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Old Jul 13, 2005, 09:17 am   #1 (permalink) (top)
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Blair seeks to tackle extremism

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4678821.stm

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Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for new laws to tackle extremism and a worldwide drive to address the "evil" ideology behind the London bombings.
Mr Blair said there would be "profound shock and anxiety" after the news the suspected suicide bombers were British.

Talks are to begin on bringing in new laws covering preparations for attacks and to make it easier to deport people trying to "incite hatred", he told MPs.

The "moderate and true voice of Islam" had to be mobilised, he said.
The Laws:

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The laws would focus on measures the police and security services believed necessary to "combat the incitement and the instigation of terrorism as well as the acts of terrorism themselves".

"We will look urgently at how we strengthen the procedures to exclude people from entering the UK who may incite hatred or act contrary to the public good and at how we deport such people if they come here more easily," he continued.


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