Posted on 07/14/2005 5:42:58 PM PDT by Pikamax
Far right and football gangs plot 'revenge'
Police monitor anti-Muslim websites Hugh Muir Friday July 15, 2005
Guardian Plans by an alliance of rightwing extremists and football hooligans to exact "revenge" on Muslims after last week's bomb attacks are being monitored by police.
The Guardian has learned that extremists are keen to cause widespread fear and injury with attacks on mosques and high-profile "anti-Muslim" events in the capital.
Football hooligans communicating over the internet have spoken of the need to put aside partisan support for teams and unite against Muslims. Hooligans from West Ham, Millwall, Crystal Palace and Arsenal are among those seeking to establish common cause.
As part of wider plans to generate a backlash, rightwing groups such as the Nationalist Alliance and the National Front are said to be planning marches. Extremists hope to hold a march along Victoria Embankment in London tomorrow.
It is also known that many mosques have received bomb threats since the attacks.
Attempts by the right to make capital out of the tragedy have created a powderkeg. Already extremist Islamist websites have told Muslims to be ready to retaliate.
The BNP has sought to capitalise on the atrocities by reproducing a picture of the bombed No 30 bus with the headline "Maybe Now It's Time To Listen To The BNP" in its byelection literature in Barking, Essex.
The tactic prompted cross-party condemnation. Though it was designed to increase support for the far-right, many believe the message may have been too crass and too badly timed to work. The party does, however, enjoy some support in the area.
Gerry Gable, of the anti-fascist organisation Searchlight, said: "There is no doubt that the far-right are playing this for all they think it is worth. If you look at the BNP website there's Nick Griffin saying 'be calm' and other material saying 'don't get angry, get even!'"
He added: "These things should be taken seriously. One site, Blood and Honour, had a posting about a mosque in the Wirral and soon after the mosque was hit. Soon after, the posting was taken down."
The police have pledged to crack down on any attempts to provoke division in the aftermath of the bombs. Members of Scotland Yard's independent advisory group have been asked to liaise with borough commanders in the capital to reassure the public and make sure the police carry out their pledges. The Met has said from the outset that the bombs were an attack on all communities and that none should be scapegoated.
The synergy between rightwing extremists and football hooligans is not new. Throughout the 1980s, some of the biggest clubs in Britain were plagued by notoriously violent and racist followers.
Though virtually all clubs have since challenged the behaviour of extremist fans, and almost all now belong to the Kick Racism Out of Football initiative, violent followers continue to communicate with each other and supporters from other clubs to engineer confrontations.
The prospect of the opening day Championship fixture between Leeds and Millwall in August is already causing concern.
"Forget fans - let's send them the Pacers and the Pistons."
LOL. You're right. I forgot about them.
"I was thinking FR needs its own football hooligans."
Good idea. Who should be captain? I'm out because of
physical limitations. I suggest pissant.
...and if the fans themselves don't get 'em, there's always a chance of getting run over by that Philadelphia bandwagon that comes and goes so fast. ;-)
I've always recommended the Aleutians as an exile for violent criminals and child molesters. Drop 'em off on some God fosaken rock out there with a kinfe. a blanket and the clothes on their back. Let nature ("mother" nature and their own nature) take care of them.
Add the Jihadis to the mix, and let bad guys kill bad guys to their hearts' content!
"I've heard no reports of neo-nazis sawing off the heads of their victims."
Maybe, but dragging victims behind a pick-up is surely on a par. As for the IRA they're special attack move is the bashing followed by the knee-capping followed by the bullet in the head. Comes to the same thing in the end.
BUMP to sarcasm at its finest.
I would have ended it in 18 days. Do I need to tell you how?
Our grandparents knew this, that's why they didn't advocate finding and prosecuting the pilots of the Japanese planes that bombed Pearl Harbor. They basically said F*** the Japs.
I've read all the comments by "commonasdirt". He/she/it will win plenty of accolades for their position in highschool civics classes. Unfortunately, we live in the real world. This is a clash of civilizations. They've happened many times in the past and will happen many times in the future. They're inevitably ugly but that's no reason to not fight them.
Islam needs urgent reform but all the good muslims seem to have given up.
Hate? No, not really. One of my regular prayers is thet the followers of Islam will see the light and follow the way of Christ. Christ said to turn the other cheek, but did not say to submit to being murdered. The cheek has been turned too many times without changing the hearts of the enemy. What we must do, we must also sincerely regret.
My God, man! Is there no act of intellectual prostitution you won't debase yourself with to preserve your delusion of moral superiority? Do you think you can stride into this virtual forum, and use your talent for rhetorical fellatio to convince us 'five' equals 'three?'
Your own selective silence testifies to your inability to provide leadership, so what kind of superciliousness demands we attend to 'your' moral compass? Many of us understand what you do not...you can give no direction because a moral compass is all you have to offer, and is insufficient for the task at hand.
Your compass is fine for merry little jaunts across the 'ten acre wood' but where we have to go this time differs by many orders of magnitude. It requires the sextant as well, and with that you have no facility ...
Clean up always takes longer....
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