Britons threaten Muslim beheadings in footage

[The Straight Story]

Britons threaten Muslim beheadings in footage
Daniel Foggo, London
04sep06

FAR-RIGHT extremists have adopted the tactics of Islamic jihadis by posting videos on the internet in which they threaten to behead British Muslims.

The films show balaclava-clad white British men brandishing guns, knives and clubs, calling on all Muslims to leave Britain or be killed. One appears to be a soldier who has served in the Gulf.

In one film, a man tells Muslims to "go home" or risk being burned alive. He threatens, "I'll cut your head off", and claims to have "comrades" across Britain who have "had enough".

The videos were made after the arrests three weeks ago of suspects connected to the alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jets. Their style mimics the "martyrdom videos" of Islamic radicals.

The release of the videos on YouTube, a US-based open-access website, coincides with reports of a rise in the number of attacks on mosques.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,20347865,00.html

[C_U_L8R]

1. Stupidity begets more stupidity

lets just put all the fundamentalists of all stripes
on their own little island to battle it out and leave
the rest of us, the non-crazy ones, in peace.

[rodeodance]

6. its getting so that it would need a might big island!

[PresidentWar]

2. Britain is no stranger to this

The National Front (UK version of the Nazis) has been threatening, intimidating, assaulting and killing people who don't look like totally Anglo soccer hooligans for decades now.

This is simply a new auxilliary opening up.

[tocqueville]

3. beheading is so unbritish

they should go for hanging instead
:sarcasm:

[TheFriedPiper]

4. When we base wars on imaginary gods, this is what happens

Imagine.

[MADem]

5. Is this some sort of odd "art" or are they actually serious?

Usually, the whole 'beheading' business works better as a terror tool if you have some poor schmuck sitting on the floor, tied up with a blindfold, shaking in fear.

Otherwise, it comes off as a bunch of imitating assholes who have forgotten a key ingredient. Just yelling at the camera dressed like Joey Terrist ain't gonna cut it...

If the topic weren't so ghastly it could almost be construed as lame comedy.

[magellan]

7. The world is hostage to this war between RW militants

They hide in plain sight everywhere, from AQ to the WH, to the main streets of America and the high streets of Britain. They're nothing without hate and violence. And that's all they offer.

[etherealtruth]

8. As if we needed more proof that ...

... sociopathic behavior crosses all religious, ethnic and socio-economic lines.

[TheFriedPiper]

9. and is usually inspired by religion

[etherealtruth]

10. My view is that it is simply ...

... a convenient excuse. If that excuse isn't available tribe, family ... eye color will do.

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[newyawker99]

12. Hi El Zopilote!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[cali]

13. Vile and sickening n/t