United Kingdom – Britons could lose the privilege of visiting the U.S. without a visa because of fears over the terrorist threat from within the British Pakistani community.
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U.S. security officials are deeply concerned at the ease with which young Britons who have trained in Pakistani terror camps can enter America under the visa-waiver programme.
Their concerns were heightened this week when five men, most of whom were Britons of Pakistani descent, were jailed for life for terrorism offences.
The leader of the terror cell, Omar Khyam, 25, had trained in Kashmir, Afghanistan and Pakistan, while two of the July 7 suicide bombers, Mohammad Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer, had trained in Pakistan.
U.S. officials point out that any members of the two terror cells would have been able to enter the U.S. as holidaymakers using the visa-waiver system.
Michael Chertoff, the U.S. homeland security chief, believes it is unacceptable that Britons can enter his country without a visa while Pakistani citizens have to undergo rigorous screening to obtain one. [thisislondon]
eh, vut u say?
u sleep in the bed you make?
something like that.