[Ir-l] 'G7 activists no better than Bin Laden'

[Paul Mobbs]

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'G7 activists no better than Bin Laden'

by Patrick Hennessy

Clare Short today risked fresh controversy by comparing anti-globalisation 
protesters to Osama bin Laden. 

The outspoken International Development Secretary claimed demonstrators' 
demands were " very similar" to those of Bin Laden's al Qaeda network. 

She launched her attack in the run-up to this weekend's World Trade 
Organisation talks in Qatar, the first such meeting since the 11 September 
attacks. She claimed: "Since 11 September we haven't heard from the 
protesters. I'm sure they are reflecting on what their demands were because 
their demands turned out to be very similar to those of Bin Laden's network. 

"They say 'world trade is evil, we want to stop it.' If he says that too, do 
they still want to say that? There is a sort of anarchist's chaos." 

Ms Short also derided protesters at the G7 summits as enjoying the fruits of 
successful Western economies, including "the internet, mobile phones and Nike 
trainers". 



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