Football hooligans to launch ‘European Defence League’ in Amsterdam

EUObserver reports that the English Defence League (EDL), the anti-Muslim 'street army' composed largely of football hooligans that burst onto the front pages of British newspapers in 2010 as a result of its often violent protests, is to hold a rally in Amsterdam in October 2010.

The EDL is to demonstrate in support of Geert Wilders, the Dutch anti-immigrant firebrand, with a recently launched French Defence League and Dutch Defence League, modelled on the English group, to join them along with other anti-Islamic militants from across Europe.

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Website: English Defence League http://www.englishdefenceleague.org/

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