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Iraqis clash at polling UK station
BBC ^ | 30 January, 2005,

Posted on 01/30/2005 11:37:52 AM PST by Glyndwr4Cymru

Iraqis have clashed with demonstrators against the election outside a polling station in Manchester. About 200 demonstrators were chased by another group who burned their flags, while other Iraqis clashed with police. The demonstrators were from Hizb-ut-Tahrir - an Islamic group which is against the elections in Iraq. David Kahrmann, from the Iraq Election Team, said the protesters "were not even Iraqis".

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: iraqelection; iraqielection; iraqiexpats; uk; ukmuslims

1 posted on 01/30/2005 11:37:52 AM PST by Glyndwr4Cymru
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To: Glyndwr4Cymru

Should be "UK polling station"


2 posted on 01/30/2005 11:39:54 AM PST by Glyndwr4Cymru (The Democrats show up to a gun fight with a butter knife, and thus they lose.)
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To: Glyndwr4Cymru

Where were the human shields?


3 posted on 01/30/2005 11:39:59 AM PST by NonValueAdded ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" HRC 6/28/2004)
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To: Glyndwr4Cymru
Maybe it's just the main stream media out protesting on their day off.

It's what the left does for entertainment

4 posted on 01/30/2005 11:40:28 AM PST by airborne (Dear Lord, please be with my family in Iraq. Keep them close to You and safely in Your arms.)
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To: Glyndwr4Cymru

And the British govt. is okay with having such people active in their country? This isn't even legitimate political action... it's intimidation. Those people should all be arrested/deported.


5 posted on 01/30/2005 11:45:29 AM PST by Betaille (Harry Potter is a Right-Winger)
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To: Betaille

Tony Blair won't deport them, the liberal law Lords are even making us release dangerous terrorists from maximum security prisons because of "human rights" I'd like to give the law Lords some of their human rights when the inevitable consequences happen.


6 posted on 01/30/2005 11:48:24 AM PST by MrMoor
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To: Glyndwr4Cymru

Sunna or later Shi'ite happens..


7 posted on 01/30/2005 11:49:14 AM PST by sheik yerbouty
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To: MrMoor

But this has got to strike a nerve with Tony Blair. He put his career on the line for this... and now islamists in HIS OWN COUNTRY are intimidating the people he was trying to free? How can England remain a democracy when it harbors a larger and larger minority who oppose any democracy even in their own countries?


8 posted on 01/30/2005 11:51:52 AM PST by Betaille (Harry Potter is a Right-Winger)
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To: Glyndwr4Cymru
The demonstrators were from Hizb-ut-Tahrir - an Islamic group which is against the elections in Iraq.

Not necessarily Iraqis.

9 posted on 01/30/2005 12:08:05 PM PST by BenLurkin (Big government is still a big problem.)
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To: BenLurkin

"Not necessarily Iraqis."

"Not even Iraqis," according to the article. "The Iraqi community here were saying, 'Why are these people who are not even from Iraq protesting against these elections?"


10 posted on 01/30/2005 12:13:07 PM PST by Glyndwr4Cymru (The Democrats show up to a gun fight with a butter knife, and thus they lose.)
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To: Glyndwr4Cymru
David Kahrmann, from the Iraq Election Team, said the protesters "were not even Iraqis".

"The Iraqi community here were saying, 'Why are these people who are not even from Iraq protesting against these elections?'," he said.

Why is the RAT party, here in America, against these elections?
11 posted on 01/30/2005 12:13:44 PM PST by samtheman
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To: Glyndwr4Cymru

I nominate BBC for "Most Misleading Headline" of the year.


12 posted on 01/30/2005 12:14:34 PM PST by BenLurkin (Big government is still a big problem.)
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To: Glyndwr4Cymru

Ah, gez! I hope Al Gore or Tommie (the commie) Dashole didn't get hurt too bad!


13 posted on 01/30/2005 12:17:35 PM PST by Tacis ("John ('Traitor John') Kerry - Still Shilling For Those Who Wish America Ill!")
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To: BenLurkin

I think someone forgot the words "with protesters."


14 posted on 01/30/2005 12:18:08 PM PST by Glyndwr4Cymru
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To: Glyndwr4Cymru

15 posted on 01/30/2005 12:19:51 PM PST by BenLurkin (Big government is still a big problem.)
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