Summary
The situation might be a little less alarming were it not for the Americans' record in dealing with terrorist suspects. Remember the case of Lotfi Raissi, the Algerian pilot who was detained in Belmarsh for five months in 2001-02 while America sought his extradition in connection with the 9/11 attacks? Raissi, claimed the US, had taught four of the September 11 hijackers how to fly; he was warned that he was likely to be charged with conspiracy to murder and could face the death penalty.
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Stand Up to America
The war on terror will be concluded, George W. Bush has suggested, when citizens of the free world no longer live in fear. Everyone, that is, except Britons accused of crimes in America. Last week, three former investment bankers with the NatWest, David Bermingham, Ga...
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