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| UK plans comprehensive terror law | UK plans comprehensive terror law |
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| The UK's new counter-terrorist strategy will be the world's most comprehensive, the Home Office has said. | The UK's new counter-terrorist strategy will be the world's most comprehensive, the Home Office has said. |
| Home Secretary Jacqui Smith wants the paper - to be published on Tuesday - to go into more detail than ever before in the interests of public accountability. | Home Secretary Jacqui Smith wants the paper - to be published on Tuesday - to go into more detail than ever before in the interests of public accountability. |
| The paper will reflect intelligence agencies' opinions that the biggest threat to the UK comes from groups aligned or inspired by al-Qaeda. | The paper will reflect intelligence agencies' opinions that the biggest threat to the UK comes from groups aligned or inspired by al-Qaeda. |
| It takes into account recent attacks on hotels in the Indian city of Mumbai. | It takes into account recent attacks on hotels in the Indian city of Mumbai. |
| Reduce vulnerability | Reduce vulnerability |
| The paper - called Contest Two - will update the Contest strategy developed by the Home Office in 2003, which was later detailed in the Countering International Terrorism document released in 2006. | The paper - called Contest Two - will update the Contest strategy developed by the Home Office in 2003, which was later detailed in the Countering International Terrorism document released in 2006. |
| Over the last six years the strategy has been split into four strands - Prevent, Pursue, Protect and Prepare - to try and hamper all aspects of the terror threat. | Over the last six years the strategy has been split into four strands - Prevent, Pursue, Protect and Prepare - to try and hamper all aspects of the terror threat. |
| These include preventing radicalisation of potential terror recruits to disrupting terror operations, reducing the UK's and vulnerability and ensuring the country is ready for the consequences of any terror attack. | These include preventing radicalisation of potential terror recruits to disrupting terror operations, reducing the UK's and vulnerability and ensuring the country is ready for the consequences of any terror attack. |
| A Home Office spokesman said the new paper would take account of the way the terror threat has evolved and how the authorities are learning lessons from events. | A Home Office spokesman said the new paper would take account of the way the terror threat has evolved and how the authorities are learning lessons from events. |
| While the paper would look into the lessons learned from the November attacks on Mumbai hotels, it is not thought that attacks are likely on hotels in the UK. | While the paper would look into the lessons learned from the November attacks on Mumbai hotels, it is not thought that attacks are likely on hotels in the UK. |
| The terrorism threat level, set by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, has since July 2007 been "severe". This means a future terrorist attack is thought to be highly likely - but not thought to be imminent. | The terrorism threat level, set by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, has since July 2007 been "severe". This means a future terrorist attack is thought to be highly likely - but not thought to be imminent. |
| By 2011, Britain will be spending £3.5bn a year on counter-terrorism, the Home Office has said. | By 2011, Britain will be spending £3.5bn a year on counter-terrorism, the Home Office has said. |
| The number of police working on counter-terrorism has risen from 1,700 in 2003 to 3,000 in 2009. |