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Ethnic divisions factor into UK poll

IDENTITY POLITICS Campaigning in a multi-ethnic district of central London inflamed religious political passions, spawning street fighting and intimidation

AFP , London

Unknown attackers threw eggs at King at a Holocaust memorial service last week, and last weekend she was again pelted with eggs and had her car tires slashed by a gang of youths protesting her support for the Iraq War, who she said were wearing Respect Party badges and shouting "respect."

Galloway also is under heightened security after being threatened with death on Tuesday by a group of 40 Islamic extremists.

The men, thought to be linked with the radical group al-Muhajiroun, burst in on a campaign event and denounced Galloway as a "false prophet" for encouraging people to vote, which they consider anti-Islamic.

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