First they came for the muslims (BBC News)
BBC | 19.12.2002 13:15
500-700 muslims (largely iranian-americans) arrested in California after following an order to register themselves
[quote]Reports say between 500 and 700 men were arrested in and around Los Angeles after they complied with an order to register by 16 December.[/quote]
[quote]The arrests sparked angry protests in Los Angeles by thousands of Iranian-Americans waving banners which read "What's next? Concentration camps?" and "Free our fathers, brothers, husbands and sons".[/quote]
[quote]Ramona Ripston, executive director of the Southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the arrests were reminiscent of the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
"I think it is shocking what is happening," she said.[/quote]
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[quote]The arrests sparked angry protests in Los Angeles by thousands of Iranian-Americans waving banners which read "What's next? Concentration camps?" and "Free our fathers, brothers, husbands and sons".[/quote]
[quote]Ramona Ripston, executive director of the Southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the arrests were reminiscent of the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
"I think it is shocking what is happening," she said.[/quote]
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19.12.2002 16:03
He said the arrest of seven people under the Terrorism Act in Edinburgh and London on Wednesday showed police and security forces were protecting the public.
Detectives are continuing to question the seven men at the high-security Govan police station in Glasgow.
They are in their 30s and said to be of north African origin.
The arrests were made by the Lothian and Borders force with support from the Metropolitan Police.
Three were made in Edinburgh, where four properties in the east of the city were raided by officers.
Another four arrests were made in the west of London.
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