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The UK foreign secretary says military action is still inconceivable against Iran and he hopes diplomacy can solve deadlock over its nuclear programme.
US President George W Bush has refused to rule out military strikes against Iran, which Washington accuses of wanting to develop nuclear weapons.

"It is not on the agenda, I happen to think that it is inconceivable," Jack Straw told BBC radio.

Iran insists its nuclear activities are purely peaceful, to produce fuel.

Last week the United Nations nuclear watchdog passed a resolution that took Iran a step closer to sanctions if it did not ease suspicions about its intentions.

The International Atomic Energy Agency resolution orders Iran to suspend enrichment activities, stop building its heavy water nuclear reactor and open up to inspections.

Mr Straw said that European negotiators - with US backing - had "left the door open for further diplomatic action with Iran and I hope that they take this opportunity".

Snap inspections

Iran has rejected the IAEA vote, with its foreign minister calling it "political, illegal and illogical".

Tehran is threatening to cease application of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty's additional protocol, which allows snap inspections of nuclear sites, if the IAEA reports Tehran to the Security Council.

A bill has been presented to the Iranian parliament aimed at suspending implementation of the additional protocol until Iran completes the nuclear fuel cycle.

So far, parliament only voted to consider the bill as an urgent piece of legislation and now it goes to several committees.

The BBC's Frances Harrison in Tehran says it is not clear how long the process will take, but if put to a vote in parliament it is certain to be passed.

Iran has signed - but not ratified - the additional protocol.

Tehran recently restarted work on the early stages of uranium enrichment.

Such work had been suspended since November 2004 while talks were held with the UK, France and Germany about its long-term nuclear plans.

Iran hid an uranium enrichment programme for 18 years until its activities were exposed in 2002.

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In early 1999, Paddy Ashdown, then the leader of Britain's Liberal Democratic Party (and since then, as Lord Ashdown, Europe's envoy in Bosnia), was found with a woman not his wife and forced to resign his post. In his diaries, he describes calling on Prime Minister Tony Blair to inform him in advance of his intention to quit: "Blair said: 'Going is the most difficult thing to do in politics. Too many people stay for too long. I would rather stop when people said, 'Why is he going?' than when they said, 'Why isn't he going?' Or, even worse, 'When is he going?' I hope I will be able to do it the same way.'"

This leaves us with an enduring mystery. Britain's most adept and skillful politician has evidently known for years exactly what not to do about arranging his departure, and yet he has chosen to ignore his own advice.

The mystery deepens when we recall that this consideration has been a part of Blair's calculations ever since he became leader of the Labour Party in 1994. At a dinner in a London restaurant named Granita, in what has since become the best-known coffee-stage chat in British history, Blair made a proposal to Gordon Brown, his rival for the leadership. That proposal fell in two parts. He, Blair, was demonstrably more "electable," and should lead Labour in deposing the ramshackle Tory regime of John Major. Then, with Labour in power, Brown could expect in due time to receive the mantle. On this condition, Brown agreed to give Blair a clear run.

THAT WAS three elections ago. What has kept Blair going? When I called on him in January this year, his press officer advised me not to bring up the obvious question. (I readily agreed, since an unanswerable question is a waste of time.) But no sooner had I asked the Prime Minister how he was than he replied with a grin: "It's nice to know one doesn't have to fight another election."

So there was the topic, inescapably, right in the middle of the room. For the rest of the conversation, and on the trip to the outs***ts of London that I also took with him, Blair talked and acted as if he had a full Prime Ministerial agenda on everything from global warming to the reconstruction of Afghanistan. He also behaved, when talking to voters and citizens, as if he was tirelessly running for office for a fourth time.

Some of the motivations for this are purely human: he likes being Prime Minister and is good at it. Moreover, next year he will have been prime minister for a decade, longer than any previous Labour leader. A little longer, and he would outlast Margaret Thatcher's record-breaking tenure, which must have been a temptation.

But Blair inexplicably chose to compound the mistake he had made with Brown, by announcing publicly, after having defeated the Tories for the third straight time, that he would not stand again. From then on, there was really only one question on peoples' minds, and it was the third - the worst - of the three questions he had mentioned to Ashdown: "When is he going?"

Blair ought to have known that politics is a pitiless business. For years, his backbench members of parliament kept quiet because they knew that they owed their seats, and their majority, to him. Now, with the country insisting on an answer to the question he posed, they see him as a liability. And the trade unions, whose power he has done so much to reduce, have been open in saying that they want a new party leader. Thus, his announcement that he will leave Downing Street next year is no more than a reluctant acceptance of what has been reality for some time.

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NO POLITICIAN is free from a sense of destiny, and I think that Blair's got the better of him. In the decision to send British forces to defend Sierra Leone from a barbaric invasion from Liberia, he faced down all those who warned of disaster and won great moral credit. In deploying soldiers to Afghanistan and Iraq, he was convinced that he was both morally correct and politically right to stand by Britain's main historic ally, the United States. (It is reasonably certain that he would not have trusted Brown to do any of these things in the face of any serious opposition, and also reasonably certain that he was correct to think so.) When I first interviewed Blair, as newly elected Labour leader in 1994, he answered my question about the role of his Christianity in his politics by saying, "I can't stand politicians who go on about religion."

If I had to date the moment when my own misgivings about him began, it would be the time - starting after September 11, 2001 - when he began to emphasize his own "faith" as a motivating factor in his moral stand.

A saving element in British politics is that such appeals are usually considered embarrassing. They may also suggest a slight tendency, on the part of those uttering them, to believe in some kind of supernatural endorsement. So Blair's concession that he must leave office, a decision so long postponed and so disastrously protracted, represents among other things a triumph of the mundane over the permanent temptation to believe that politics is about anything else.

The writer's most recent book is Thomas Paine's Rights of Man.

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Blair is 'true friend' of Israel

Almost two-thirds of Israelis believe that British Prime Minister Tony Blair is a "true friend of Israel," according to a recent poll by TNS Teleseker on behalf of the British Embassy in Tel Aviv.

When asked to what extent they agreed that Blair is a true friend of Israel, 51 percent said they agreed with the statement and 12 percent of respondents said they strongly agreed with it.

In his final speech as Prime Minister to the Labour Party Conference in Manchester on September 26, Blair promised, "From now until I leave office I will dedicate myself, with the same commitment I have given to Northern Ireland, to advancing peace between Israel and Palestine. I may not succeed. But I will try because peace in the Middle East is a defeat for terrorism."

The survey of Israeli perceptions of Britain also found that Britain is seen by Israelis as the European country that is friendliest towards Israel. Respondents were asked at the start of the survey to spontaneously name the European countries they believe are friendly towards Israel. A quarter of respondents mentioned Britain first, and 34 percent overall said Britain is friendly towards Israel.

As for British policy towards Israel, 40 percent of those polled said that British policy was pro-Israeli, 27 percent said it was neutral, and 25 percent thought it was pro-Arab. The majority of the Israeli public (68%) believes that Britain's policy in the Middle East is based on current interests, rather than historical considerations.

When asked whether Israel could rely on Britain as a political ally, 7 percent said it 'definitely could,' 16 percent said it 'could' and 37 percent said it 'could to some extent.'

The first thing that springs to the Israeli mind when asked about Britain is royalty: 24% of respondents mentioned the royal family, palaces, servants, changing of the guard, etc. when asked what they associate with the UK. The next most popular associations were football (15%), London landmarks like Big Ben and the Tower of London (12%), and the British Mandate / War of Independence (10%).

Most Israelis see Britain as both a culturally diverse society (72%) and a tolerant society (63%). Just over half of Israelis see Britain as an important source of creative ideas (52%), while a third of Israelis have visited Britain at least once.

A total of 625 Israelis adults were polled for the survey, which was conducted between 30 July - 1 August 2006, during the hostilities between Israel and Lebanon. Interviewing was conducted in three languages (Hebrew, Arabic and Russian). The maximum margin of error in the survey was +/- 3.9%.

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Tony Blair has voiced his support for Jack Straw in his opposition to Muslim women wearing veils by saying it was "perfectly sensible" to discuss the issue in the context of breaking down barriers between communities.



Many Muslims have reacted angrily to Mr Straw's disclosure last week that he asks women to remove their veils when they attend weekly surgeries in his Blackburn constituency.

His comments drew both support and opposition from his party colleagues and provoked a heated debate on civil liberties and the possible impact on Britain's 1.6 million Muslim population.

Today, the Prime Minister added his voice to the debate by backing Mr Straw saying that it was important that issues surrounding religion and diversity were raised and that Mr Straw had done so in a sensible way.

"I don't think anyone is suggesting it's not a matter of personal choice in the end, for people to do what they want.

"But actually what Jack Straw was saying was perfectly sensible, which is that if we want to break down the barriers between people and between different cultures and religions, then it is important these issues are raised and discussed.

"I see nothing wrong with that and I think it is perfectly sensible if you raise it in a measured and considered way to have a proper public discussion about it, he told BBC Breakfast.

Mr Blair managed to sidestep a question as to whether in the same situation he would ask a Muslim woman to remove her veil and said: "It's a difficult, tricky debate to enter into, as we can see over the past few days, but he raised it in a very sensible and measured way."

Last week, Peter Hain, the Northern Ireland secretary, raised his opposition by saying he would never ask a woman to remove her veil however uncomfortable it made him feel. He said Mr Straw was entitled to his view, but that women had the right to dress as they chose.

But yesterday, John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, said Mr Straw had been right to raise the issue, insisting it should not be a "no-go area for debate", but he also voiced concern that it could lead to "considerable difficulties" in terms of community relations.

Mr Straw, a former Foreign Secretary, said that the veil can be regarded as a visible statement of "separation and difference". Some Muslim scholars do not believe it is obligatory.

In his weekly column in the The Lancashire Telegraph he expressed concern that "wearing the full veil was bound to make better, positive relations between the two communities more difficult".

Mr Straw said he had been mulling over the issue ever since a veiled woman attended his surgery and said she was pleased to meet him face to face at last.

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تونی بلر، نخست وزیر بریتانیا گفته است که پوشیدن روبنده توسط زنان مسلمان به معنای جدایی آنها از جامعه است.
آقای بلر همچنین از تصمیم مقامات محلی یک شهر بریتانیا برای تعلیق یک دستیار آموزشی مسلمان برای اصرار بر پوشیدن روبنده در کلاس حمایت کرده است.

اظهارات نخست وزیر بریتانیا می تواند به بحث های بیشتری منجر شود که با اظهارات جک استراو، وزیر خارجه پیشین بریتانیا شروع شد.

تونی بلر افزوده است که پوشیدن روبنده، باعث می شود افراد در خارج ار جامعه مسلمانان، احساس راحتی نکنند.

نخست وزیر بریتانیا گفته است که موضوع روبنده زنان مسلمان نشان داده است که باید بیشتر درباره ادغام گروه های مختلف جامعه بحث شود.

آقای بلر از تصمیم مقامات مدرسه ای در يورکشاير غربی در شمال انگلستان دربرکناری عایشه اعظمی کاملا حمایت کرده است.

تونی بلر همچنن گفته است که باید درباره اسلام و نحوه تعامل آن با جهان مدرن و ادغام گروه های مختلف جامعه در بریتانیا نیز بحث و گفتگو شود.

نخست وزیر بریتانیا به خبرنگاران گفته است که هیچ کس به زنان مسلمان نمی گوید که آنها حق پوشیدن این روبنده ها را ندارند اما مساله مهم، ادغام مناسب با جامعه بریتانیایی است.

پیش از این یک مقام محلی بریتانیا گفته بود که عایشه اعظمی، دستيار آموزشی مسلمان که به دليل امتناع از برداشتن روبنده خود در داخل کلاس از کار معلق شده، باید از سمت خود برکنار شود.

فیل وولاس، یک مقام محلی بریتانیا به هفته نامه "ساندی میرور گفته بود که خانم اعظمی خود را در موقعیتی قرار داده که دیگر نمی تواند به شغل خود ادامه دهد.

دبستان مورد بحث که در يورکشاير غربی در شمال انگلستان واقع شده، شکايت کرده بود که وقتی خانم اعظمی روبنده دارد و صورتش پوشيده است، بچه ها نمی توانند به درستی متوجه صحبت های او شوند.

بحث روبنده زنان مسلمان

جک استرا، رهبر جناح اکثريت در مجلس عوام و وزير خارجه سابق بريتانيا، اخيرا در مقاله ای که در يک روزنامه محلی منتشر شد به زنان مسلمان محجبه در حوزه انتخابيه خود توصيه کرد تا هنگام ملاقات و طرح مشکلات خود با وی از استفاده از روبنده خودداری ورزند.

اين اظهارات جک استرا باعث بروز بحث هايی در مورد استفاده زنان مسلمان از روبنده شد.

آقای استرا گفته بود هنگام صحبت کردن با کسی که نمی تواند صورت او را ببيند، راحت نيست.

آقای استرا نماينده مجلس عوام از حوزه انتخابيه بلاکبرن است که حدود سی درصد جمعيت آن را مسلمانان تشکيل می دهند.

وی در مقاله خود نوشت که به نظر وی، زدن روبنده بر چهره باعث تشديد حس "جدايی" و انزواطلبی می شود.

اين مقاله با انتقاد اليور لتوين، مدير سياستگذاری حزب محافظه کار، حزب اصلی مخالف دولت، مواجه شد که گفته است اين توصيه می تواند آغازگر ترويج "دکترينی خطرناک" در مورد جلوگيری از حق افراد در انتخاب نوع پوشش آنان باشد.

در مقابل، يکی از اعضای ارشد شورای مسلمانان بريتانيا گفت درک می کند آقای استرا هنگام گفتگو با زنی که تمامی چهره خود را پوشانده احساس آسايش نمی کند و افزوده است که زنان مسلمان مجاز هستند که روبنده خود را بردارند.

مسلمانان بريتانيا در انتخاب نوع پوشش خود با محدوديتی مواجه نيستند و برخی زنان مسلمان از انواع پوشش های اسلامی، از جمله پوشش کامل استفاده می کنند.

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Britain has now become the number one target for a "resurgent" Al Qaeda, according to British intelligence officials. The Guardian reports that Al Qaeda has regrouped and presents "even a greater threat then ever before."

Intelligence chiefs with access to the most comprehensive and up to date information have told the Guardian that Al Qaeda has substantially recovered its organization in Pakistan, despite a four-year military campaign to seek out and kill its leaders. In that time, the organization has become much more coherent, with a strong core and a regular supply of volunteers.

More worrying, officials say, is evidence of new techniques that would-be terrorists within the UK have adopted. The structure of individual Al Qaeda-inspired groups is much more like the old Provisional IRA cells, with self-contained units comprising a lead organizer/planner, a quartermaster in charge of weapons and explosives acquisition and training, and several volunteers.

The Herald reports that Al Qaeda is recruiting specifically among disaffected Muslim youths. Another important factor is Britain's longtime tie with Pakistan. British citizens make over 400,000 trips to Pakistan each year, and security officials believe that a "radicalized minority" use the trips to maintain connections with Al Qaeda.


The security services also believe at least 20 universities and polytechnics across the UK play unwitting host to radical Islamic groups dedicated to radicalizing Muslim students.

"They start out innocently, targeting those interested in learning more about Islam, and then sifting out the most promising candidates for indoctrination in anti-Western politics," one source said.

The Scotsman reports that these Al Qaeda cells have now spread to every part of Britain, as the network shifts its focus outside of London.

The BBC reports that the situation has "never been so grim."

BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera said the view was Britain was particularly vulnerable because "it may be easier for al-Qaeda to strike the UK than other targets". He said these views were "based on activity they are actually seeing. Plots they're disrupting, trials which might be coming up soon".

"There is hard evidence behind it, rather than just theories," said our correspondent.

Meanwhile, the Guardian reports that the Blair government is trying to use the recent disappearance of two terror suspects to increase support for a forthcoming plan for a national ID card. The Blair government has come in for heavy criticism from the opposition in parliament for the escapes, and for keeping them quiet for so long. In en effort to try and turn the tables on critics, Home Secretary John Reid slammed his critics for not "voting for every tough measure" brought forward to "combat crime."

Mr. Reid said the upcoming national ID card vote would be a "litmus test" for the opposition. He called the cards "crucial in the fight against terrorism." But critics point out that the IDs have not worked to prevent terrorism in other countries that currently use them, such as Spain.

The Times of London reports that the British government charged a dangerous Al Qaeda suspect with being an illegal immigrant in order to hold him in the prison where he has spent the last six years.

Abu Doha, whose various aliases include �The Doctor�, has been in Belmarsh highsecurity jail for almost six years facing extradition to the United States on charges of running a jihad training camp in Afghanistan and plotting to blow up Los Angeles airport. But the US has been forced to drop the case against him after an informer refused to give evidence.

A British judge called the terrorist network created by Mr. Doha as "one of the most significant groups of terrorist in Britain." But since the British government can no longer hold him on terrorist charges, it had to resort to the immigration charge while it attempts to deport him to his native Algeria.

British police are already preparing for the 2012 Olympics which will be held in Britain. Sir Ian Blair, the head of London's Metropolitan police, says 2012 is "a huge terror target." Undercover officers posing as builders and security officers will spy on fellow workers and a huge 3-D database of Olympic venues. All 200,000 people working at the Olympics will have their passports and fingerprints checked in advance.

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MI5 tracking '30 UK terror plots'

MI5 knows of 30 terror plots threatening the UK and is keeping 1,600 individuals under surveillance, the security service's head has said.
Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller warned the threat was "serious" and "growing".

She said future attacks could be chemical or nuclear and that many of the plots were linked to al-Qaeda.

Prime Minister Tony Blair said the terrorist threat was "very real" and spoke of "poisonous propaganda" warping the minds of young people.

Hard choices

MI5 has increased in size by nearly 50% since 9/11 and now stands at roughly 2,800 staff.

But according to Dame Eliza the current terror threat will "last a generation" and her concern is that even with MI5's rapid growth, the security service will not be able to investigate nearly enough of activities it deems to be suspicious.

She said hard choices would have to be made about resources.

"I wish life were like Spooks [the TV series] where everything is, a, knowable, and, b, soluble by six people," she explained.

Tomorrow's threat may - I suggest will - include the use of chemicals, bacteriological agents, radioactive materials and even nuclear technology

Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller


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Dame Eliza's warning comes days after a UK man was sentenced to at least 40 years in jail for planning a series of attacks.

Attacks planned by Dhiren Barot, 34, from London, included using a so-called "dirty bomb" using radioactive material.

Mr Blair also said he agreed with Dame Eliza's comments that the terrorist threat would last for a generation.

"I've been saying, as you know, for several years that this terrorist threat is very real, it's been building up over a long period of time.

"It's not just in this country, as we've seen recently from incidents in India, France, other parts of the world. This is a threat that has grown up over a generation."

Attacks thwarted

In response to Dame Eliza's warning, Massoud Shadjareh, of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, said he accepted there was a terrorist threat but it had to be put into perspective.

"Over 1,000 arrests have been made under anti-terrorism since 9/11 and out of those, 27 have been found guilty. Out of those 27, only nine have been Muslims," he said.

Dame Eliza, who rarely speaks in public, gave a speech to a small audience on Thursday, detailing what she believes her organisation and the UK is facing.

She said that, since the 7 July bombings, five further major conspiracies in the UK had been thwarted.

"Today, my officers and the police are working to contend with some 200 groupings or networks, totalling over 1,600 identified individuals - and there will be many we don't know - who are actively engaged in plotting, or facilitating, terrorist acts here and overseas," she said.

"Today we see the use of home-made improvised explosive devices.

"Tomorrow's threat may - I suggest will - include the use of chemicals, bacteriological agents, radioactive materials and even nuclear technology."

'British foot soldiers'

Out of the 200 or so groups being watched by MI5, a smaller subset are of the highest priority because it is feared that they are plotting actual attacks.

"We are aware of numerous plots to kill people and to damage our economy. What do I mean by numerous? Five? Ten?

"No, nearer 30 that we currently know of.

"These plots often have linked back to al-Qaeda in Pakistan and through those links al-Qaeda gives guidance and training to its largely British foot soldiers here on an extensive and growing scale."

She added that of the 30 plots some may turn out to be less credible or advanced but it would be hard to be sure until they are fully investigated.

Tory security spokesman Patrick Mercer echoed her call for more resources, saying "we just don't have enough spooks and secret agents to make sure that our country is as safe as it could be."

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Blair will urge US to talk to Syria and Iran

Tony Blair is to urge the US administration next week to open talks with its great adversaries Syria and Iran, as a way to break the impasse in Iraq and the wider middle east.
He is due to give video link-up evidence to the independent bipartisan panel in Washington headed by James Baker, seen as the vehicle whereby George Bush can change course on Iraq. The evidence, on Tuesday, is regarded as a vital opportunity for the prime minister to influence thinking in Washington at a rare time of flux.

Mr Blair will not call for rapid withdrawal of coalition troops, but believes that Mr Bush is genuinely open to a change of strategy and tone following the US president's reverses in the midterm elections, a UK government official said.
British officials are not expecting the Baker panel, headed by the Republican former secretary of state but also made up of senior Democrats, to propose a volte face when it reports in a few months' time, but forecast it will call for measures to speed up the "Iraqi-isation" of the police and army. It will also propose greater political co-operation within Iraq.

Mr Blair will also press the panel to recommend that progress in Iraq depends on making a re-energised push for peace in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the official said. British officials also believe that the panel, and the Bush administration, are open to the principle of dialogue with Syria, but Britain is hoping that the panel will be explicit in stating what the content of such talks should be.

The new US defence secretary, Robert Gates, nominated by Mr Bush to replace Donald Rumsfeld, is a member of the Baker panel and a long standing advocate of opening US contacts with Iran. Mr Baker himself "believes in talking to your enemies".

Number 10 confirmed Mr Blair would give evidence next week, but said it would not brief on the discussions until afterward. British diplomatic sources have been told by Basher Assad, the Syrian president, that he wants to be a constructive player in the Middle East.

Mr Blair's senior foreign policy advisor, Sir Nigel Sheinwald, travelled to Damascus three weeks ago. It is thought the US administration was supportive of his visit, and Downing Street awaits a fuller response from Syria.

Both Iran and Syria have an interest in preventing civil war in Iraq, since they oppose its break-up and do not want to see permanent sectarian warfare that might spread. Speaking separately to a British diplomat and a British business mission in recent weeks, Mr Assad affirmed that he wanted "to come in from the cold". But both sources formed a clear impression that, while this was what he personally would like to do, his freedom of action was limited by factions inside his government. One faction, emboldened by the success of the Lebanese-based Hizbullah militia against Israel this summer, argues this is a time to maintain pressure on Israel, not negotiate.

Mr Blair faces an uphill battle to persuade Mr Bush to include a big initiative on Palestine in any revised Iraq strategy. The resurgent Democrats are as supportive of Israel as the Republicans, and there is little support in Israel for talks with Syria, seen as Hamas puppet masters. Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert is due in Washington next week. He rejected offers by Mr Assad after Israel's invasion of Lebanon to relaunch long-suspended peace talks, saying Syria must first stop sponsoring Palestinian militants and Hizbullah, whose military force Israel attempted to destroy in Lebanon.

At the time Mr Bush did not press Israel to take up Mr Assad's offer, but may now feel negotiations with Syria would help. Among the Palestinians, talks are in progress for a national unity government led by technocrats, seen as a way for Europe, including Britain, to legitimately enter dialogue with the Palestinians.

If Mr Baker does propose talks with Syria and Iran, British diplomats could help. Britain has embassies in Damascus and Tehran, though the ambassador to Iran, Geoffrey Adams, enjoys only limited access to its government.

The US has no embassy in Tehran, and withdrew its ambassador to Damascus early last year to protest against the assassination of the Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri, in which a UN inquiry has implicated Syrian senior security officers, and even interviewed Mr Assad himself. Its report is due next month.

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يك مقام دولتي انگليس:

برخوردهاي نژادي با دانش آموزان مسلمان در حال افزايش است



يك مقام دولت كارگري در انگليس اذعان كرد برخوردهاي نژادي عليه دانش آموزان مسلمان در مدارس مختلف سراسر اين كشور در حال افزايش مي باشد.



(جيم نايت) معاون امور مدارس در وزارت آموزش و مهارتها عصر دوشنبه در يك سخنراني در لندن افزود، مديران مدارس اختيار كامل براي جلوگيري از برخوردهاي قلدرمآبانه با دانش آموزان متعلق به اقليتهاي قومي دارند و از آنها نيز براي مقابله با اين پديده حمايت مي شود.
وي گفت، در ماه مارس گذشته (اسفند) براي اولين بار وزارت خانه متبوع وي يك دستورالعمل جديد در اختيار مدارسي كه با مشكل برخوردهاي داخلي مذهبي مواجه بودند گذاشته است.
وي اين مطالب را در همايش اتحاديه معلمان و مديران انگليس موسوم به (ناسوت) مطرح كرد. اين همايش به مناسبت شروع (هفته ضد قلدري در مدارس) برگزار شد.
موضوع سخنراني نايت نحوه مقابله با قلدري در مدارس بود. اين پديده بصورتي گسترده در زمينه هاي مختلف مراكز آموزشي را در انگليس تحت الشعاع قرار داده و مسولان آموزشي در اين كشور با نگراني روند افزايشي آن را نظاره مي كنند.
سخنگوي امور آموزشي در (شوراي مسلمانان بريتانيا) گفت برخوردهاي اسلام هراسانه بطور مرتب در مدارس بريتانيا در حال افزايش هستند.
(طاهر علم) امروز به خبرنگاران گفت، در واقع با توجه به اين كه اسلام ترسي در جامعه رواج داده شده است اگر چنين مساله اي در مدراس نيز رشد نمي كرد بايد متعجب مي شديم.
با اين حال وي مديران مدارس را مسول مستقيم روند افزايشي برخوردهاي نژادي عليه دانش آموزان مسلمان در مدارس توصيف كرد و گفت كه اغلب مديران به اندازه كافي با اين پديده مبارزه نمي كنند.
به علاوه وي برخوردهاي نامناسب از سوي مسولان مدارس نظير پرسشهاي بي مورد از والدين دانش آموزان مسلمان در خصوص دلايل نماز خواندن دانش آموزان در مدارس و يا وادار كردن دانش آموزان دختر در برخي مدارس براي برداشتن روسري خود در كلاسهاي درس را از جمله مواردي اعلام كرد كه تشويق كننده برخي دانش آموزان براي هدف قرار دادن دانش آموزان مسلمان مي باشد.
نهاد مدني (ائتلاف ضد قلدري) در انگليس اخيرا هفت مورد از شيوه هاي جديد در برخوردهاي تخريبي با دانش آموزان از سوي گروههاي بذهكار (گنگها) در مدارس را منتشر كرده كه متداولترين آن ارسال پيامهاي كتبي تهديد آميز از طريق تلفنهاي همراه يا ايميل و يا تماسهاي تلفني تهديد كننده مي باشد.
بر پايه يك گزارش جديد حداقل يك پنجم از دانش آموزان انگليسي اعلام كرده اند با مشكل قلدري گروههاي بزهكار دانش آموزان مواجه بوده اند.
در همايش امروز گفته شد وزارت آموزش و مهارتها برنامه هايي را براي مبارزه قطعي با قلدري در مدارس در نظر گرفته است كه در خلال هفته ضد قلدري در مدارس جزييات آن اعلام مي شود

[Sepideh_UK]

PM tells Iran: Turn back on terror


Prime Minister Tony Blair will present Iran with a blunt choice - come into line on Iraq or face international isolation.

Mr Blair will also accuse Tehran of backing extremists and terrorists in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine in the hope of thwarting international efforts to block its programme to acquire nuclear weapons.

In a high-profile foreign policy speech to the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London, he will set out what he terms a "whole Middle East strategy" to resolve conflicts across the region.

And he will say that Iran has "a clear strategic choice" on whether it will assist the Middle East peace process, stop supporting terrorism in Iraq and Lebanon and abide by its international obligations on nuclear non-proliferation.

"In that case, a new partnership is possible," he will say. "Or alternatively they face the consequences of not doing so: isolation."