Word: antiterrorism
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...bypass legal protections for the accused in the name of fighting terrorism, but many European countries are marching smartly in that direction. "It's just a matter of degree," says Michel Tubiana, president of France's Human Rights League. While visiting India last week, Blunkett proposed a tough antiterror package for Britain, including lowering the standard of evidence needed to convict accused terrorists from "beyond reasonable doubt" to "the balance of probabilities"; keeping evidence secret from defendants; requiring defense counsel, and even judges, to be picked from a panel with security clearances; and eliminating juries. Civil-liberties advocates are horrified...
...Unknown, at least, to tourists, because they're pretty familiar to the French, Dutch, American and Norwegian troops from the U.S.-led antiterror coalition camped at Manas airport. They head to Bishkek for R. and R. and the city's only department store, TsUM. In sneakers and baseball caps, they make a nice contrast to the Kyrgyz locals in their leather boots and felt hats...
...capped Tien Shan Mountains rear up like a tsunami. But unlike Nepal or other lauded upland destinations, this country and its capital are still an unknown quantity. Unknown, at least, to tourists, because they're pretty familiar to the French, Dutch, American and Norwegian troops from the U.S.-led antiterror coalition camped at Manas airport. They head to Bishkek for R. and R. and the city's only department store, TsUM. In sneakers and baseball caps, they make a nice contrast to the Kyrgyz locals in their leather boots and felt hats. The Russians are here, too. In Bishkek...
...connection with the November Istanbul terror blasts. French police rounded up four people accused of assisting an al-Qaeda operative last year as he passed through France on his way to London. And British police have detained 21 people (some of whom have since been released) under British antiterrorism laws in the past two weeks. Are police methodically rolling up terror networks - or frantically trying to stave off a suspected holiday attack? Perhaps a little of both. "There are very big, very important police operations under way [in the U.K.]," notes a senior French antiterror official. "Concern is high that...
...suicide bombings of British targets in Istanbul trigger a Europe-wide crackdown? Eleven terror suspects were taken into custody in Western Europe last week - three in Italy, seven in Britain, and one in Germany - as a top Italian antiterror official told time that terror groups "are trying to move closer to [striking in] European territory." Security agencies were on high alert; Italian officials even discussed closing the Rome and Milan metros in the final 48 hours of Ramadan. But authorities say last week's arrests were the culmination of long investigations, not hasty responses to the Istanbul blasts. And some...