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UK plans new anti-terror laws in wake of London bombings
AFP via Middle East Times ^ | 2005 Jul 18 | Peter Walker
Posted on 07/18/2005 1:20:31 AM PDT by Wiz
LONDON -- Britain's government is preparing to introduce new laws to combat terrorism following the London bombings, as police plough through a growing series of international leads seeking those who planned the attacks.
On Sunday, 10 days after the blasts ripped through three London Underground subway trains and a bus, killing at least 55 people and injuring around 700, the government was preparing to hurry through the proposed laws.
Interior minister Charles Clarke was scheduled to meet his opposition counterparts on July 18 to discuss planned offences such as indirectly inciting terrorism, for example preachers who praise suicide bombers.
The government's legal affairs minister, Lord Chancellor Charles Falconer, denied that the measures were too late.
"We have got to learn the lessons and that is why we are bringing forward these new laws," he told BBC television. "I think all the political parties are agreed that the right course at the moment is to focus on what further steps need to be taken in relation to the law, but also getting to the root of that evil ideology that is driving this terrorism."
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