"Britain is now harbouring a menacing enemy within"
dandelion salad | 13.03.2009 17:41 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Other Press | World
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Daily Express, 11 March 2009
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Independent, 25 February 2009
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/ourcomments/view/88777/Britain-is-now-harbouring-a-menacing-enemy-within Britain is now harbouring a menacing enemy within
leading article, Daily Express, 11 March 2009
For British troops returning home after risking their lives in the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq and Afghanistan to face abuse from Islamic demonstrators in Luton is a sickening development.
The men of the Royal Anglian Regiment kept their cool in the face of demonstrators who branded them "cowards, killers and extremists". [...]
British Army commanders have spoken of finding themselves fighting British Muslims in Afghanistan - a "mini civil war", one called it. On current trends, that civil war will soon be waged on the home front, too. [...]
Most British Muslims mean their non-Muslim neighbours no harm. But it is becoming increasingly clear that a substantial number are determined to wage a jihad against this nation.
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http://www.express.co.uk/ourcomments/view/86755 Inside Afghanistan a British civil war is gathering pace
by Leo McKinstry, Daily Express, 27 February 2009
British troops in the blood-stained wastelands of Afghanistan are [...] confronted by a new enemy: home-grown jihadists who were reared in Britain and have travelled to Afghanistan
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/exclusive-army-is-fighting-british-jihadists-in-afghanistan-1631347.html ‘We are fighting British jihadists in Afghanistan’ (*)
Top Army officers reveal surge in attacks by radicalised Britons
by Kim Sengupta, Independent, 25 February 2009
(*) front page headline of the print version
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Foreign Secretary David Miliband commented on the situation in Pakistan during an interview on BBC Radio 4 on Friday 6 March.
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ADDITION
13.03.2009 19:25
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/concoughlin/4980955/Britain-is-fighting-a-war---and-we-are-too-soft-on-our-enemies.html Britain is fighting a war – and we are too soft on our enemies
Too little action is being taken by the authorities against hostile Muslims, says Con Coughlin.
by Con Coughlin, Daily Telegraph, 13 March 2009
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article5891253.ece Tolerance and the intolerant
The Islamist protesters against British soldiers espouse a perverse ideology and abuse the liberties of a free society; the liberal State is entitled to defend itself
Times, leading article, 12 March 2009
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ADDITION 2
14.03.2009 14:39
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/luton-the-enemy-within-1643089.html Luton: the enemy within?
by Jerome Taylor and Mark Hughes, Independent, 12 March 2009
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We are the Civilised West
13.03.2009 21:07
Hate Mail
incredible
13.03.2009 22:31
Thank you for bringing this to my attention
fred
The silent majority?
13.03.2009 23:26
Krop
remember the "poverty draft"
14.03.2009 10:27
a lot of these people don't know anything better, and have had pro-army, pro-war opinions battered and brainwashed into them by the gruelling training programme the army gives its new recruits. as radicals we need to be able to distance ourselves somewhat from the pro-war/anti-war divide and look at the underlying social and economic factors that lead people to join the armed forces in the first place. we can wag our fingers and moralise all we want, but that will never get us anwhere.
remember, it was soldiers and sailors who kicked off the Russian revolution, and although it didn't turn out too well (understatement of the century!!), the reason the Bolsheviks won was down to gaining widespread support from young working class kids who saw no other option than to join the armed forces, just like many of our own soldiers in the UK. of course, they also had weapons training, which was useful :-D
i'm not saying that we should "support our troops" on brutal imperialist missions like the war in Iraq, but we need to look beyond the black-and-white moralistic issues, and scrape below the surface to the real factors that encourage people to join the army in the first place.
bill
This is fascist Britain
14.03.2009 13:12
maha
good quote from the Independent article
14.03.2009 16:05
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(quoting a Inayat Bunglawala, of the Muslim Council of Britain)
"I understand that they are against the war in Iraq and so are the overwhelming majority of Muslims, but we realise that the group to protest against is the Government, not the army. The soldiers just go where they are told. It was not them who started the war."
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I can understand the anger of the protesters (despite being an atheist who despises religion) but it's probably tactically better (though more difficult in practice) to target politicians and military top brass. They should still be entitled to do their protest though - I think the government get an added benefit here by introducing the idea that freedom of expression isn't sacrosant - they can then apply the same principle to other areas of dissent.
Let's face it, almost everyone hates the government, so by going for that angle you get a good thin end of the wedge to start pushing anti-war views. Most people know of some poor sod in the army though. The government and their media lackeys like to push the idea that being anti-war means you hate individual soldiers. Some of them may be nasty racist little shits with no qualms are killing people, but most ex-soldiers I have met are quite pleasant and cynical about how they have been used by the government.
anon
Davies: Change the law to make it an offence to abuse British soldiers on parade
15.03.2009 12:54
excerpts from: Ban rant at forces
The Sun, 14 March 2009
A Tory MP is demanding new laws to stop hate-filled demos aimed at British soldiers.
David Davies wants to amend religious hatred laws to make it an offence to abuse squaddies on parade. [...]
Mr Davies said: “Anyone can hurl insults at soldiers without recourse.”
dandelion salad
It's our right!
15.03.2009 13:39
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