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4 neo-Nazi group members in British Army arrested on terror charges

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Four serving members of the British Army have been arrested under the Terrorism Act on suspicion of being members of a banned far-right group, British Defence officials and police said Tuesday.

The West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit said officers had arrested four people in central England alleged to be members of the neo-Nazi group National Action. The group is banned in the U.K., and an official list of banned groups describes it as "virulently racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic."

The army said the men were suspected of "being concerned in the commission, preparation and instigation" of terrorism acts. They were detained as part of a "pre-planned and intelligence-led" operation and there was "no threat to the public's safety."

Britain's Ministry of Defence confirmed that the four men are serving members of the army.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/britain-nazis-armed-forces-national-action-1.4275162
 
When you enlist and choose to serve your country, at least in the US you defend the Constitution, it's people, and it's allies. Beliefs and and ideologies as radical as Nazism should be condemned by any country's military that claims to uphold Western values. If the allegations are true, the four men were a part of a Neo-Nazi group they do not deserve to salute their nation's flag, or wear the UK's military uniform.
 
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