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Britons threaten Muslim beheadings in footage
2006-09-04
It's starting.
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.

Massoud Shadjareh, chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, said the videoed threats were extremely worrying. "There is no question there has been an increase in attacks on mosques and Muslims," he said at the weekend.

The videos, posted between August 11 and 19, depict three men, each wearing a black terrorist-style mask. Would-be viewers of the clips, lasting two to three minutes, are told in a YouTube warning the videos "may contain content that is inappropriate for some users".

In one video, a man with a London accent says: "I wish to know what we are going to do to fight the so-called religion of peace known as Islam." He lists incidents including the racially motivated murder of Ross Parker, a white teenager, on September 21, 2001. The alleged airline bomb plot is also mentioned, with the masked man claiming it has resulted in "no retaliation" against Muslims. He says: "It may be because you fear prison. Well, wake up. I am calling on England, Ulster, Scotland and Wales to stand and defend the island that we love."

Another video, dated August 19, shows a balaclava-clad man with a Welsh accent telling Muslims to "go home" or be burned. Brandishing a 30cm-long hunting knife with a serrated blade, he says: "We are going to rip the life out of you. I am going to tear your guts out. I'll cut your head off."

In a reference that may indicate a military background, he says the slaughter would remind him of being "back in the Gulf".
Posted by:lotp

#20  Does anyone have a screen capture from the "Head" episode of Blackadder season II?
Posted by: Ulelet Uniting8249   2006-09-04 20:53  

#19  "Another video, dated August 19, shows a balaclava-clad man with a Welsh accent telling Muslims to "go home" or be burned".

I seem to remember the Welsh burning down English holiday homes a few years back. Seems balaclava man has that migratory syndrome phixed, thanks to a spell in the British Army and real life. Not too late, I hope, and the message is clear. Just need to play the vid at prayers: Mosque-Time, Fridays.
Posted by: rhodesiafever   2006-09-04 16:07  

#18  Hopefully somebody is just trying to get Muslims to start talking by holding a mirror up to their society so they can see themselves for what they are instead of the usual "feeling discriminated against for nothing". If they don't like it, at least they'll know how the rest of the world feels, and they'll have something to base a less self-centered conversation on.

Righto, gorb. If Muslims cannot realize that this is the goose's sauce dressing their rabid gander, then they deserve this sort of vigilanteism. I am a huge fan of Rule of Law, but so far, it has been doing almost squat to abate the infiltration of our societies by Islamists.

If these chaps end up topping a few British abu Hamzas and Omar Bakris those Islamist bastards might beging having second thoughts about how loudly they can advocate violence against Britishers on their own home soil.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-04 15:29  

#17  This is the next step in the natural progression.
The extremists are the first to loose their cool. They are now attempting to awaken the fighting spirit in their brethren. I would say that's what the video is attempting to do. After a bit more Islamofascist activity, their numbers should start to expand, followed by political rhetoric and finally, some sort of declaration.
Of course, Israel and America will be kicking ass at that time, and welcome all who join us.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-09-04 13:28  

#16  RJ, LOL.

This is was long in coming. If you keep poking a hibernating bear w/a stick eventually he wakes up and that stick won't do you a lick of good. I don't want to see innocent folks of any background unfairly targeted but there comes a point when the pissed off majority is going to do what it's going to do.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2006-09-04 11:32  

#15  Nothing like that good old Anglo-Saxon charm that conquered the world (for awhile), except perhaps that good old Viking charm that's mixed in there a bit. I just see this as a few Brits going primitive in their ancestral way. But I may be biased -- I have a lot of the same ancestors.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-09-04 11:10  

#14  It's performance art -- give 'em a gov't grant.
Posted by: regular joe   2006-09-04 09:43  

#13  Hmmm...white guys in sheets. Where have I seen that before?

Dunno. Couldn't tell you.
Posted by: Robert C. Byrd   2006-09-04 09:07  

#12  The difference is that it is far more likely that "moderate Britons" will speak out against these video clips

No. Most Brits would consider these people total morons, but they would accept they are speaking a truth, that no one else is prepared to speak.

Otherwise, I completely agree with your comment, SB.
Posted by: phil_b   2006-09-04 08:27  

#11  The difference is that it is far more likely that "moderate Britons" will speak out against these video clips, unlike the supposed "moderate Muslims" who just hang back in silence when similar threats are issued against infidels.

It's possible that someone is trying to make a point to the Muslims about how we infidels feel when confronted with similar crap, but unfortunately if that was the intent, they forgot one thing. They refuse to accept any consequences for their own actions. They aren't going to "get it" at all.

Expect the seething and humiliation to start any minute now, along with the usual "oh, you poor oppressed babies" alleluia choir in the media and government to chime in in perfect harmony with the professional victims/spokespeople for the "Muslim Community".

Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-09-04 07:21  

#10  twobyfour unlike muck, my spelling and grammar mastakes are not intentional heheheh.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-09-04 04:44  

#9  ....meh!
Posted by: Isaac   2006-09-04 03:06  

#8  Hopefully somebody is just trying to get Muslims to start talking by holding a mirror up to their society so they can see themselves for what they are instead of the usual "feeling discriminated against for nothing". If they don't like it, at least they'll know how the rest of the world feels, and they'll have something to base a less self-centered conversation on.
Posted by: gorb   2006-09-04 02:52  

#7  Wasn't it an Englishman who said that "every action produces and equal & opposite reaction"?
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-09-04 02:29  

#6  SPOD, How the UK government has handled this is as much to blame at the UK bigots and UK Islamofascists are.

I am not sure what are you saying here. Would make a sense if at = as => as are the UK bigots and UK Islamofascists.

Unless you want to use Yoda style of grammar :-)
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-09-04 02:20  

#5  Not the same old Racist crap. This is nuanced to use the memes that the Islamofascists use in their own jihad videos. That makes it different thant garden quality bigotry. The origins of these videos are open to question. But a backlash is building in the anglosphere. How the UK government has handled this is as much to blame at the UK bigots and UK Islamofascists are.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-09-04 02:09  

#4  Hmmm...white guys in sheets. Where have I seen that before?
Posted by: Skidmark   2006-09-04 02:02  

#3  DMFD, maybe so. But so far, nobody tried that approach. That is, to provide a presentation that adopts jihadi frame of reference muzzies may understand.

The video clips may have been also intended as a notice to British politicians that UK street is not happy.

Posted by: twobyfour   2006-09-04 02:01  

#2  Be more civil than the jihadis. resurrect the guillotine. That downward rattle once it's released adds a nice touch. Burning at the stake does not need modification. Works very well as is. Film at 11:00 0n 4.
Posted by: SOP35/Rat   2006-09-04 01:49  

#1  Yeah, that's real productive. Stupid gits.
Posted by: DMFD   2006-09-04 00:32  

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