Muslim Threatens Injured Soldier In His Hospital Bed

A report from today's Telegraph reports that a paratrooper who had received injuries while serving his country in Afghanistan has been threatened by a Muslim fanatic.
The soldier was in a hospital bed in Selly Oak, Birmingham, and unable to defend himself due to his injuries.
The paratrooper had been approached by a Muslim who came onto the open ward, which was shared by the paratrooper, another soldier and four civilians. No-one had made any attempt to prevent the Muslim from getting onto the unlocked ward. According to the paratrooper's relatives, the Muslim fanatic had wandered onto the ward twice before, without being stopped by staff.
The fanatic approached the soldier, who was still in his uniform after being evacuated from Afghanistan and said in a tirade: "You have been killing my Muslim brothers in Afghanistan."
Eleven soldiers are currently being treated at Selly Oak hospital. With conditions in Afghanistan becoming more intense, the number of injured military is expected to rise. Last month soldiers voiced their concerns at being left on open mixed wards. Senior officers and MPs have branded the Ministry of Defence policy as a "disgrace" and have called for military wards.
Patrick Mercer, the shadow minister for homeland security, and a former soldier himself, said: "Soldiers need their own military wards when they are recovering from war wounds. Anything less is a betrayal."
The incident reported in the Telegraph today should be a wake-up call to the Ministry of Defence.
Many, perhaps most, of Britain's Muslims have more allegiance to other Muslims in the "ummah" than they do to British soldiers who are considered to be acting as the "enemy" in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Birmingham has a high number of Muslims, and if hospital security cannot prevent a Muslim fanatic from threatening someone who has risked his life for Queen and country, military wards should be essential. And they should have a 24-hour armed guard too. It is the least that can be done to make their stay in hospital as secure and comfortable as possible.
A relative of the paratrooper who was threatened said: "It's not the best way to treat our returning men. They are nervous that these guys might attack them and, despite being paratroopers, they cannot defend themselves because of their injuries."
Liam Fox, shadow defence secretary, said the treatment of injured military personnel was "an absolute disgrace".
The last military hospital in Britain, based in Haslar, Portsmouth, is expected to be sold to developers next year.
If the government can send troops to fight, it should retain a hospital where they can recover from injuries sustained. To sell off the last military hospital to a property developer shows how cheaply Britain's government values the soldiers who fight their battles