Oh, I think people in Afghanistan and Iraq, to name only 2, are well aware that civilians are targeted by the terrorists. After all, the Shock and Awe attack of Iraq targeted and destroyed primarily civilians and civilian infrastructure. 

Of course why Britain thinks it needs defenses from their own military and that of the u.s. remains a mystery. Perhaps there is a coup in the offing? 

I can't help thinking that a military junta in Britain might be more peaceful than the current administration.

Its the muslims that are 'deamed' the terrorists now.

Lets see when you get ur ass hauled in for being labelled as a terrorist for standing up for your own rights.

Lets see - WHAT A FOOL!

Anymore crap you got to quote on the minority of muslims? Whats up you afraid Islam is taking off? too late mate - The Islamic Bomb dropped 1400 years ago and you and your racist pals will never be able to stop it.

"It is unprecedented for a military firm to get such a strong presence in civilian affairs."
Unprecedented? I guess someone didn't notice the whitehouse the last decade? And didn't study history much either.

Total authoritarian surveillance or occasional localized extremist attacks? The extremist are the lessor of the evils!

it still amaze me how people hates muslims just because the news told you so.

despite the fact that there are about 1.8 billion muslims in the world population are just doing their every day lifes.

a crime is a crime, whoever commit a crime should be punished. wheter a muslim, a christian, or anything.

the news are spreading fear about crime with muslims.

there are also many non muslim terrorists who are also violent and futile.

people fear for what they do not know, and they hate what they fear.

consuming hates and fear for your breakfeast defitenitely not healty. your fear only count as profit such in homeland security.

homeland security was never bloom in so much profit before the war on terror and what ever fear they throw at you.

should anyone remember there are terrors in uk home back in the 80's-90's alone??

or you just too young and playing COD 4 far too much

blind fear will only make you a facist

Well Western governments were the ones behind the terrorism farce. US government was behind the Sept11 attack's. Now government in US, UK and EU are now reducing rights of the people of country. Makes you wonder, their target is not terrorists "since they don't exist" It's getting more control over the people for some sinister plan. I believe it's marshall Law America, UK are preparing marshall. So When the population rises's againist them, they will have laws in palace to arrest them and charge them as "terrorists againist the state!

Be under no illusions BAE run this country, when it comes to elections all we in the UK democratically elect is BAE's next sales team. 
So to me this is naturally the next step.

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drashek

"Radical Islam gains ground in (UK)campuses

Poll attacked over claim that a third of Muslim students think killing in the name of religion is justified and 40 per cent support sharia law in the UK"
guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/27/islam.highereducation

PS. get a clue

Maybe the author has not read the news today about India, Iraq, Turkey. Muslims bombings in several different countries in just one day. The people in UK should hope morons like you are not in positions of power because people will get killed as a result of your ignorance.

Translation; you, the general public are now defined as the enemy.

Brilliant, just brilliant. I can't wait to be rounded up and taken to the slaughter house.

Since "smoking them out of their caves" did not work, we're to get them out of their caves to smoke: $500 million towards an anti-smoking splurge in "emerging markets".
If you got 'em, stuff them in our VATerland security memristers.
They're pointing out the enemy to keep you deaf and blind
Youve got smokers' cough from smoking, brewers' droop from drinking beer
Be virgilious, ore the all-seeing CCTV
will tag you in the rear
Whoops! Da zeitgeist ist exhibiting suspicious counterculture hauntings in defiance of elite overlords.
I'm sorry. I need my meds...

what has this world come to??

"* National Security & Resilience is the UK euphemism for homeland security, which is the US euphemism for mass civil surveillance"

Spying?


Now the only way for UK citizens to avoid feeling humiliated is to fool themselves into thinking that all this surveillance is needed to combat terrorism etc, etc.
For those that their level of intelligence does not permit them to fool themselves, well, they have to do with feeling humiliated I guess.