Royal Anglian Homecoming Dampened by Protests
Islamic extremists provoked a furious backlash at the 2nd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment's homecoming parade in Luton today.
A twenty-strong group in traditional Islamic dress waved placards as they vocally denounced the local soldiers as "criminals, murderers and terrorists".
The 2nd Battalion, nicknamed "The Poachers", have just returned home from their second 6-month tour of Iraq in the last 2-year.
In a dramatic turn of events the police had to protect the anti-war protesters from furious Army supporters who had turned out to support their local regiment.
Luton's Mayor Councillor Lakhbir Singh said: "The Royal Anglian Regiment was given freedom of the town some years ago and we are proud to welcome them back. We hope as many people as possible will come out and show their support and appreciation of these brave soldiers."
Defence Secretary John Hutton said: "I can only condemn the tiny minority who used this opportunity to make, whatever their personal views, utterly ridiculous and insulting comments to these brave men and women."
Conservative Shadow Defence Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, said: "It is only because of the sacrifices made by our Armed Forces that these people live in a free society where they are able to make their sordid protests."
These treacherous scum want to consider themselves lucky to live in a country that allows them the right to peddle their poison. Plenty of people - me included - would have happily let the Luton faithful rip them limb from limb.
A twenty-strong group in traditional Islamic dress waved placards as they vocally denounced the local soldiers as "criminals, murderers and terrorists".
The 2nd Battalion, nicknamed "The Poachers", have just returned home from their second 6-month tour of Iraq in the last 2-year.
In a dramatic turn of events the police had to protect the anti-war protesters from furious Army supporters who had turned out to support their local regiment.
Luton's Mayor Councillor Lakhbir Singh said: "The Royal Anglian Regiment was given freedom of the town some years ago and we are proud to welcome them back. We hope as many people as possible will come out and show their support and appreciation of these brave soldiers."
Defence Secretary John Hutton said: "I can only condemn the tiny minority who used this opportunity to make, whatever their personal views, utterly ridiculous and insulting comments to these brave men and women."
Conservative Shadow Defence Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, said: "It is only because of the sacrifices made by our Armed Forces that these people live in a free society where they are able to make their sordid protests."
These treacherous scum want to consider themselves lucky to live in a country that allows them the right to peddle their poison. Plenty of people - me included - would have happily let the Luton faithful rip them limb from limb.
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