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>> we begin with a nasty confrontation in england between muslim civilians and british troops that have returned from afghanistan. >> i can't imagine that happening in the united states. here now james skinner so east london very muslim and obviously, they don't like british troops being in afghanistan. but that was really nasty. >> and they as a group don't. this is a group of about 30 to
40 muslim protesters from a group that's not that well known called muslim against the crusade and this thing got ugly pretty quickly. they -- local leaders tried to have this group banned from the military parade fearing they wouldn't incite violence. indeed they did. there was a group of counter protesters that ended up breaking through the barriers. there was some fist fighting. >> were they muslims or british subject? >> they were subjects who were very concerned and very upset about what -- >> muslim group counter protesting against this muslim group. >> no, it was muslims saying somethin...
British troops being in afghanistan. but that was really nasty. >> and they as a group don't. this is a group of about 30 to 40 muslim protesters from a group that's not that well known called muslim against the crusade and this thing got ugly pretty quickly. they -- local leaders tried to have this group banned from the military parade fearing they wouldn't incite violence. indeed they did. there was a group of counter protesters that ended up breaking through the barriers. there was some fist fighting. >> were they muslims or british subject? >> they were subjects who were very concerned and...
Waiting to hear. it sounds like it was from the counterprotest group. interesting in the u.k., they don't have a written constitutional right to free speech. what they have is a pretty recent law that says you can't say or write anything that incites religious or racial hatred and if you look at what they're saying there and according to witnesses, the muslim protesters weren't saying anything that would fall into that category. they were saying horrific things like calling the troops butchers and cowards and rapists but nothing that would be considered -- >> we have our own westboro baptist n...
>> we begin with a nasty confrontation in england between muslim civilians and british troops that have returned from afghanistan. >> i can't imagine that happening in the united states. here now james skinner so east london very muslim and obviously, they don't like british troops being in afghanistan. but that was really nasty. >> and they as a group don't. this is a group of about 30 to 40 muslim protesters from a