Forced Marriages OK in the UK

The custom of forced marriages, practiced almost exclusively by Britain’s Muslim community, is given an official pass by the British government: Forced marriage law ‘not needed’.

The Home Office has decided a specific law to ban forced marriages in the UK is not needed.
Ministers had asked groups and individuals if there should be a law criminalising the act of forcing someone into marriage.
Most thought the disadvantages of a new law would outweigh the advantages, and possibly drive the practice of forced marriages underground.
Britain's track record on documenting and dealing with forced marriage is marred ultimately by two factors - politicians' desire to woo the Muslim vote preventing actual legislation, and a climate of political correctness. There is a politically correct notion which assumes that arranged marriages are somehow "culturally acceptable", even though these marriages are a back-door means of increasing immigration into Britain's already overcrowded shores. But Britain is not alone. These desires not to "offend" or "alienate" are the reasons why so far, only Norway and Belgium have legislation against forced marriages in the ENTIRE WORLD.
Over the past four years, the UK Home Office has dealt with 1,000 cases of forced marriage. On Wednesday, 27 October, 2004, the BBC reported that the Home Office was planning a consultation exercise to consider if forced marriages should be banned.
Baroness Scotland, Home Office minister, said: "Forced marriage is part of no one's culture and I think some people conflate arranged marriage, which is consensual and perfectly proper, with marriages where people are forced into it. No religion, no cultural norm says that is OK. It is a breach of human rights."
Baroness Scotland is unaware, it seems, how closely arranged marriages are to forced marriages. I knew Muslim women whose parents used every conceivable emotional blackmail, with the ever-attendant threat of violence from cousins and other relatives, to force their daughters to marry on the parents' terms.
There were an estimated 300 cases of forced marriages between April 2003 and April 2004 in Britain.
In 2005, the notion of making forced marriages illegal once again was set forward by the UK parliament, but once again, nothing has been done. No parliamentary motions have been tabled, and considering the politically correct temperament of Tony Blair's Labour Party, such moves are not likely to happen in the duration of this parliament.

Secret UK Report: Muslim Police Corrupt

The Guardian says they’ve seen a secret report by the Metropolitan Police concluding that Muslim officers are more likely to become corrupt.

A secret high-level Metropolitan police report has concluded that Muslim officers are more likely to become corrupt than white officers because of their cultural and family backgrounds.
The document, which has been seen by the Guardian, has caused outrage among ethnic minorities within the force, who have labelled it racist and proof that there is a gulf in understanding between the police force and the wider Muslim community. The document was written as an attempt to investigate why complaints of misconduct and corruption against Asian officers are 10 times higher than against their white colleagues.

The main conclusions of the study, commissioned by the Directorate of Professional Standards and written by an Asian detective chief inspector, stated: “Asian officers and in particular Pakistani Muslim officers are under greater pressure from the family, the extended family ... and their community against that of their white colleagues to engage in activity that might lead to misconduct or criminality.”
It recommended that Asian officers needed special anti-corruption training and is now being considered by a working party of senior staff.

The report argued that British Pakistanis live in a cash culture in which “assisting your extended family is considered a duty” and in an environment in which large amounts of money are loaned between relatives and friends.
The leaking of the report comes at a time when the Met needs the cooperation and trust of the Muslim community more than ever and as the force tries to contain the fallout from last week’s anti-terrorist raid in Forest Gate in which a man was shot. The first version was considered so inflammatory when it was shown to representatives from the staff associations for black, Hindu, Sikh and Muslim officers, that it had to be toned down.
There are 31,000 officers in the Met - 7%, or 2,170, are black and minority ethnic; among these an estimated 300 are Muslim

Muslims protest over terror raid

Er, check that. They are protesting against counter-terrorism. And the Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner is already playing the dhimmi, apologizing to the Muslim community instead of saying: "If you acted on your professed moderation and contacted us about people teaching jihadist violence and plotting attacks, such raids would not be necessary."
"Muslims protest at police treatment," from the Telegraph, with thanks to Interested, who points out that if hundreds of Muslim demonstrators really do turn out for this, that will be "hundreds more than protested against the actions of their coreligionists on July 7."

Around 100 people have protested about an anti-terror raid in east London a week ago, claiming it was symptomatic of oppression of the Islamic community.
Earlier the sister of two brothers held in connection with an alleged terror plot criticised the police's "barbaric and horrific actions".
Humeya Kalam's brothers, Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 23, and Abul Koyair, 20, were arrested in Forest Gate last week.
Ms Kalam backed a separate "peaceful" protest in Plashet Park next Sunday.
At Friday's demonstration outside Forest Gate police station protesters chanted: "British police go to hell" and "Tony Blair murderer" and waved plaques condemning the police and the government.
Protest organiser Anjem Choudary said: "When you start to violate the sanctity of Muslims and their homes, and handle their mothers and fathers then there is going to be some kind of backlash."
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Ian Blair, has defended the raid.
In an interview with BBC News Sir Ian said the police had taken action on behalf of all communities in the fight against terror.
He said: "This is not a police force on behalf of one community against another. We're all in danger of terrorism together."
Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman said he regretted the disruption caused to the community in east London but that police had to act on intelligence received.
Mr Hayman said they would continue "to try and bottom it out" and indicated police would meet the local community to reflect on their tactics.
Family statement
Ms Kalam's comments mark the first time the family have spoken since the raid, in which Mr Kahar was shot.
In a statement, issued by Ms Kalam on behalf of her family, she said: "On the morning of Friday 2 June 2006, my family were awakened by what can only be described as barbaric and horrific actions taken against an innocent family."

My family were awakened by what can only be described as barbaric and horrific actions taken against an innocent family Humeya Kalam
She also thanked "each and everyone in the community for their tremendous support".

Her statement is thought to have been read out in a number of east London mosques at the end of prayers on Friday afternoon.
Mr Kahar and Mr Koyair, who both deny the allegations, are still being held without charge at Paddington Green police station.
Police, who say they are not prepared to comment on the case, have until Saturday to question the pair.
Officers have yet to find what specific intelligence suggested they would find in the raided house - reportedly a chemical-based explosive device.
It was also read out to reporters by another family member in Forest Gate.
Local Muslims who stayed away said later that they were worried their cause was being hijacked by outsiders. Many of those who attended wore long thobs - traditional wear in the Gulf - and masked their faces, as did a handful of women protestors wearing burqas.
A bearded Irishman from Dublin, a convert of five years who gave his name as Khaled, said: "The Prophet Mohammed said ‘you should carry weapons’ and he is right."
And an English convert, of 10 years, Abu Ibrahim, a self-confessed fundamentalist shouted: "We are hear to highlight the oppression. To highlight the tyranny of the British."

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Briton Arrested in Canadian Terror Investigation

A British Muslim with possible connections to both the London 7/7 bombings and the alleged plots in Toronto has been arrested at Manchester airport.
A BRITON said to be a key figure in an alleged plot to bomb public buildings in Canada, including the Parliament, was arrested by counter-terrorist police as he stepped off a plane at Manchester airport.
The 21-year-old man had arrived from Canada, where security services claimed that he had been living alongside some of the 17 terror suspects arrested in Toronto at the weekend in one of the biggest operations in North America. Hours later police in West Yorkshire arrested a 16-year-old youth after documents and mobile phone records seized in Canada revealed a British link to the alleged gang of Muslim militants operating from their homes in the Toronto suburbs.
Canadian prosecutors have claimed that the plot involved taking over the Parliament building, holding MPs hostage and beheading Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister. They wanted to force Canada to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
A security source told The Times yesterday: "We believe that people living in the UK played a pivotal role in helping to organise this series of planned attacks."
The 21-year-old man was seized as he tried to leave the airport on Tuesday night. Scotland Yard officers were also present, but police say that no guns were used.
The suspect was born in Pakistan but is believed to have British citizenship and lived at a number of addresses in Dewsbury, the home town of Mohammad Sidique Khan, the leader of the July 7 suicide bombers. He is understood to have spent much of this year living in Toronto.

Muslims urged to end police co-operation

Muslims in east London should withdraw co-operation with the police in the wake of last week's terror raid in which a man was shot, a Respect party activist has said.

Yvonne Ridley, a former journalist who converted to Islam after being kidnapped by the Taliban, said the community was being "terrorised" by the Metropolitan Police and should end all contact with the force.
But a senior officer said relations on the ground were vital to ensuring difficult issues were handled in a sensitive way.
Ms Ridley said: "I don't think the Muslim community should communicate with the police any more until they start showing some respect to the community.
"There are Muslim community leaders - largely self-appointed - who regularly hold meetings with the police,"
"I'm afraid these leaders are confusing access to the top brass with influence. The reality is that they have neither. What we are witnessing now is the terrorisation of one community."
At a meeting of the party last night in the area of the raid, she suggested non-co-operation "goes from asking the community copper for directions to passing the time of the day with the beat officers".
Commander Steve Allen, who heads territorial policing, said: "What is more likely to deliver effective police and community and responses to situations like this?
"Is it when we talk to each other, when we spend time trying to understand each other's perspective or is it when we call for complete disengagement?
"I'm sure your listeners will have a view on that."
He added: "Society has to trust us to make decisions based on sometimes less than perfect information.
"The best interests of the community always lies in preventing acts of terrorism, and we have to make those difficult decisions about when to act and when not to act.
"Our view and our job is always to do that job alongside and in engagement with the people for whom we work, i.e. the communities of London.
"The daily reality in London is that we are seeing falling crime, rising confidence. "We wouldn't be seeing those things if we weren't daily engaged with the people for whom we work."
Ms Ridley said the police should respond to terror threats "in a responsible way and stop shooting people".
Commander Allen urged Ms Ridley to hold talks with him on the subject, warning her that communities needed to be "deeply engaged" in the fight against terrorism.

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Brother of terror raid men took part in Prophet cartoon demo

When this photograph of a man dressed up as a suicide bomber was published around the world, it caused widespread disgust.
But today it has taken on a more significant meaning, for the man on the left is an older brother of the suspects arrested during last Friday's controversial terror raid in East London.
Mohammed Abdullah Hasnath was pictured standing next to Omar Khayam, who was dressed as a suicide bomber at a demonstration in London in February against the publication of satirised cartoons featuring the Prophet Mohammed.
He was pictured wearing a scarf on his face and waving a black flag during the protest. Khayam, 22, later publicly apologised for causing offence by dressing up as a suicide bomber.
The publication of the photograph comes the day after Prime Minister Tony Blair was forced to defend the raid on the address in Lansdown Road, Forest Gate.
One man, 23-year-old Abdul Kahar, was shot during the swoop. He is being held along with his brother, Abdul Koyair, 20, at Paddington Green police station in connection with inquiries into a chemical bomb plot.
The Prime Minister refused to be drawn on claims that police had "drawn a blank" since their raid on the address.
And he dismissed suggestions of a "Muslim backlash" in the wake of the raid, saying that the community fully understood the need to combat the terrorist threat.

THE jailed half-brother of two terror suspects seized over a feared "poison bomb" plot is a vicious armed robber, The Sun can reveal.

Muslim Council of Britain Threatens Violence

The Muslim Council of Britain’s new general secretary Muhammad Abdul Bari is threatening violence over last week’s British anti-terror raid: Muslims could take ‘law into own hands’ over terror raid: MCB.

The police were under pressure to clear up the confusion over last week’s massive anti-terror raid or risk seeing angry Muslims “take the law into their own hands,” a Muslim community leader has warned.
The Muslim Council of Britain’s new leader Muhammed Abdul Bari said “trust could break down” if the police failed to explain why they launched last Friday’s raid, which has turned up nothing of a reported chemical weapons plot.
Relaying the sentiment that he heard during a visit late Monday to the east London neighborhood which was raided, Abdul Bari said “the message is the confusion, it’s the frustration and to some extent anger.”
Police arrested Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 23, and his brother Abul Koyair, 20, during the raid on their home at dawn by 250 officers. Abdul Kahar, who was shot and wounded, and Koyair have vehemently denied involvement in terrorism.
“People want to know what exactly happened and about the intelligence — is it genuine information, is it flawed — these are the questions police have to answer as soon as possible,” Abdul Bari said Tuesday.
“Trust could break down if things are not clarified,” said Abdul Bari, the secretary general of Britain’s largest Muslim organization. “Angry people can do anything, angry people can even feel that they should take the law into their own hands, so anger has to be directed into positive action,” he warned.

MI5 fears silent army of 1,200 biding its time in the suburbs

By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent

The terrorist threat facing Britain has developed into a "covert conspiracy" involving hundreds of men and women living ordinary lives in the nation's suburbs, security sources have revealed.

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Islamic Web Site: "Remove All British Values"

Following the anti-terror raids in London, Islamic web sites in Britain and other countries are seething with hatred for the kuffar: UK site: Can we help dying infidel?

Internet sites run by young extremist Muslims in Britain and other Western countries have begun reacting to the anti-terror operation in London in which a 23 year-old suspect was shot.
"What filthy kuffar (infidels)," wrote one user on the Muntadaa jihadist forum. Similar messages expressing hatred for non-Muslims were echoed by other members of the site.
"There is little doubt left in the minds of the majority of Muslims that we are a community under siege," wrote Anjem Choudary, media secretary of the jihadist al-Ghurabaa website. "On the domestic front the British regime have brought in a range of draconian laws targeted specifically at Muslims and which facilitate the kind of oppressive tactics we saw employed on Friday (in the police raid)," Choudary said.
A protest against the shooting and arrests has also been organized by Islamist groups. "Make sure that you are there, we cannot watch the police shoot our brothers and remain silent!" A user said.
A leaflet advertising the protest, entitled "police target Muslims: Will you be next?" charged the British government with "occupying Muslim lands… the murder of innocent Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq, and (being) an active participant of torture experiments with the USA."
'Can we save dying infidel?'
Meanwhile, at the al-Ghurabaa website, a reader sent in a question, asking: "If a kaffir (infidel) is about to die on the road, can we help him?"
He was told that a dying 'infidel' could only be helped on the condition that he was called to Islam.
"If someone had covenant of security with the people he is living with, and the person was not at war with Islam and Muslims, it is allowed to help the person as part of his da'wah (Islamic spiritual awakening) to show his good character. But he must call him to Islam by it, and not do it out of love," the site's web team answered.
A man who wrote in to say he was offended by posters put up by the group in east London was told in response: "The way to better British society is to remove all the British values and to teach the people the Islamic values. If it wasn't for the man-made way of life in britain, we would never have seen such high levels of crime, rape, alcoholism, homosexuality, adultery, theft, burglary, exploitation and terrorism in the UK and the world today! Rather we must continue to struggle and change the British way of life and introduce and teach the Islamic values to all, so that all the people in Britain can flourish."
Members with usernames such as Zarqawi, and the base (al-Qaeda) continue to fill English-speaking Islamist forums with jihad rhetoric.
Quoting an Islamic medieval scholar, one forum member wrote: "The Jews are the cursed nation whom Allah is angry with. They are the people of lies, fabrications, treachery, conspiracies, and are murderers of Prophets and Messengers."
The same post describes Christians as "misguided cross worshipers. They are those who swear at Allah the Creator… and their biggest curse against Allah is the Trinity. According to the Christians, Mary is the lover of Allah and Jesus is His son. They claim the Almighty God came down from his great chair and melted in the womb of Mary, until he was killed and buried at the hands of man…They drink alcohol, eat pork, desert circumcision, worship with impurity and eat everything, even if it is filthy, whether that be the elephant or the mosquito."

Al-Ghurabaa, the successor to the Omar Bakri jihadist group in Britain, Al-Muhajiroun, has been plastering the country with this sticker

What the Hell is Wrong with the BBC?

As radical Islamic terrorists plot and scheme in Britain to launch nerve gas attacks, the BBC runs this gushing photographic tribute to one of the most disgusting, hate-filled icons of the worldwide jihad: In pictures: Remembering Khomeini.


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"Religious" Man Shot in British Anti-Terror Raid

British police have shot a Muslim man in an anti-terrorism raid, but if all you read are reports from al-Reuters, you might never know there’s a connection to Islam:

British anti-terrorist police, backed up by the bomb squad and officers in protective suits, shot a man in a dawn raid on a house in east London on Friday.
Scotland Yard said the 23-year-old man was wounded after more than 250 officers, acting on intelligence, staged the raid, one of the biggest since last July’s suicide bombings on the capital’s transport system. "During the operation, a man was shot by police and has been taken to a nearby hospital," a statement said.
No details about the shot man or what had provoked the raid were given. The man was arrested in hospital on suspicion of "the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism," police said. A 20-year-old man was also arrested at the scene and was taken to a central London police station for questioning.
The shooting incident has been routinely referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, who said the man’s injuries were not life-threatening and one shot had been fired. Police said the operation followed close liaison between security services and the Health Protection Agency, a body charged with guarding against infectious diseases.

And two Ministry of Defence scientists - one male and one female - who are working on producing a vaccine for bubonic plague have been called to the house to check for plague spores. 'We were told on Friday that we were needed to check the house because of our expertise on the plague project,' said the male scientist. 'We were told to drop everything, pack a bag and stand by to be driven to London.'
Sky News, citing unnamed sources, said the raided house had been a suspected bomb factory.

It was a chemical suicide vest — and it’s missing

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THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO RAPED A GIRL OF 12

AN illegal immigrant raped a girl of 12 and assaulted her friend aged 14 after the Home Office failed to deport him.
Mohammed Murad, 29, is now serving seven years after he plied the young runaways with booze and drugs, then attacked them as they slept.
The Bangladeshi restaurant worker's visa had run out - but he simply ignored deportation papers and was never picked up.
Police only learnt about the bid to kick him out during the court case.
Local Tory MP Henry Bellingham yesterday said he would write to Home Secretary John Reid over the fiasco and ask questions in Parliament.
He stormed: "Confidence in the Immigration Service is in meltdown.
"We're not talking about stealing a handbag here. He's guilty of some of the worst crimes known to man."
Murad lured the vulnerable girls to his flat in King's Lynn, Norfolk, in May last year with promises of food.
But he gave them alcohol and pot and made them strip for card games.
When they returned the next day, he again gave them drink and drugs and attacked them when they fell asleep.
Murad also made them perform sex acts on him and took lewd photos.
The pervert was convicted of rape, two counts of attempted rape and 12 other sex offences.
Judge Alasdair Darroch recommended he be deported after half his term and said at Norwich crown court: "It was your business to control yourself, not destroy their lives." The Home Office would not say how long he was here illegally, adding: "We can't give details of an individual's case."

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England expects flags

TODAY The Sun goes into battle to defend the right of all English men and women to fly our national flag.
Nothing unites the nation quite like sporting passion.
And nothing gets small-minded killjoys on their high horses quite like signs of national pride.
The sight of English flags proudly fluttering all around the country ahead of this month’s World Cup has got the petty jobsworths up in arms.
They brand anyone who dares to show their love for our country as racist — and sneer at anyone who takes pride in being English.
We have news for them. Patriotism is NOT a dirty word
The cross of St George no more belongs to the loony busybodies than it does to loathsome bigoted racists. It belongs to us — the English — whatever colour our skin; whatever our cultural or religious background.
Today, in the spirit of our patron saint, The Sun calls for the slaying of the dragon of political correctness — and urges readers to fly the flag with pride.
Killjoys at cable giant NTL are among the latest party-poopers — ordering van drivers and subcontractors to tear down their flags in case they offend Muslims.
One shocked driver said: "If we’re seen with any flags on our vans we’ll be given a written warning."
The company insisted: "We work in many multicultural areas and in different countries within Britain so we want to maintain a professional image and a sense of impartiality." Among others to be hit by a flag ban are:
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS at Heathrow’s Terminal 5. Bosses claim St George crosses pose a health and safety risk — because the flags might get caught in the wind and fly on to a runway.
TAXI DRIVERS in Blackpool — also banned from wearing England shirts in case they upset foreign visitors.
CABBIES in Cheltenham, Gloucs, who have been threatened with having licences revoked. The council claims flags are dangerous since they could fall off — a view now backed by Hampshire Police.
They want a blitz on drivers flying "unsafe" flags, claiming they could frighten horses and strike pedestrians.
FIREMEN in Barking, East London — barred from hoisting the flag at their station. The ruling was imposed despite Barking Mosque Secretary Ashfaq Siddique declaring: "We’re not offended — it’s a national flag!"
TESCO also got in on the act by banning its lorry drivers from flying the flag — although the supermarket giant later backtracked. Yesterday Massoud Shadjareh, leader of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, claimed English or British flags still conjure images of racism and the British National Party.
But The Sun says that banning ordinary English men and women from flying the flag only surrenders it to the moronic minority.
It is up to us all to clamp down on bigots who would use our national flag to excuse vile behaviour.
The town hall tyrants hell-bent on spoiling the World Cup party should hang their heads in shame. Most of the country’s Muslims are happy to get behind the flag — although there are some who never will.
Anjem Choudary, a former leader of the Islamic extremist group Al-Muhajiroun, claimed the St George flag symbolised a bloodthirsty past. He said: "The cross does represent Christianity and for Muslims it also represents a crusader history of occupation and murder."
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Abu's lawyer hooks £625k

THE controversial solicitor who represented Abu Hamza saw her firm earn a massive £625,883 from legal aid last year.
Figures from the Legal Services Commission show that Muddassar Arani’s business collected a staggering £1.4million from the taxpayer over the last five years.
Its income for the financial year 2005/2006 was TREBLE that of the previous year.
According to documents seen by The Sun, Mercedes-driving Ms Arani’s firm earned £221,655 in 2004/05, £151,904 in 2003/04, £215,186 in 2002/03 and £220,527 in 2001/02.
The solicitor operates from above a cash and carry in the West London suburb of Southall and lives in a £300,000 terraced house in neighbouring Brentford.
Labour MP Andrew Dismore, a former solicitor, said of the figures: "It’s outrageous. I intend to ask questions about the amounts of money she has claimed.
"How can these exorbitant figures be justified — particularly as she has earned a considerable sum representing Hamza who is a sworn enemy of our country."
Ms Arani has represented hook-handed cleric Hamza since 1998. Earlier this year he was convicted of soliciting murder in his sermons and jailed for seven years.
She recently protested on Hamza’s behalf about the food he is served at top-security Belmarsh Prison in South East London.
Ms Arani, 42, also represents a number of terrorist suspects.
She is currently being investigated by watchdog The Law Society for alleged misconduct after a protest about her professional links to one of them.
Controversy erupted around her last year when it was claimed her firm was circulating leaflets advising Muslims not to help police.
Before the July 7 attacks on London last year, which killed 52 people, she suggested the terror threat was exaggerated.
A spokesman for the Legal Services Commission said: "The criminal defence work the firm undertakes underpins one of the key principles of our justice system.
"Fair trials can only take place if people have legal representation."

Missile in truck set for UK

A 15FT long anti-aircraft missile has been found on an England-bound lorry at Calais.
Anti-terror police were last night inspecting the 1½-ton weapon after the shock discovery — described as "very worrying" by a terror expert.
The driver — an Italian in his 40s — was being quizzed by French security services last night.
He has told them the delivery was "authorised" by an agent in London.
But French authorities have invoked emergency powers drawn up to deal with the threat of terrorist attack.
Cops last night refused to reveal the type and make of unarmed missile "for security reasons".
It was found on Monday night during a random check on Dover-bound lorries approaching Calais.
The area was evacuated for an hour.
A French police spokesman said: "We’ve never made a discovery like it.
"Our immediate priority was the safety of the public because we didn’t know if the missile was armed, or operational."
He added: "It may be that it had been ordered legitimately by an agent in Britain, but we couldn’t take risks.
"It could have fallen into the wrong hands."
World expert on terrorism, Prof Paul Wilkinson, said: "It seems extraordinary that a missile was found on a London- bound lorry. It’s a very worrying development.
"We know al-Qaeda has shown an interest in targeting civil aircraft."