Sick website taunts families of fallen soldiers (From The Argus)

Sick website taunts families of fallen soldiers

1:30pm Tuesday 5th January 2010 in

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Fallen heroes have been ridiculed on a hate site condemning the British armed forces.

Facebook removed one sick group from its website after the friends and family of a Sussex soldier killed in Afghanistan told The Argus they were disgusted by the site.

But within hours organisers set up a second webpage on the social networking site. That group has now also been shut down.

The family and friends of Portslade soldier Jamie Janes, who died in Afghanistan in October, were sent messages by the Facebook group's creator on Christmas Day branding Jamie a “murderer”.

Both Facebook groups featured pictures of dead and dying soldiers. Sickening photos included pictures of soldiers burning alive and being decapitated. Portraits of fallen servicemen's funerals were defaced with the words “murderer” and “scum” and a picture of the Queen showed a Swastika over her face.

A spokeswoman for Facebook said any groups which violated its policies would be removed.

The creator of the groups declined to comment.