A Message from Anonymous UK to the English Defense League

[Douglas Carpenter]

Reuters/ LONDON - Estelle Shirbon
Activists calling themselves Anonymous UK have posted on the Internet what they say are personal details of members of the English Defence League (EDL), a far-right group that has led an anti-Muslim backlash after a killing in London last week.


The EDL has staged protests and skirmished with police since soldier Lee Rigby was hacked to death in a London street last Wednesday by two men who said the killing was in retaliation for the deaths of Muslims at the hands of British forces abroad.

Police shot and wounded the attackers, both Britons of Nigerian descent, at the scene of the crime. One, Michael Adebolajo, is still in hospital under armed guard while the other, Michael Adebowale, was discharged from hospital on Tuesday and will be questioned by police on Wednesday.

Rigby’s killing galvanized the small but vocal EDL, which organized a march through central London on Monday during which about 1,000 people chanted slogans such as “Muslim killers of four streets.”

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2013/05/29/Hackers-target-UK-far-right-group-over-response-to-London-murder.html

[Leigh Oats]

1. Do we need a “sic”?

Says this story:

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(. . .) about 1,000 people chanted slogans such as “Muslim killers of four streets.”

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Do we need a “sic”?

[MADem]

2. Well, the EDL are a bunch of hatemongers, but they utilize many of "Anonymous's" little tricks.

They love wearing those masks, particularly when they're about to make trouble--they don't always reveal themselves...







I don't really know how Anonymous is going to bully those bullies--I don't think stern lectures on the internet will sway them much.

[dotymed]

3. No, a stern lecture won't help.

But disseminating the identities and personal info of these cretins, may do the job.

When bullies become targets, they tend to shut-up and hide.

Bullies are usually big cowards.

[MADem]

4. Well, I think they're proud of their affiliation with the group. I dunno if that would help!

They often appear without masks holding up their signs.

They seem to only affect the masks when they're perhaps thinking about doing something wrong, like a little vandalism or head-banging.

[SkyDaddy7]

5. I totally agree!

Anonymous is probably not that scary to the EDL...Unless they could get their hands on people's names in high places that do not want to be seen as members or associates of the EDL. Otherwise, like you said a stern internet lecture won't go very far.