Musharraf accuses UK of failing to tackle militantsDaily Times Monitor<snip>
LAHORE: President Pervez Musharraf has said that Britain is regarded
as a safe haven by Islamic extremists because it has failed to crack
down on them despite urging other countries to do so, The Sunday
Times reports.
In an interview with the paper, President Musharraf suggested that
the UK had paid a price for putting the right of free speech before
the need to curb militant Islamic organisations that openly advocate
violence. He told the paper: “They should have been doing what they
have been demanding of us to do – to ban extremist groups like they
asked us to do here in Pakistan and which I have done.”
“In particular, he said, Britain should have banned Al-Muhajiroon and
Hizbut Tahrir, groups that he accuses of preaching anger and hatred
and of calling for his own assassination,” The Sunday Times added.
It quoted him as saying that the UK could have banned these two
groups. He told the paper: “Good action is when you foresee the
future and pre-empt and act beforehand, instead of reacting as in
the case of Britain, which waited for the damage to be done and is
now reacting to it.”
“Musharraf, an ally of Tony Blair in the war on terror, took ‘strong
exception’ to accusations levelled against Pakistan since it emerged
that at least two of the July 7 bombers had visited the country for
several weeks up to February this year,” The Sunday Times reported.
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