[IP] UK deportation measures from IHT note internet reference djf
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LONDON Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday announced new deportation
measures against people who foster hatred and advocate violence,
nearly a month after two terror attacks killed 52 people and four
suspected suicide bombers.
Clerics who preached hate and Web sites or book shops that sponsored
violence would be targeted. Foreign nationals could be deported under
the new measures.
Blair said his government was prepared to amend human rights
legislation if necessary if legal challenges arose from the new
deportation measures.
Britain's ability to deport foreign nationals has been hampered by
human rights legislation. As a signatory to the European Convention
on Human Rights, Britain is not allowed to deport people to a country
where they may face torture or death.
''Let no one be in any doubt that the rules of the games are
changing,'' Blair said, promising to crack down on extremists blamed
for radicalizing pockets of Muslim youth.
By the year's end, Blair wants to pass legislation that would outlaw
''indirect incitement'' of terrorism — targeting extremist Islamic
clerics who glorify acts of terrorism and seduce impressionable
Muslim youth.
The law would ban receiving training in terrorist techniques in
Britain or abroad. A new offense of ''acts preparatory to terrorism''
would outlaw planning an attack and activities such as acquiring bomb-
making instructions on the Internet.
Blair said his government would hold a short one-month consultation
on new grounds for excluding and deporting people from the United
Kingdom.
''The Muslim community have been and are our partners in this
endeavor, said Blair, who has appealed to community leaders to help
roots out extremists in their midst.
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