"BNP flog fake Victoria Crosses to fund extremism"

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From: St Georges Day April 23rd
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:58

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Extreme right wing Israeli Nationalist Rupert Murdoch at his very
best:

THE British National Party is selling replica Victoria Crosses to fund
extremism, The Sun can reveal.

In a breach of strict protocol, the far-right outfit is hawking life-
size replicas of the nation’s highest award for bravery along with its
famous scarlet ribbon for £12.

Also for sale on the party’s official website are replicas of three
World War II campaign medals and a World War I medal.

The Ministry of Defence last night said the sales were not illegal but
branded the fake medals “an insult to both the Queen and our brave
personnel”. MPs also rounded on the BNP for exploiting the heroism and
sacrifice of servicemen to fill its coffers.

BNP deputy chairman Simon Darby said: “We don’t get donations from
dodgy foreign businessmen so we raise money in other ways.”

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/article1524283.ece

£12.99? The National Army Museum charges double for their replica, but
it has a range of affordable minatures:

http://shop.national-army-museum.ac.uk/s.nl/sc.2/category.12857/.f

"Rupert Murdoch told of the time he took a group of editors from New
York and London for a weekend at Ariel Sharon's ranch. Sharon took
them on a bird's-eye tour of Israel aboard a helicopter gunship."

During the buildup to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, all 175 Murdoch-owned
newspapers worldwide editorialized in favor of that war against
Israel's regional enemies.

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