OUTRAGE AS FIREBRAND CHOUDARY SAYS WOOTTON BASSETT MARCH WILL GO AHEAD

HATE preacher Anjem Choudary called British soldiers Nazis as he defied a storm of protest and vowed to march in Wootton Bassett.

The Prime Minister led attacks on the “completely inappropriate” rally as a Facebook campaign against it gained huge support.

Civic leaders and grieving families of dead soldiers begged Choudary to ditch plans to carry empty coffins through the town that remembers our fallen heroes.

More than 277,000 joined the Facebook protest group at the rate of more than one a second by last night.

Thousands called the Daily Star’s phone vote with 97% demanding the march in the Wiltshire town be banned.

Choudary laid into repatriation processions held to honour dead Brit soldiers after their coffins are flown back to nearby RAF Lyneham.

Among the many honoured was Lance Corporal Adam Drane, 23, the 100th serviceman to be killed in 2009.

Even moderate British Muslims called for firebrand Choudary to be put under house arrest to stop the march by his extremist group Islam4UK going ahead.

Fears are also growing that it could turn into a bloodbath as far-right groups plan counter protests.

Choudary, 42, also stirred up more controversy as he said Muslims would love to have Osama bin Laden as PM.

But his remarks comparing our hero troops in Afghanistan to Nazi stormtroopers and the terrorists who carried out the 9/11 and 7/7 atrocities were the most shocking.

Vile Choudary said the march would be “provocative”, but ranted: “The same could be said about the Germans fighting for Nazism in the Second World War.

“Those involved in 7/7 and 9/11 considered themselves soldiers. How would the British people feel if there was a parade for those who carried out 9/11 or 7/7?”

He said his march would remember “Muslims murdered in the name of democracy and freedom” in Afghanistan.

He also paid tribute to al-Qaida leader Bin Laden, telling Sky News: “If there was an election in any Muslim country between Sheikh Osama bin Laden and the current leader he’s much more popular.”

A spokesman for Gordon Brown said last night: “Anything that is considered to be offensive to, or of concern to, families of troops wounded or killed in Afghanistan would be completely inappropriate.”

Tory leader David Cameron condemned the march as “completely unacceptable”.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling called for the Choudary’s supporters to be prosecuted and said: “This is a group that’s intent on whipping up hatred.”

North Wiltshire Tory MP James Gray said the thousands who regularly line the streets to pay their respects to the dead had no political motive and were not “blood-thirstily in favour of the war”.

Grieving families of dead troops also attacked the protest. Peter Fullarton, whose son James, 24, was killed by a Taliban bomb said the Government must stop the procession going ahead to avoid a riot that could lead to more deaths.

Wootton Bassett’s Mayor Steven Bucknell said: “We are will do our utmost to make sure that this march doesn’t go ahead.”

Wiltshire Police said they were aware of the “significant community concern” caused by the march and approval would be needed before it went ahead.

Muslim group Minhaj-ul-Quran International UK called for the government to ban the protest and hit out at Choudary.

Spokesman Shahid Mursaleen said: “If he keeps creating trouble for the country he should be put under house arrest or his organisation should be banned.”

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