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[lilwolf]

Well apparently the UK is missing two terrorist suspects. Seems in my opinion that some one screwed up when they gave them the equivalent of a house arrest. :lol:

Two British terror suspects on the run: reports
LONDON (AFP) - Two men suspected of being international terrorists and subjected to close surveillance in Britain have escaped, according to British media.

The interior ministry declined to confirm the news reported by the BBC and the country's domestic Press Association, on the principle that suspects should retain their right to anonymity, but stressed that the incident would be subject to an investigation.

The two suspects were subjected to "control orders", a system that can include house arrest, the obligation to check in with a police station every day, and a ban on communication with others.

The first report, from the BBC, concerns one of six Britons who were in March put under the restrictions. The man is accused of having intended to fight against the US-led coalition, of which Britain is a member, that invaded and is deployed in Iraq.

The man, who had to give up his passport, fled his psychiatric ward about two weeks ago. He said repeatedly that he had been stopped in Pakistan and was tortured there.

The second suspect, an Iraqi citizen, has reportedly been on the run for months.
A spokesman for the government, Tony McNulty, the minister for police and security, assured the BBC later on Monday that, though the interior ministry could not release the identities of the two escaped suspects, "the people who needed to know, in both cases, would have known".

When confronted with the possibility that the two could commit an act of terrorism while on the loose, McNulty told the broadcaster that, on balance, he didn't "think that's the case at all."

Opposition parties in Britain reacted strongly to the news, criticising the interior ministry's failure to hold the two.

Nick Clegg, the home affairs spokesman for the smaller, centre-left opposition Liberal Democrats, said: "This should act as a spur for the government to develop more robust ways to get suspects into court in the first place, such as using intercept evidence."

Meanwhile, pressure groups also questioned the usefulness of "control orders", with Shami Chakrabarti, director of civil liberty and human rights group Liberty, saying: "Control orders are unfair and do not work. This confirms our worst fears about the farce that is the control orders regime. They are both unsafe and fundamentally unfair."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061016/wl_uk_afp/britainattackssuspects;_ylt=AghTNBWS0evUMj419wviCpBvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-

[Snake]

Damn, when you said two missing terror suspects, I was hoping they'd both been shot and disposed of by the authorities.

[mendosan]

Well it was bound to happen the Control orders they were held under may have been illegal anyway, I don't know what that woman from Liberty is talking about, the oppose just about every bit of Terror legislation.

[Angelicus]

lilwolf wrote: Well apparently the UK is missing two terrorist suspects. Seems in my opinion that some one screwed up when they gave them the equivalent of a house arrest. :lol:

Two British terror suspects on the run: reports
LONDON (AFP) - Two men suspected of being international terrorists and subjected to close surveillance in Britain have escaped, according to British media.

The interior ministry declined to confirm the news reported by the BBC and the country's domestic Press Association, on the principle that suspects should retain their right to anonymity, but stressed that the incident would be subject to an investigation.

The two suspects were subjected to "control orders", a system that can include house arrest, the obligation to check in with a police station every day, and a ban on communication with others.

The first report, from the BBC, concerns one of six Britons who were in March put under the restrictions. The man is accused of having intended to fight against the US-led coalition, of which Britain is a member, that invaded and is deployed in Iraq.

The man, who had to give up his passport, fled his psychiatric ward about two weeks ago. He said repeatedly that he had been stopped in Pakistan and was tortured there.

The second suspect, an Iraqi citizen, has reportedly been on the run for months.
A spokesman for the government, Tony McNulty, the minister for police and security, assured the BBC later on Monday that, though the interior ministry could not release the identities of the two escaped suspects, "the people who needed to know, in both cases, would have known".

When confronted with the possibility that the two could commit an act of terrorism while on the loose, McNulty told the broadcaster that, on balance, he didn't "think that's the case at all."

Opposition parties in Britain reacted strongly to the news, criticising the interior ministry's failure to hold the two.

Nick Clegg, the home affairs spokesman for the smaller, centre-left opposition Liberal Democrats, said: "This should act as a spur for the government to develop more robust ways to get suspects into court in the first place, such as using intercept evidence."

Meanwhile, pressure groups also questioned the usefulness of "control orders", with Shami Chakrabarti, director of civil liberty and human rights group Liberty, saying: "Control orders are unfair and do not work. This confirms our worst fears about the farce that is the control orders regime. They are both unsafe and fundamentally unfair."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061016/wl_uk_afp/britainattackssuspects;_ylt=AghTNBWS0evUMj419wviCpBvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-

on the principle that suspects should retain their right to anonymity

Ok now, this is not a slam against england or anything but wtf?
How exactly do you warn the folks to be on the lookout, without telling them who or what too look out for?

[cap'n queasy]

I'm starting to have doubts about the UK.

Man.

[lilwolf]

It is wierd in that they want the publice help in locating yet they want anonimity for these guys...so when the post a photo on the TV or media is this what we (or they) get to see....?




We are asking the public for help in locating two persons of serious interest. They are terror suspects and since we cannot divulge their true identities this is a plastic head that resembles the 2 suspects.

[[Bible]Monkey]

lilwolf wrote:

I think I've seen that guy someplace....