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Islam group refuses to scrap march
Hundreds of people will line the streets on Tuesday to pay their respects as the the bodies of Rifleman Aiden Howell and Sapper David Watson being driven along the High Street.
Sapper Watson, 23, of 33 Engineer Regiment - a bomb disposal expert - and Rifleman Howell, 19, of 3rd Battalion the Rifles were killed in Afghanistan in the last week of December.
The men will be flown back to nearby RAF Lyneham, before their cortege passes through Wootton watched by civic leaders, relatives and British Legion members.
Anjem Choudary, leader of Islam4UK, said it was "full steam ahead" for the march, campaigning for the withdrawal of British troops.
The three highest publicly elected British National Party officials, GLA member Richard Barnbrook and MEPs Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons, have vowed to physically block the road in Wootton Bassett should the authorities permit the threatened Islamist march in that town to proceed.
In an official statement, the BNP announced that it would “defend Wootton Bassett and the memory of our fallen heroes. Nick Griffin MEP, Andrew Brons MEP and Richard Barnbrook AM will block the path of the Muslim fanatics.”
Originally posted by mr-lizard
bnp.org.uk...
The three highest publicly elected British National Party officials, GLA member Richard Barnbrook and MEPs Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons, have vowed to physically block the road in Wootton Bassett should the authorities permit the threatened Islamist march in that town to proceed.
In an official statement, the BNP announced that it would “defend Wootton Bassett and the memory of our fallen heroes. Nick Griffin MEP, Andrew Brons MEP and Richard Barnbrook AM will block the path of the Muslim fanatics.”
Blimey...?
Originally posted by mr-lizard
bnp.org.uk...
The three highest publicly elected British National Party officials, GLA member Richard Barnbrook and MEPs Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons, have vowed to physically block the road in Wootton Bassett should the authorities permit the threatened Islamist march in that town to proceed.
In an official statement, the BNP announced that it would “defend Wootton Bassett and the memory of our fallen heroes. Nick Griffin MEP, Andrew Brons MEP and Richard Barnbrook AM will block the path of the Muslim fanatics.”
Blimey...?
"But Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, said any march should be allowed to go ahead."
A mum from Herne Bay is the mastermind behind a Facebook group with around 400,000 members protesting against the planned extremist march through Wootton Bassett.
Jo Cleary, 43, from Broomfield, set up the site on Friday night after radical group Islam4UK announced plans to parade through the town with empty coffins to symbolise the Muslims 'mercilessly murdered' in Iraq and Afghanistan. The group had 5,000 members within an hour, which had reached 400,000 by Tuesday.
Mum-of-four Jo, who runs a support group for soldiers and their families, says the response has been overwhelming. She said: "When I set up the group I expected to get maybe one or 2,000 members having a rant about the march.
"But when there were 5,000 in the first hour. I couldn't believe it.
Originally posted by osc121
So this is now being used as a tool to get a seat at the bargaining table????
Sky News
Sky news are reporting that this Unelected "holy man" now wants a public televised debate with the unelected "politician" we have running our country.
in the mean time what are the families of the war dead or the citizens of Wootton Bassett feeling about this
DEPORT THE IDIOT NOW!
he has no right or mandate to discuss this with anyone never mind our unelected leader. and he certainly has no excuse for using war dead as a bargaining tool
This lunacy must stop
[edit on 5/1/10 by osc121]
Pledge I will give my loyalty to the United Kingdom and respect its rights and freedoms. I will uphold its democratic values. I will observe its laws faithfully and fulfil my duties and obligations as a British citizen.
In March last year, Choudary posted a message on an extremist Islamic website in which he called a homecoming parade of 2nd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment a "vile parade'' of "brutal murderers''.
The servicemen, who had lost a dozen comrades in tours of Iraq and Afghanistan, were subsequently confronted with placards branding them killers, rapists and terrorists as they marched through Luton.
Originally posted by thoughtsfull
I agree the lunacy must stop.. He knows how to push the buttons doesn't he.. and he certainly seems to want to create a deeper divide.. and at this rate he certainly will get his desire.
Originally posted by osc121
Originally posted by thoughtsfull
I agree the lunacy must stop.. He knows how to push the buttons doesn't he.. and he certainly seems to want to create a deeper divide.. and at this rate he certainly will get his desire.
Buttons are well and truly pushed and he has achieved his martyrdom status amongst his brainwashed followers. He now has created a sense of legitimacy amongst the media and radical Islamists. He has no right or power to be churning out this rhetoric across this country.
the backlash could be enormous - 410,000 members of a facebook group in 72 hours is quite some going by anybodys standards. Feelings are now running very high. The politicians are going to have to put a lid on this, otherwise Choudary and Islam4UK will get their way and create a huge violent divide
Originally posted by unicorn1
Please read this article properly. It is dated today. It says the group is planning to submit an application in the next few days.
This does not equate to the march going ahead TODAY!
Plus our politicians have said it will not happen.
End of.