Speaking to the Guardian, Dr Robert Lambert — who served as an officer with Scotland Yard’s special branch for 30 years, and was the head of a counter-terrorism squad called the Muslim Contact Unit — described Britain’s fight against terrorism as a ‘disaster’.
His complaint: “neo-conservative” anti-terror policies have targeted all Muslims who are devout or have grievances with foreign policy decisions in Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan, rather than terrorists alone. Dr Lambert concludes that such policies have further alienated the British Muslim population and spurred recruitment by extremist organisations.
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