UK troops rushed to Afghan riot

bbcnews: Nato has sent British reinforcements to a riot-hit Afghan town after crowds protesting at cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad attacked peacekeepers.
The UK troops were sent to the airfield at Meymaneh, in the north-west.

The move came after three protesters died as they tried to storm the town's Norwegian-led peacekeeping base. The cause of their deaths is unclear.

On Monday, five people died as protests over the cartoons, first published in Denmark, swept across Afghanistan. Read more

db: It's unlikely that many UK soldiers joined up to protect the right of a tin-pot Danish rag to insult Muslims.