Former British soldier Joe Glenton. <\/p>\n
A former British trooper says the UK is \u00c5\u201clucky\u201d not to be experiencing more hate attacks like the Woolwich murder due to its government\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s series of military invasions.\n<\/p>\n
The former trooper made the remarks in an interview with the Russian state-run TV channel
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Russia Today (RT), when he expounded on Britain\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s safety as far as the so-called war on terror is concerned.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cWe\u00e2\u201e\u00a2re very lucky that they\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ve only been so few attacks like this [Woolwich murder]. One of the banners we went to Afghanistan under was peace (peacekeeping) and in our peacekeeping operation we ran out of high explosive artillery ammunition\u201d, said Joe Glenton.\n<\/p>\n
Glenton, who refused to serve a second tour in Afghanistan, also described the UK government\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s policies in the Middle East as a project, which is long-standing and propagates the 2001 9\/11 incident.\n<\/p>\n
Glenton\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s response significantly differed to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s, who claimed that it is wrong to \u00c5\u201cdraw any link\u201d between the Woolwich killing and the UK government\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s foreign policy or the actions of British troops in the Middle East.\n<\/p>\n
On the other hand, since the Woolwich attack, Muslims in Britain have been victims of further hate crimes by far-right racist groups like the English Defence League (EDL) or British National Party (BNP) thugs.\n<\/p>\n
So far, there have been a reported 12 violent hits on mosques across the UK, including one that was hit by three petrol bombs, up in Grimsby along with 200 Islamophobic incidents occurring in total.\n<\/p>\n
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