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British far right leader travels to Syria

Nick Griffin, head of British National Party, backs Assad regime

by Joe Dyke

A British far-right leader is in Syria with the government, his party has confirmed. Nick Griffin, leader of the controversial British National Party, traveled to Damascus from Lebanon on Tuesday on what he described on his Twitter feed as a “fact-finding mission”.

A spokesperson for Griffin, who once said Islam was a "wicked, vicious faith," and accused Muslims of trying to conquer Britain, said he was researching Islamic fundamentalists fighting the Syrian government.

On his Twitter feed Griffin said he was in the capital Damascus and that, despite “occasional explosions,” the country was calm.

He accused the British government, which has thrown its weight behind rebels trying to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, of provoking sectarianism.

The BNP spokesman confirmed he was traveling with the Syrian government and said he would be visiting other parts of Syria in the coming days.

He said Griffin’s trip was aimed at uncovering the true nature of the Syrian opposition and accused Foreign Secretary William Hague of pushing British people into war.

 “Most ordinary working class [British] people don’t want anything to do with conflict in Syria or Iraq or anything. [Foreign secretary William] Hague really is a war-mongerer,” the spokesman said.

He added that Griffin would be researching potential links between jihadist elements amongst the Syrian rebels and the killing of Lee Rigby, a British soldier who was murdered in London last month.

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Joe Dyke

Joe Dyke worked at Executive from 2012 until 2014, mostly as economics and politics editor. He later worked for The New Humanitarian, Agence France Presse (AFP) and is now head of investigations at the civilian harm monitoring organisation Airwars.
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