British police arrests 22 people in demonstration against drones outside US embassy

harvey007

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Fri Dec-02-11 12:21 PM
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British police arrests 22 people in demonstration against drones outside US embassy

Source: Washington Post

LONDON � British police arrested 20 people Friday outside the U.S. Embassy in London on suspicion of belonging to a banned group.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/apnewsbreak-uk-arrests-22-people-in-demonstration-against-drones-outside-us-embassy/2011/12/02/gIQARrheKO_story.html

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cosmicone

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Fri Dec-02-11 12:37 PM
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1. Why don't the Pakistanis demonstrate against Taliban and the

terrorists instead?

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dipsydoodle

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Fri Dec-02-11 01:58 PM
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2. Be a bit lost in London

Twenty-two people have been arrested following a demonstration outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square in central London.

Twenty were held on suspicion of being members of banned group Muslims Against Crusades. Two others were arrested over violent disorder and obstruction.

Those taking part in the protest said they were members of a group called United Ummah.

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Muslims Against Crusades was banned in the UK by Home Secretary Theresa May in November.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16006035

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cosmicone

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Fri Dec-02-11 04:57 PM
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3. Not really. They can demonstrate in front of the Pakistani embassy

against all the terrorism that Pakistan supports around the world.

The cold, hard reality is that a vast majority of Pakistanis in Pakistan and abroad actually support terrorism and only squeal when the terrorist ability of Pakistan is thwarted.

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PaulaFarrell

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Sat Dec-03-11 03:05 AM
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5. You know you could substite american for pakistani

and miliitary attacks for terrorism and then your statement would at least as true.

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gratuitous

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Fri Dec-02-11 05:06 PM
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4. Well, that makes sense

Indiscriminate blowing up of random people in some foreign country? Medals all around! Protest against it? Off to the pokey with you. That's battling terrorism, by jingo!

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