This International Dateline episode includes four segments: The Beeston Boys, Prince Hassan of Jordan Interview, Professor Owen Harries Interview, and Ray Bond - A Cautionary Tale.
The Beeston Boys
Dateline's Sophie McNeill travelled to Leeds to capture the reactions of friends and neighboors in the working class suburb of Beeston where 2 of the 4 suicide bombers were born and raised. Over beef burgers and chips, Sophie talks with the soccer players, young Muslim men who were friends with Shehzad Tanweer and Mohammed Sidique Khan and finds that feelings of alienation are strong. Still shocked by the revelations, some refuse to believe the reports, while others say they can relate to the anger over what they see as increasing Islamophobia - the vilification of what they hold most dear: their religion. "You're not born extreme, you're made extreme," one man says. The bombings have accentuated the rift, giving fuel to the racists, planting seeds of doubt and mistrust in the multi-cultural community.
Prince Hassan of Jordan Interview
Prince Hassan of Jordan -- brother of the legendary Hussein -- is a leading political voice in the Muslim world. Like his nephew, the current King Abdullah, Hassan has forged unusually close links with the West, and even Israel. Recently though, he's warned that the situation in Iraq has deteriorated into civil war and he maintains that the London bombers were politically driven. Dateline's George Negus interviews the Prince, who has been watching as Britain comes to terms with the bombings.
Professor Owen Harries Interview
Dateline interviews Professor Owen Harries, an Australian intellectual, regarding his views on Australia's involvement in Iraq. Once viewed as a conservative, Professor Harries is now respected on both sides of politics. He is an expert in foreign affairs at the Sydney-based Center for Independent Studies. In his book "Benign or Imperial? Reflections on American Hegemony", the international affairs expert argues that Australia should be careful of linking its foreign policy to the US.
Ray Bond - A Cautionary Tale
When Australian expat businessman Ray Bond decided to go for a quiet drink one evening in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, he had no idea that he was about to put his life at risk. This unusual story shows how even the most experienced traveller can fall prey to the unscrupulous, as Dateline's Chris Hammer reports.
About International Dateline
SBS Dateline, which began in 1984, is Australia's longest-running international current affairs program. It has a well-earned reputation for authoritative and incisive reporting. Dateline has taken the traditional way of producing TV current affairs and turned it on its head. Reporters who used to travel with a cameraperson and sound recordist now travel alone and have the responsibility of both filming and reporting their stories. The reporters became video-journalists, gaining access to people and places that the conventional camera crews cannot.
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