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Gordon Brown promises full body scanners at UK airports
Should we be worried about this being rushed through? Where next, train stations?
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'I thought he was a terrorist'
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Obama acts on Guantanamo trials
Let's hope this is the beginning of the end for Guantanamo.
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this procedure aganist human right and is inhuman as it causing embarrassing the honest people and not sutible to applied in arab or islamic countries
I've been through one in America, they were very touchy due to the fact that I had tissue in my back pocket, They took all of my possessions away from me, I think if these are passed onto all airports, they can step up the game into using the RFID chip.
This type of scanning leaves many passengers feeling embarrassed and without dignity.It does not detect some types of device stored internally and many of the countries that terrorists may fly from might find it difficult to afford.The problem is more complex and the solution needs more thought.
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View all comments (7 more)Though-provoking blog on this from Liz on Amnesty Blogs: Belfast and Beyond - http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk...
No wonder the world is such a mess. People like Bush & Blair would talk of the utopia of a world democracy, but successive UK & US governments (their own governments included in the case of the elected Hamas in Gaza) have been willing to employ state sponsored terrorism and murder to destroy any democratically elected regimes that don't fit in with our own greedy capitalist idealism.
Whether they wanted it or not, the poor Iranians have the US & the UK to thank for the Revolution. I wonder how much more peace, love, harmony and prosperity could exist there today if we hadn't interfered (as we always do) all those years ago, when we destroyed their democracy.
Perhaps now with the appointment of Barack Obama and hopefully Mohammad Khatami come the June elections, there is light at the end of the tunnel re: the 30 year face-off between the two countries.
2 things I wish for: 1. Closure of all US strategic bases and withdrawal of all forces from the middle east that are not required to fight the Taliban, along with a fundamental change in US foreign policy direction. 2. A more moderate Iran with equal rights for women, a freer press and freedom of/from religion. Is that too much to ask??
Well..... nothing wrong with a bit of optimism!!
This is really something and an amazing addition to the 60th Anniversary of the UDHR. Lets hope the he carries on with the good work and continues to support human rights. Its really important that a world leader such as Obama is making such a stand on HR.
Fantastic Start by Obama, let's hope he shuts it down soon
It seems that judges have approved this suspension now, which obviously is good news!
I had forgotten what it was like to approve of a US presidents actions. Let's hope he doesn't get blown off course.