday October 3, 2005

Five foreign men were today facing expulsion from Britain after being detained in the latest operation aimed at people deemed to be a threat to national security.
The men were held in dawn raids led by the Immigration Service and backed by police this morning in London, the West Midlands and south Wales.

They are being held under the home secretary's powers, under the Immigration Act 1971, to deport individuals whose presence in the UK is not "conducive to the public good".

The latest operation brings the total number of men who have been detained under the act in recent months to 30. Seven men were detained under the same powers on September 15 and another 10 were detained on August 11.

The home secretary, Charles Clark, has said that he will use his powers to expel foreign-born "preachers of hate" and other individuals considered dangerous to national security.

The operations are part of a government crackdown on extremists following the July 7 bombings in London by Islamist militants, which killed 56 people.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1583764,00.html

[Cooley Hurd]

1. If they're going to deport every person who speaks ill...

...of the gov't, they're gonna need a lot of boats. ;)

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I agree. They're going to need a whole floatilla...

Actually, I can think of a whole fleet of small-to-medium tour boats that are probably going to be available soon...:-(

[ladylibertee]

2. But what did they do?

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Exactly. Excellent question.

This article doesn't say, does it?:shrug:

And this is pretty scary, coming from The Guardian, who I've come to depend on to report more of the truth...
:scared: