Thursday, October 05, 2006

Anger Over Muslim PC's Embassy Move

Met chief Sir Ian Blair has ordered an urgent review after a Muslim police officer was excused from guarding the Israeli Embassy in London on moral grounds. PC Alexander Omar Basha reportedly asked for special dispensation because of his objection to Israel's bombing of Lebanon. But the Association of Muslim Police Officers says it was a "welfare issue" - the officer had Middle Eastern relatives and felt unsafe at the embassy.

The decision to grant his request for another assignment has been strongly criticised.

Former Flying Squad commander John O'Connor told the Sun: "This is the beginning of the end for British policing.

"When you join the police, you do so to provide a service to the public. If you cannot perform those duties, you leave."

FULL STORY

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The police are supposed to do their duty without "fear or favour". Would you want such an admitted racist guarding you if you were a Jew in the Israeli embassy? The policeman was related through marriage to a hate filled Muslim cleric. Was he armed, does he have access to firearms? This man should be put straight back on the beat.

Anonymous said...

Why are we arming the enemy and letting then infiltrate the police anyway?