Unite Against Fascism Fascists Arrested On Way To EDL Rally

Five Britons were among 34 people arrested by Dutch police as they headed to confront far-right activists showing their support for controversial politician Geert Wilders. The "anti-fascist" group was intercepted en route to take on around 50 supporters from the English Defence League who had gathered at a train station near Sloterdijk, northwest of Amsterdam, for their legal action. Police said they also stopped and diverted a metro train carrying dozens of "football hooligans" bound for the isolated area in order to "prevent a confrontation". A website for Ajax Amsterdam supporters had urged...

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European far-right parties want referendum on Turkey in EU

VIENNA Europe's far-right parties want an EU-wide referendum on Turkey's plans to join the current 27-nation bloc, the leader of Austria's populist Freedom Party, Heinz-Christian Strache, said Saturday. Strache, who had invited right-wing parties from Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Slovakia and Sweden to a two-day meeting in the Austrian capital, told a news conference that the parties believed Turkey had no place in Europe and ordinary citizens should be given a say in the matter. Europe would be "straying down the completely wrong path" if it were to admit "non-European countries" into the European...

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Al-Qaeda magazine suggests crashing trucks into crowds

Al-Qaeda urged Muslims in western countries to weld deadly steel blades to SUV vehicles and then plough into civilian crowds, in the second edition of the group's online English-language magazine. "Inspire", a 74-page propaganda organ published by the Yemen-based wing of the Islamist group, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), aims to recruit young westerners to the jihadi cause and to inspire random attacks. In an article titled "The Ultimate Mowing Machine", illustrated with a picture of...

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Violence flares at Unite Against Fascism protest in Leicester

A number of police and members of the public have been injured as protesters from Unite Against Fascism (UAF) and a rival organisation gathered in Leicester. The English Defence League held a static demonstration and Unite Against Fascism (UAF) staged a counter-protest in the Humberstone Gate East area of the city. At least 1,400 officers were drafted in from 12 other forces to deal with the demonstrations, the city's largest policing operation in 25 years. UAF supporters arrived from across the country in coaches throughout the morning. Before the protests started, police said one person...

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