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Politics : Polite Political Discussion- is it Possible? An Experiment.
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To: Rambi who wrote (950)8/14/2006 8:57:46 PM
From: thames_sider of 1695
 
My phrase would be "alleged attempted murderers".

I could care less about their ideals; Jack the Ripper or the Son of Sam may well have had high ideals, too. But murder is murder.

Having said which, of course, no one has been killed, and as far as we can tell so far no one has even been charged. Hence my use of the term "alleged".

Here's one from last year (up to 2004):
news.bbc.co.uk

ARRESTS, CHARGES & DETENTION
701 arrested under Terrorism Act 2000
119 have been charged under it
17 have been convicted under the legislation

However, research by BBC Radio 4's Today programme suggests that not all those convicted under the Act were accused of participating in international terrorism.
Information gathered with the help of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Institute of Race Relations provided details of 13 convictions.

It emerged that three of the convictions related to Irish republicanism and four to the Irish loyalist movement. Two stemmed from a Sikh terrorism case and one involved Tamil terrorism.
Only three related to some form of Islamic terrorism.

And this implies the numbers haven't changed much...
uk.news.yahoo.com
Since 2000, police have arrested over 700 people -- many of them Muslims -- under tough anti-terrorism laws, but have brought only a handful to court. The vast majority have been released without charge
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