Posted on 03/06/2006 12:14:08 AM PST by iPod Shuffle
The other type, of course is very rare.
It's very simple really - he's a UK citizen and as a UK citizen he has a right to return to the UK, a right to claim benefits where applicable and a right to free speech including criticising Britain.
I gather that the intell services consider him a low threat a bit of a Walter Mitty character. They will have approved his access back into the country without detention because they want him to be here - presumably it's cheaper to pay him £52 a week to stay here and be watched than spend thousands sending someone to Pakistan to watch him. . .
so how does a known terror suspect gain immigrant status in the UK with this kind of a past history? Also no one has criticized his rights and liberties just that you allow someone with this past history into the country
He's not an immigrant - he was born here and lived a perfectly normal life until 1999 when he decided radical islam was for him.
I am not defending his alleged actions or associations, but when he is British by birth and insufficient evidence exists against him to prosecute him, he can not be refused entry simply because he may hold anti-British views or consorts with others who do.
Ah OK thanks I never knew that
"I am not defending his alleged actions or associations, but when he is British by birth and insufficient evidence exists against him to prosecute him, he can not be refused entry simply because he may hold anti-British views or consorts with others who do."
But he did serve time in Pakistan yes? if that is the case and the crime involves terrorism in the UK surely the Home Office would have the option to revoke his UK nationality assuming he has dual citizenship in Pakistan of course
And he is living off their tax dollars...it's akin to us giving scholarships to Muslims to come study nuclear physics and other subjects in the US.
I'm not sure if the UK has a law that would allow them to revoke citizenship...I know they considered such, but I don't remember if it was ever passed into law.
I think you need to read through all of them again. (Hint, each one is guilty of violating its own rule).
Lets put it this way as a potential terrorist he would be a liability, depends on how professional any potential terrorist group based in the UK is.
No problem, Just step onto this plastic tarp here.
We aim to please
Why not escort him to the UK border (with the Irish Sea) ?
UK gets no sympathy from me
OK thanks for the update :-)
Well judging by how surprised they were concerning the 7/7 bombings it may be safe to assume there is an oversight
"Lets put it this way as a potential terrorist he would be a liability, depends on how professional any potential terrorist group based in the UK is."
People unable to land a plane just take it off.These from a backward 3rd world country managed to crash airplanes into the twin towers with no more weaponry than a box cutting knife or two..
'But he did serve time in Pakistan yes? if that is the case and the crime involves terrorism in the UK surely the Home Office would have the option to revoke his UK nationality assuming he has dual citizenship in Pakistan of course'
The law in Pakistan is somewhat more flexible in terms of the burden of proof required for guilt to be established than in a British court. Legally it is not possible to revoke the citizenship of someone British, born in Britain and of British parents. I strongly suspect that if the home office have not charged him, it is because they have insufficient proof, or they see more value in observing his next move.
Good job we're not looking for any then. America has my greatest sympathy for the terrorists outrages it have suffered recently.
You get what you pay for, I guess.
Of course, we'd never do that, like let someone from the Taliban attend Yale now, would we? / sarcasm off...
OK got it thanks :-)
Wouldn't it be cool if the "Make A Wish Foundation" hired a couple of ex Green Berets to make his dream come true?
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