CNN BREAKING: British authorities detain a number of people in London and

[Bhaisahab]

Manchester in pre-dawn raids.

developing...

update:
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Authorities in Britain have detained seven foreign nationals who are seen as a threat to national security, the UK Home Office said.

They were held after dawn raids on addresses in London and Manchester, northwestern England.

"Earlier today, the Immigration Service detained seven individuals in accordance with the Home Secretary's powers to deport the individuals whose presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good for reasons of national security," a Home Office spokesman told CNN.

"The Immigration Act 1971 gives powers to deport individuals and to detain them pending deportation. The Immigration service has detained the seven foreign nationals on this basis. They will be held in secure prison service accommodation and we will not disclose their names"

A Scotland Yard spokeswoman told CNN: "We can confirm that officers have supported this morning at approximately 6 a.m. the immigration services under the Immigration Act at a number of addresses across the capital.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/15/uk.arrests/index.html

[ReadTomPaine]

1. I suppose we should be happy they didn't just pin them down and shoot them

[Oerdin]

2. I'm not seeing what they did wrong.

Or what you are upset about. It's not like this is some dramatic new law they've picked people up based upon something and the reason news organizations haven't given names and details is because that's British law. The media isn't allowed to run wall to wall coverage in the UK because people feared that would taint the jury pool. That's just a long standing British practice which actually plays to the defense's favor.

[ReadTomPaine]

3. Like I said, at least they didn't execute them. It's an improvement. n/t

[moobu2]

4. It's not over yet

[struggle4progress]

13. "Home Secretary's powers to deport" don't sound like no jury trial

to me ...

[Poll_Blind]

5. This bust happened 911 days after Operation Iraqi Liberation began.

I wonder if there will be any busts in US today....

PB

[0007]

6. Anything to make the sheep feel safe again & get junior's

poll numbers back into the forties.

Rush Limbaugh & FAUX News is all for it!

[QC]

11. Bush is president of Great Britain now?

Well, heavens to betsy! That boy sure do get around!

[wordout]

7. Good Catch!

:toast:

[Poll_Blind]

9. Thanks, and keep an eye out. Could be an interesting news day. n/t

PB

[Podface]

8. Do you think

every bust is some kind of fascist move by the government?

How about the reality some fundamentalist DO think killing innocent people is justified?

Just because bush fucked up the world and caused all this hatred, should our governments stand by and let the few lunatic radicals kill our friends and family?

Not everything is a lie.

[saracat]

12. Just almost everything!

And I don't see any radical lunatics killing anyone in the US. But I do see Saudis doing it. Wonder why we have never gone after them ? Hmmm?

[Sandpiper]

10. You mean they didn't just execute them on the spot?

I wonder if these people actually did anything or if they committed the Menezes offense of WWB:

Walking While Brown

[Gyre]

14. Prince Harry sieg heiling around

was probably prescient. Seems like the English have just rolled over to Big Brother running things. So much for the Magna Carta.

Gyre