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| Today: 03 September 2010 Time: 02:21 AM |
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| Britain "should not rule out talking to Qaeda" -- police chief |
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| Military and Security 5/30/2008 12:18:00 PM |
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LONDON, May 30 (KUNA) -- The UK should not rule out talking to Al-Qaeda in a
strategy to end its campaign of violence, according to one of the country's
most senior policemen Friday.
Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief, Sir Hugh Orde, told The Guardian
newspaper that talking to Al-Qaeda was not unthinkable but "a question of
timing."
He said 30 years tackling the Irish Republican Army (IRA) had taught him
that policing alone was not enough to defeat terrorism.
The British government had already rejected suggestions it negotiate with
Al-Qaeda.
Sir Hugh said it was important to maintain tough law enforcement against
those involved in terrorist activity and that this would help bring them to
the negotiating table.
He said IRA members had entered into negotiations with "a certain
pragmatism" after realising their violent approach "wasn't ever going to work."
Sir Hugh cited his 2004 meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams as an
example of how one-time opponents can become partners in a peace process.
It is not the first time that senior establishment figures have raised the
prospect of negotiations with Al-Qaeda.
Last March, former Downing Street chief of staff Jonathan Powell said that
at some point in the future it might be necessary to start talks with the
group.
Powell, who helped broker the peace agreement in Northern Ireland, said the
deal showed such negotiations could work.
At the time, the British Foreign Office rejected the suggestion, saying the
government would not talk to any group actively promoting its aims through
violence.
Sir Hugh is regarded by some as a front-runner to be the next commissioner
of the London Metropolitan Police. (end)
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KUNA 301218 May 08NNNN
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مجلس الوزراء
اللجنة العليا للتحضير للاحتفال بالذكرى
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لاستقلال دولة الكويت و الذكرى الـ (20)
لعيد التحرير
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فى إطار الاستعدادات و الترتيبات الجارية للإعداد و التحضير للاحتفال
باليوبيل الذهبي للاستقلال و مرور
(20) عاما على تحرير دولة الكويت و انطلاقا من
حرص اللجنة العليا على إشراك كافة قطاعات الدولة فى الاحتفال بهاتين المناسبتين
الوطنيتين
يسر اللجنة الإعلامية المنبثقة عن اللجنة العليا دعوة من يرغب من مؤسسات و
شركات القطاع الخاص و الاتحادات التجارية و الاستثمارية للمشاركة في الأنشطة و
الفعاليات المقرر تنظيمها فى شهر فبراير من العام القادم 2011م
للاستفسار والتنسيق ومزيد من التفاصيل :
1- مكتب مقرر اللجنة الإعلامية:
هاتف: 22462289
فاكس: 22462296
2- البريد الإلكتروني:
kuwait5020@media.gov.kw
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