touch n' go
17th Aug 2005, 22:38
Things are getting pretty bad over here.
If anyone has any bright ideas about how we can turn the situation round and win the Hearts and Minds of the locals, please forward to: George W Bush, The White House, Washington D.C.
Follow this link - not for the faint hearted!!
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Fox3snapshot
17th Aug 2005, 23:47
Vietbaghnam.....and Afghanistnam!
:suspect:
BEagle
18th Aug 2005, 06:33
From the BBC:
Calls to close dissident's radio
MPs are calling on the government to close down a London-based radio station that is broadcasting calls in Iraq and Saudi Arabia for attacks on UK troops.
Al-Tajdeed Radio, which is run by a prominent Saudi dissident, has close ties with a website that carries films of terrorist bombings and beheadings.
Patrick Mercer, shadow minister for homeland security, says such broadcasts are demoralising for UK troops in Iraq.
Regulator Ofcom said it has no control over broadcasts outside the UK.
Mr Mercer described the station as "extremely worrying" and said it should be shut down.
Deportation urged
Radio al-Tajdeed is the brainchild of Saudi dissident, Dr Muhammad al-Massari, who has lived in London since he sought asylum there in 1994.
He has frequently declared that British troops in Iraq are legitimate targets and has posted videos of bomb attacks on them on his website.
His radio station carries similar views, as well as songs calling for Muslims to join a jihad, or holy war, against coalition forces.
Mr Mercer believes the government should consider deporting Dr Massari - a view shared by Labour MP Andrew Dismore, who has been seeking action against the Saudi dissident since 1998.
Anti-terror laws
Dr Massari refused to be interviewed by the BBC, but insisted that because his station was not broadcast in Britain, what he said on it had nothing to do with the UK government, said BBC Today programme reporter Mike Thomson.
According to ClandestineRadio.com, the radio broadcasts are made in London then sent to either France or Holland where they sent by satellite for broadcast in Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
The Home Office would not comment on the radio station, but said forthcoming new anti-terror legislation would broaden police powers and enable them to charge those suspected of even indirectly inciting acts of terrorism.
A frequently heard voice on the station is that of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who is thought to be al-Qaeda's military leader in Iraq.
Fg Off Bloggs
18th Aug 2005, 08:58
Why hasn't this Saudi bloke been rounded up with the other 10 dissidents?
All bliddy talk, Tony Bliar!