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Armed police officers patrolling in London. (Archive) Last update - 18:30 05/10/2006 London police review move to excuse Muslim officer at Israeli embassy By Reuters London's police, facing an uproar over a report that a Muslim officer had been excused from guarding the Israeli embassy, said that the department decided not to use him there after the officer disclosed his concerns about a war in Lebanon. "This is not about political correctness. I want to make it clear that this decision was taken on the basis of risk and safety," Deputy Commissioner Paul Stephenson said in a statement released by Metropolitan Police. Commissioner Ian Blair had ordered an urgent review of the decision following a report in The Sun newspaper saying that Constable Alexander Omar Basha, who worked in the Diplomatic Protection Group, had sought to be excused from duty at the embassy because of moral objections to Israeli bombing of Lebanon. Advertisement Basha's wife is Lebanese and his father is Syrian, said Superintendent Dal Babu, chairman of the Association of Muslim Police. Press Association, the British news agency, quoted unidentified police sources as saying the officer was willing to accept the posting, but feared reprisals against relatives in Lebanon if he was spotted guarding the embassy. Basha could not be reached for comment. Stephenson said the department encouraged officers "to be up front and honest" about any matters which could affect their performance. "At the height of the Israeli-Lebanon conflict in August this year the officer made his managers aware of his personal concerns, which included that he had Lebanese family members," Stephenson said. "Whilst the Israeli embassy is not his normal posting, in view of the possibility that he could be deployed there, a risk assessment was undertaken, which is normal practice. It was as a result of this risk assessment - and not because of the officer's personal views whatever they might have been - that the decision was taken temporarily not to deploy him to the Embassy. "The public would expect us to conduct such a risk assessment and review the suitability of any firearms officer undertaking such duties." Stephenson did not say what risks were discerned in this case. Before any details of the case had been disclosed, debate raged between those who were shocked and those who dismissed it as a minor incident. "By allowing this officer to avoid guarding the Israeli embassy, the Met has set an extraordinary and dangerous precedent," said Damian Hockney, a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, which oversees the department. "What happens if a Greek officer doesn't want to guard the Turkish embassy, or an anti-hunting officer refuses to protect pro-hunt demonstrators?" Hockney said. But another authority member, Peter Herbert, said the story was a "ridiculous fuss about nothing." "It is not uncommon for police officers to make requests of a personal nature," Herbert said. "Even officers with connections in Northern Ireland have made similar requests before." Glen Smyth, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, whose union represents lower-ranking officers, said the officer did not refuse the posting but requested another on the basis of his family circumstances. "It is one thing for an officer to refuse to do something without giving sufficient cause, it is quite another for an officer to make a polite request which if agreed to, would result in a variation of duties," Smyth said. Babu said he understood that moral objections were not the issue. "This is about the welfare of an individual, and not about a moral issue," Babu said in an interview with British Broadcasting Corp. radio. "This particular officer had brought an issue forward - his wife is Lebanese, his father is from Syria - and he brought up this issue at the start of August this year, and had expressed a desire to be posted elsewhere while the war was going on," Babu said. "He is now working normal DPG (Diplomatic Protection Group) duties, and clearly if an issue happens at the Israeli Embassy he will deal with it." Diplomatic Protection Group officers are usually armed and are assigned to guard official buildings like the Houses of Parliament, politicians and visiting dignitaries as well as diplomats. Two police officers with machine-guns guard were on guard Thursday outside the red-brick embassy on a quiet street in the ritzy Kensington district. Thick barriers in front of the embassy protect it from intruding vehicles, and police deter passers-by from taking photographs. The Israeli Embassy released a brief statement saying it had "full confidence in the ability of the Metropolitan Police force to provide the embassy with maximum security, as well as its ability to deal with this sort of grave problem." It later released another statement that said protecting the embassy was a "difficult problem," and expressed "full confidence in the devotion, professionalism and ability of the Metropolitan Police Force to provide the embassy with maximum security." Bookmark to del.icio.us   A gentleman's word Olmert tells Haaretz he knows Iran won't have nuclear capacity. Farewell to arms B'Tselem says IDF must ban wide-range shell that killed civilians in Gaza.   1.   Basha`s Moral Objection 03:32  |  Brad 05/10/06   2.   Very Disconcerting 04:22  |  Gary 05/10/06   3.   A policeman has a duty to uphold law - cannot refuse lawful order 04:25  |  Jake 05/10/06   4.   Objects to Israel not Jews 05:22  |  Ahmad 05/10/06   5.   #4 Ahmad 05:49  |  Dave 05/10/06   6.   Fire him 06:10  |  Barry 05/10/06   7.   Police officers do their duty... 06:22  |  NS 05/10/06   8.   #1 in democracy 06:49  |  Jonathan 05/10/06   9.   Question for Talkback 07:43  |  phillipe t. lucre 05/10/06   10.   He made a request and it was granted 07:47  |  Colin Wright 05/10/06   11.   UK police reputation tarnished 07:48  |  J.J. 05/10/06   12.   objection or abjection? 07:53  |  Stan 05/10/06   13.   Sensitive management 08:03  |  sh 05/10/06   14.   Job definition 08:09  |  Dani Reiss 05/10/06   15.   Seems fair enough 08:14  |  Clickfool 05/10/06   16.   Fire this bigot and every other muslim who refuses to serve!!! 08:22  |  arthur 05/10/06   17.   What if I morally object... 08:51  |  Frank 05/10/06   18.   ridicolous 09:04  |  lionel 05/10/06   19.   to 12; objection or abjection? 09:08  |  lionel 05/10/06   20.   to Ahmad 09:09  |  Marcelo 05/10/06   21.   Holier than thou? 09:23  |  Human 05/10/06   22.   SHARIA LAW NOW!! 09:40  |  farid 05/10/06   23.   REMOVE THIS SO CALLED OFFICER 09:45  |  Maurice 05/10/06   24.   GOOD FOR YOU OMAR 09:50  |  indrajaya 05/10/06   25.   he should be fired 09:57  |  Jeroen 05/10/06   26.   Hmmmm!!! During the Apartheid years did....... 10:07  |  Joe Moer 05/10/06   27.   #15, actually it didn`t 10:18  |  Danny - Israeli one 05/10/06   28.   Religion and Politics 10:18  |  Ahmed 05/10/06   29.   Where does this stop.?The USA Embassy,Russian,India --- 10:20  |  PETER SM 05/10/06   30.   Uphold the law and lawful duty 10:21  |  Geoff 05/10/06   31.   What are the facts? 10:23  |  Jerry 05/10/06   32.   #22 sharia law now! 10:26  |  Geoff 05/10/06   33.   #26 10:26  |  Jerry 05/10/06   34.   C.FOOL.Your comparison reaches new heights in absurdity. 10:26  |  PETER SM 05/10/06   35.   Muslims and democracy 10:28  |  Ralph 05/10/06   36.   Joe Moer (#26) 10:28  |  EyeOnPal 05/10/06   37.   Imagine if doctors refused to treat people based on who they are 10:43  |  Judith 05/10/06   38.   Sensitive management 10:47  |  Joe 05/10/06   39.   Namby Pamby 10:48  |  Fletch 05/10/06   40.   Lionel you idiot 11:06  |  Jasmine Murphy 05/10/06   41.   sh 11:10  |  Jasmine Murphy 05/10/06   42.   SHARIA LAW 11:11  |  nasreen 05/10/06   43.   that is right ahmed 11:12  |  sam 05/10/06   44.   Two types of British citizens 11:16  |  An Australian 05/10/06   45.   Joe Moer 11:16  |  piepiejoller 05/10/06   46.   Conscientious objection 11:18  |  Tony Price 05/10/06   47.   Maybe a wise decision from his part 11:35  |  BouSameer 05/10/06   48.   # 9 Question 11:36  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   49.   Not on moral grounds 11:37  |  Boycott 05/10/06   50.   Colin Wright # 10 11:38  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   51.   A Sad day for UK muslims... 11:39  |  Jack 05/10/06   52.   Clickfools inanity @ 15 11:43  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   53.   Lionel - Correction 11:45  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   54.   "He felt unsafe " - From Bloomberg 11:49  |  BouSameer 05/10/06   55.   Policing For All Not Just By Those You Choose 11:52  |  Paul Usiskin 05/10/06   56.   # 21 Holier than thou 11:54  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   57.   thats his `human-right` 12:02  |  Oppressed 05/10/06   58.   Tony Pr ice - Priceless! 12:04  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   59.   Tony Price # 46 12:06  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   60.   A policemans job is to protect everyone 12:07  |  British academic 05/10/06   61.   No 57 12:07  |  Paul Usiskin 05/10/06   62.   On ClickFOOL and masturbation during Ramadan 12:13  |  Jonathan S 05/10/06   63.   Youre going to see one hell of a fuss about this... 12:15  |  British academic 05/10/06   64.   #37, been instances of Israelis not treating arabs 12:19  |  Danny - Israeli one 05/10/06   65.   Loyalty to jihad rather than the british public 12:21  |  British academic 05/10/06   66.   UNHEARD OF! 12:24  |  Alicia 05/10/06   67.   Clickfool. Re objections. I have some. 12:25  |  Zardos 05/10/06   68.   BouSameer: Cloudcuckooland 12:27  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 05/10/06   69.   Jews have beards too 12:28  |  Jasmine Murphy 05/10/06   70.   Risk of threat 12:32  |  JW 05/10/06   71.   Indrajaya. His beliefs are the problem. 12:34  |  Zardos 05/10/06   72.   Muslim police and the "war on terror" 12:39  |  Mrs Ita Peach 05/10/06   73.   Who cares? I`m reminded of the Gaza evacuation 12:39  |  Freddy 05/10/06   74.   Misinformation 12:43  |  Tareq 05/10/06   75.   NOT ON MORAL ground??What if there is another cartoon demo/riot? 12:50  |  PETER SM 05/10/06   76.   For Jonathan S, in a parallel Zionist universe # 62 13:01  |  Clickfool 05/10/06   77.   Rediculous!! 13:01  |  Nicole 05/10/06   78.   T.PRICE.Brilliant Irrelevancy.There are many IDF objectors.Any-- 13:05  |  PETER. S.M 05/10/06   79.   Non-story brings out the Brits bashers 13:07  |  Michael 05/10/06   80.   Either you defend democracy or you go home 13:23  |  Ronnie Wolman 05/10/06   81.   72. Ma Peach 13:23  |  Jihad Jack 05/10/06   82.   To Michael, wear a kippa and walk the streets of central london 13:32  |  Richard 05/10/06   83.   Good decision 13:32  |  Colin 05/10/06   84.   Clickfool #15 13:34  |  Christopher. 05/10/06   85.   On ClickFOOL and his shadow world 13:36  |  Jonathan S 05/10/06   86.   They are Muslims first...lrt them be recused no great loss. 13:46  |  richard 05/10/06   87.   Muslim officer. 13:47  |  David Nigel Braham 05/10/06   88.   Richard thats nothing! 13:52  |  Ronnie Wolman 05/10/06   89.   To Jihad Jack 13:55  |  Richard 05/10/06   90.   His moral objections!!! 13:55  |  suzanne 05/10/06   91.   Anti Semites 13:58  |  Tareq 05/10/06   92.   # 79 Michael 13:59  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   93.   Margie in Tel Aviv - #68 - Cloudcuckooland 14:00  |  BouSameer 05/10/06   94.   Richard #82 14:02  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   95.   This is particularly ironic 14:03  |  H50 05/10/06   96.   Yea Ronnie, Have you tried it? 14:04  |  Richard 05/10/06   97.   Bashas moral objection 14:04  |  Danny. 05/10/06   98.   Tareq 14:06  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   99.   What`s next? 14:06  |  Ben 05/10/06   100.   I live in a Jewish part of London, Richard 14:07  |  Michael 05/10/06   101.   Jerry #31 YOu could not be more wrong 1 14:08  |  Nik Miller 05/10/06   102.   Bashas objection 14:09  |  Tora Bora 05/10/06   103.   To Richard 14:09  |  Barbados 05/10/06   104.   Jerry #31 continued... 14:10  |  Nik Miller 05/10/06   105.   The article does not tell the whole truth 14:12  |  Chris Linthwaite 05/10/06   106.   You might be right ChanahS 14:14  |  Michael 05/10/06   107.   FIRE HIM 14:18  |  DANNY 05/10/06   108.   What crime has he committed? 14:22  |  Mort 05/10/06   109.   To Barbados - they made that point themselves 14:23  |  Richard 05/10/06   110.   But Michael, have you tried it? 14:26  |  Richard 05/10/06   111.   Amazing Zionist hypocrisy 14:30  |  Jonathan Wood 05/10/06   112.   The outcome will be that he cannot be excused in future 14:30  |  Jeroen 05/10/06   113.   To Michael, the writing`s on the wall, will u stand up for rights 14:33  |  Richard 05/10/06   114.   Michael # 106 14:33  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   115.   Basha and the Israeli Embassy 14:36  |  fair minded 05/10/06   116.   Richard,tribalism in England 14:37  |  Ronnie Wolman 05/10/06   117.   Just a foretaste of what is coming to a "moslem" europe. 14:39  |  bat yam 05/10/06   118.   First - FIRE HIM. Second - FIRE THOSE WHO HIRED HIM. 14:40  |  Vittorio 05/10/06   119.   106: You have it backwards, Michael 14:49  |  David Teich 05/10/06   120.   How can a Syrian Semite be anti-Semitic? 14:51  |  Safwat Haneidy 05/10/06   121.   93: BouSameer, close but no cigar 14:53  |  David Teich 05/10/06   122.   muslim cops 14:55  |  Jozef 05/10/06   123.   Richard #82 14:56  |  Freddy 05/10/06   124.   95: H50 proves the Londistan label 14:57  |  David Teich 05/10/06   125.   Jihad Jack 14:58  |  Jasmine Murphy 05/10/06   126.   Divided loyalty 14:59  |  Ronald Beardsley 05/10/06   127.   Michael : about Brit-bashing 15:06  |  Jasmine Murphy 05/10/06   128.   Truly pathetic 15:07  |  Black Death 05/10/06   129.   Michael, it´s LONDONISTAN ! 15:08  |  Barry 05/10/06   130.   clickfool - i click, you`re the fool 15:09  |  mick 05/10/06   131.   Michael 15:10  |  Nik Miller 05/10/06   132.   I hear what you`re saying ChanahS 15:14  |  Michael 05/10/06   133.   No surprises here 15:17  |  Jack 05/10/06   134.   To Lionel #19- What a twisted mind! 15:19  |  Anna 05/10/06   135.   He should be expelled from the police 15:20  |  KUTW 05/10/06   136.   ?Integration? 15:26  |  KUTW 05/10/06   137.   Further excuse to de-legitimise Israel 15:27  |  Edgar Davidson 05/10/06   138.   The UK is not about to be subject to Sharia 15:31  |  Michael 05/10/06   139.   British site talkback against 15:32  |  observer 05/10/06   140.   Very simple! He should not be on the police force! 15:35  |  Le Maudit Anglais 05/10/06   141.   4. Ahmad: his duty is to protect embassies 15:35  |  KUTW 05/10/06   142.   BouSameer 15:38  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 05/10/06   143.   Easy case to decide 15:42  |  Ben Gurion 05/10/06   144.   @112 saluti Vittorio 15:53  |  Jeroen 05/10/06   145.   to Barbados on categories of British children 15:54  |  Watcher 05/10/06   146.   Get your facts right 16:04  |  Boycott 05/10/06   147.   Wake up Britian, the beginning of the end is here already 16:07  |  Bimmer 05/10/06   148.   Suzanne - Waking up Britain 16:07  |  fk 05/10/06   149.   Chanah S 16:12  |  Tareq 05/10/06   150.   Ronnie Woolman 16:14  |  Tareq 05/10/06   151.   Can`t agree with you Nik 16:19  |  Michael 05/10/06   152.   Fire him 16:22  |  Paolo Ortenzi 05/10/06   153.   I understand 16:25  |  Danite 05/10/06   154.   The policeman is not just Muslim - he is also Lebanese 16:31  |  Stephen Murray 05/10/06   155.   @118 KUTW 16:35  |  Jeroen 05/10/06   156.   NIck#101 and 104 16:39  |  Jerry 05/10/06   157.   Basha Objects 16:39  |  Sam Creelock 05/10/06   158.   To Nick Cont... 16:41  |  Jerry 05/10/06   159.   Well Freddy, I have to disagree 16:43  |  Richard 05/10/06   160.   155Jeroen 17:05  |  KUTW 05/10/06   161.   rule of law 17:09  |  Paul 05/10/06   162.   Who needs racist cops anyway? He should be fired. 17:14  |  SHIMON 05/10/06   163.   What a bummer Bimmer 17:16  |  Michael 05/10/06   164.   Get Over It, Ahmad 17:21  |  Kathy Chriqui 05/10/06   165.   Get your Facts right You .... 17:23  |  Javed 05/10/06   166.   Get facts right 17:29  |  Fletch 05/10/06   167.   One more thought for the Europeans heading toward Islamization. 17:32  |  bat yam 05/10/06   168.   Muslims 17:33  |  Nechama 05/10/06   169.   To # 163 - Start with Anjem Choudary 17:33  |  Bimmer 05/10/06   170.   To KUTW @160 17:37  |  Jeroen 05/10/06   171.   Yes javed, in the end... 17:41  |  Richard 05/10/06   172.   Safwat #120 17:41  |  Nik Miller 05/10/06   173.   to Human #21 17:41  |  Charles 05/10/06   174.   fk 17:42  |  Sarah 05/10/06   175.   Shame on the British Police Force 17:45  |  averill 05/10/06   176.   two types of British citizen 17:46  |  robert weir 05/10/06   177.   A cop who cannot do his job is nothing more than an ex-cop. 17:48  |  SHIMON 05/10/06   178.   Misinformation Tareq 17:48  |  Dvora 05/10/06   179.   Stephen Murray#154. It doesn`t matter if he`s half martian 17:55  |  Zardos 05/10/06   180.   Getting the real facts could spoil the party... 17:56  |  BouSameer 05/10/06   181.   Danite... 18:00  |  Jack 05/10/06   182.   165: Lies from the slums of Calcutta 18:08  |  David Teich 05/10/06   183.   I wonder if he`d refuse to guard the Sudanese 18:09  |  Larry 05/10/06   184.   I`m still refering to lebanese as bin garbage 18:10  |  Gaza Boy 05/10/06   185.   How can a syrian semite be anit-semite 18:11  |  Dvora 05/10/06   186.   Send him to Iraq 18:13  |  Herbert Kaine 05/10/06   187.   Same moral grounds of Iranian wrestler 18:17  |  TonyL 05/10/06   188.   Where is Commander Vimes when you need him 18:19  |  Jacob Blues 05/10/06   189.   Where is Commander Vimes when you need him 18:19  |  Jacob Blues 05/10/06   190.   Unfortunately, there is more to this story, even more pathetic! 18:23  |  frs 05/10/06   191.   Can`t agree with you Nik 18:29  |  Devora 05/10/06   192.   yet again, the responses are the news 18:39  |  Colin Wright 05/10/06   193.   #150 Tareq: `Home` and Democracy 19:01  |  Ronnie Wolman 05/10/06   194.   sickening 19:02  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/10/06   195.   Anti-Islamic progroms more likely than Islamic Britain 19:06  |  Michael 05/10/06   196.   An appalling lack of sensitivity 19:07  |  Pssd Off American 05/10/06   197.   Moslem cop and Israeli embassy 19:15  |  fair minded 05/10/06   198.   A big laugh to the `fair minded` person 19:25  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 05/10/06   199.   Jews behind the scene,, JONATHAN!!!!! 19:26  |  Mike 05/10/06   200.   Colin Wright #192 19:32  |  TonyL 05/10/06   201.   pissed off american 19:33  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 05/10/06   202.   What if the embassy complained? 19:47  |  peter 05/10/06   203.   #196, pssd off 19:52  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/10/06   204.   # 192 Colin Wright 19:56  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   205.   KUTW too much Latinians living in USA 19:56  |  Gaza Boy 05/10/06   206.   A question for everyone 19:56  |  Jonathan S 05/10/06   207.   Margie 20:01  |  Pssd Off American 05/10/06   208.   About ClickFOOL and the mouth disease 20:09  |  Jonathan S 05/10/06   209.   you posters aren`t looking at the key detail 20:11  |  Noam 05/10/06   210.   Cipora Julianna Kohn #194 20:12  |  TonyL 05/10/06   211.   #204 ChanahS 20:13  |  Boycott 05/10/06   212.   To Cipora 20:24  |  Jerry 05/10/06   213.   For Boycott 211 20:33  |  jerry 05/10/06   214.   You are wrong Dave 20:34  |  Bill 05/10/06   215.   #206: Jonathan S - your answer... 20:39  |  bat yam 05/10/06   216.   Focus on the real reason he didn`t want the job 20:40  |  Clickfool 05/10/06   217.   It`s called doing your job, Colin 20:41  |  Jacob Blues 05/10/06   218.   Jerry & Cipora: Kill the terrible analogy 20:42  |  David Teich 05/10/06   219.   to piepiejoller #45 20:44  |  Joe Moer 05/10/06   220.   199: Mike, your post proved you`re an anti-semite 20:46  |  David Teich 05/10/06   221.   Here`s what the watchmen say...l 20:53  |  Jacob Blues 05/10/06   222.   to Jerry #33 & eyeonpal #36 20:54  |  Joe Moer 05/10/06   223.   Michael - Institutionalised anti-semitism 1 20:55  |  Nik Miller 05/10/06   224.   Muslim Officer Excused Duties 20:56  |  Plod 05/10/06   225.   Michael - institutionalised anti-semitism 2 21:06  |  Nik Miller 05/10/06   226.   Come on with the whole story ClickFOOL #216 21:09  |  Jonathan S 05/10/06   227.   murrayMunt #154 21:12  |  Ari ben Yisrael 05/10/06   228.   For David 21:13  |  Jerry 05/10/06   229.   #216. Clickfool. Thanks for showing the truth. 21:14  |  Le Maudit Anglais 05/10/06   230.   & Ha`Aretz allows dimwitted comments like #184 21:16  |  Joe Moer 05/10/06   231.   clickfool 21:21  |  JO JO 05/10/06   232.   To Mike #199: Jews everywhere? 21:22  |  Jonathan S 05/10/06   233.   Nik Miller - what kind of logic 21:24  |  Pssd Off American 05/10/06   234.   guarding terrorist in london 21:26  |  shame 05/10/06   235.   Joe Moer 21:28  |  Gaza Boy 05/10/06   236.   anti sametic the most overrated word in history 21:31  |  lost meaning 05/10/06   237.   What are you exactly complaining about? 21:33  |  BouSameer 05/10/06   238.   To Joe 21:54  |  Jerry 05/10/06   239.   That`s not instutionalised anti-semitism Nik 21:57  |  Michael 05/10/06   240.   Jonathan S, #206, It`s because this little incident can ... 22:01  |  BouSameer 05/10/06   241.   To Dvora,,,,,,,,,, SEMITE 22:08  |  tobi 05/10/06   242.   To Jonathan S 22:12  |  Mike 05/10/06   243.   Pssed off American 22:13  |  Nik Miller 05/10/06   244.   Jonathan S # 206 You Got Me! 22:19  |  Jeff Northridge 05/10/06   245.   response to #15 (clickfool) 22:28  |  citizen zero 05/10/06   246.   ChanahS #204 22:29  |  TonyL 05/10/06   247.   170 Jeroen 22:33  |  KUTW 05/10/06   248.   205. Gaza Boy: The US will know 22:43  |  KUTW 05/10/06   249.   17 Frank, the example you gave is not similar. 22:46  |  p 05/10/06   250.   Bill #214 22:47  |  TonyL 05/10/06   251.   Duties & freedom 22:53  |  Altalena 05/10/06   252.   moslems cant protect israel embassy 22:58  |  daniel yefet 05/10/06   253.   #215 BAT YAM, what does Islam have to do with this? 23:03  |  BouSameer 05/10/06   254.   49. Boycott: Not on moral grounds 23:14  |  KUTW 05/10/06   255.   Mike 23:15  |  bev 05/10/06   256.   More anti-Arabism in Israel than anti-semitism in UK, Nik 23:26  |  Michael 05/10/06   257.   To Bat Yam #215: A yes and a warning 23:28  |  Jonathan S 05/10/06   258.   Joe Moer # 222 - Boycott 23:41  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   259.   To BouSameer #240: A grave problem not a little one 23:42  |  Jonathan S 05/10/06   260.   # 229 23:47  |  Le Maudit Anglais 05/10/06   261.   # 241 Tobi showing ignorance 23:59  |  ChanahS 05/10/06   262.   Nik Miller 00:02  |  sh 06/10/06   263.   MLK: Anti-Zionism = Anti-Semitism 00:05  |  Bruriah Sarah 06/10/06   264.   # 254 meant for Le Maudit Anglais 00:05  |  ChanahS 06/10/06   265.   Jack and all the others who want him fired 00:09  |  sh 06/10/06   266.   CPD muslims guarded Sharon, `cuz THEY were pro`s....Brits aren`t! 00:15  |  BQ627 06/10/06   267.   The cry of the innocent beyond their graves..... 00:25  |  Maureeen Ann 06/10/06   268.   #262 Bruriah Sarah 00:29  |  Boycott 06/10/06   269.   Jonathan S, I am still not too sure what Islam has to do with it. 00:32  |  BouSameer 06/10/06   270.   #168 nechama 00:37  |  wadha 06/10/06   271.   Richard from Tel Avin 00:39  |  Omar 06/10/06   272.   #252:Bousameer...Are you blind or just ignoring what is printed? 00:43  |  bat yam 06/10/06   273.   Answer to Michael 01:00  |  L. Gomberoff 06/10/06   274.   An insult to policing 01:02  |  British Bob 06/10/06   275.   Send the bloke to Kabul! 01:11  |  Ian Robertson 06/10/06   276.   sh,good question about divided loyalties 01:13  |  Ronnie Wolman 06/10/06   277.   To British `academic` 01:44  |  Rose 06/10/06   278.   an armed muslim 01:52  |  honey bunch 06/10/06   279.   Victimisation in Lebanon is accepted as an excuse by Brit. police 01:53  |  PETER SM 06/10/06   280.   MAUREEN Did AKUM refer to any of the monotheist religions. 02:38  |  PETER SM 06/10/06   281.   #212, jerry, you are confused 03:11  |  Cipora Julianna Kon 06/10/06   282.   BOYCOTT.Talk about the "ordure" of refusing their own state- 03:18  |  PETER. S.M 06/10/06   283.   Colin Wright 03:40  |  Fariz 06/10/06   284.   Maybe Muslims shouldn`t be allowed to be police? 03:59  |  Nechama 06/10/06   285.   London Muslim Police 04:11  |  Domingo 06/10/06   286.   # 229. Is not the real Le Maudit Anglais 04:27  |  Le Maudit Anglais 06/10/06   287.   British Bob 04:29  |  Domingo 06/10/06   288.   ALI DID ALMOST THE SAME 04:56  |  indrajaya 06/10/06   289.   What`s your point British Bob? 05:05  |  Ari 06/10/06   290.   some poetic heart is bleeding by gallons in Bathurst, Australia 05:46  |  Watcher 06/10/06   291.   to Michael: on Anti Arabism 05:52  |  Anubhav 06/10/06   292.   Ado about nothing 06:19  |  maoriboy 06/10/06   293.   Jonathan S 206: answer 06:33  |  Anubhav 06/10/06   294.   #281 All of Gaza & the West Bank-You can have it all... 06:33  |  Highlander 06/10/06   295.   Michael, of course your right 07:35  |  Richard 06/10/06   296.   Moslems in England for the money 07:46  |  FOX 06/10/06   297.   For Jeff Northridge #244, on Bogey-men 08:23  |  Clickfool 06/10/06   298.   Stop the fuss about the cop ... 08:24  |  clickright 06/10/06   299.   For all the Zionist huffing and puffing 08:59  |  Clickfool 06/10/06   300.   A reasonable request 09:11  |  sa 06/10/06   301.   A reasonable request 09:14  |  sara 06/10/06   302.   #280 Cipora(1) 09:18  |  Jerry 06/10/06   303.   To 268 Boycott. Rights of indigenous people 09:36  |  Altalena 06/10/06   304.   Glad you think I`m right Richard 09:38  |  Michael 06/10/06   305.   To Cipora(2) 09:43  |  Jerry 06/10/06   306.   to Le Maudit #286 09:49  |  Ari ben Yisrael 06/10/06   307.   Rose the scottish socialist(drunk probably) 09:51  |  british academic 06/10/06   308.   Anger in Holland over `apartheid` Islamic hospital 09:52  |  Watcher 06/10/06   309.   Message to the muslim world 10:02  |  British academic 06/10/06   310.   Highlander the late comer #294 10:05  |  Ari ben Yisrael 06/10/06   311.   Michael re Anti Arabism v Anti Semitism in GRATEbrittin 10:18  |  Ari ben Yisrael 06/10/06   312.   Bat Yam 272, Yes I sometimes ignore what I read... 10:24  |  BouSameer 06/10/06   313.   damn scandal 10:33  |  MickeyMouse 06/10/06   314.   To Anubhav #293: A clear message 11:32  |  Jonathan S 06/10/06   315.   312: No, BouSameer, rational human beings don`t ignore facts 14:00  |  David Teich 06/10/06   316.   if moslem abstain ! 16:20  |  wahbi 06/10/06   317.   Disobedience of lawful orders 19:24  |  Oliver 07/10/06   318.   Disobedience of lawful orders 19:29  |  Oliver Hyam 07/10/06   319.   #317, OLIVER 09:59  |  indrajaya 08/10/06   320.   prickfool #297 10:24  |  Ari ben Yisrael 08/10/06   321.   British guarding the Jews 20:02  |  Robert 19/04/08

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