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Slashdot | UK Academics Arrested For Researching al-Qaida
Topic: War on Terrorism 7:25 am EDT, May 28, 2008

D Afifi writes "Two political researchers at the University of Nottingham, in the UK, have been arrested under the Terrorism Act for downloading Al-Qaida material from a US government website. The material was to be used for research in terrorist tactics. There has been a huge public outcry, with university staff planning a march to demonstrate against the attack on academic freedom. Yet, one of the students, an Algerian, is still held in custody under immigration charges and is being fast-tracked for deportation."

Can you say "McCarthyism"? I though you could...

Really, the parallels between McCarthyism and the "War on Terrorism" are too blatant to ignore. Why is it that our world leaders don't see this "witch hunt" too?

Slashdot | UK Academics Arrested For Researching al-Qaida



 
 
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