Mayor Of London: Throw Sharon In Jail

London Mayor Ken Livingstone, in an interview with The Guardian newspaper, called for throwing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a cell with former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, for the Saudi Arabian royal family to be "swinging from lampposts," and for UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to press US President George W. Bush regarding Israel.

As for President Bush, though, "I'm not even sure he was aware there were any Palestinians before he was elected…." Livingstone said.

Furthermore, he explained, there cannot be peace in the Middle East until "the West shows it is taking on board the injustice of what's happening to the Palestinians, and looks at the financial network of corruption between some of the oil sheikhdoms, the oil companies and the White House."

The conservative Tory party opposition candidate in London, Steve Norris, took a surprising tack in his reaction, saying, "With the threat of a terrorist attack on London in the air, this kind of Livingstone rant is downright dangerous." Liberal Democrat candidate Simon Hughes mentioned the offense given to the Americans and Saudis.

The meeting was attended by representatives from the following terrorist Muslim organisations:

Muslim Association of Britain, Muslim Council of Britain, Friends of Al-Aqsa, the Islamic Society of Britain, Islamic Forum Europe, Solidarity Committee, Islamic Heritage and Cultural Centre, Al-Muntada Al-Islamy, Mayfair Islamic Centre, Islamic Cultural Centre, Muslim Welfare House, Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe, Q-News, Impact Magazine, the Islamic Forum of Europe, the Council of Indian Muslims, the Islamic Human Rights Commission, Palestinian Return Centre, Union of Muslim Organisations, Federation of Student Islamic Societies in the UK.

http://www.redhotcurry.com/archive/news/2003/muslim_comms.htm

Photo of Ken Ken Livingstone was born in Lambeth in 1945 and educated at Tulse Hill Comprehensive School.

After eight years working as a technician at the Chester Beatty Cancer Research Institute in London, he entered Phillipa Fawcett Teacher Training College, qualifying in 1973.

He was a member of Lambeth Council between 1971 and 1978, holding the position of vice-chair of the housing committee from 1971-73 and from 1978 to 1982 a member of Camden Council, where he was chair of the housing committee from 1978-80. He was a member of the Regional Executive of the Greater London Labour Party from 1974 until 1986.

In 1973 he became a member of the GLC. Vice Chair of Housing Management from 1974 to 1975, he was elected Leader in 1981. He was a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party 1987-89. In the 1979 General Election he was Labour candidate for Hampstead and Highgate, and in 1987 he became MP for Brent East, re-elected in 1992 with a six per cent swing to Labour.

He has written two books, If Voting Changed Anything They'd Abolish It (1987) and Livingstone's Labour (1989).

Since entering Parliament he has specialised in economic policy, and served on the Labour Party Economic Policy Review Group. He publishes Socialist Economic Bulletin, and is Vice-President of the London Zoological Society.

In September 1997 he was re-elected to Labour's National Executive Committee.

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