Mid-afternoon, and main stage security have built themselves into a reinforced semi-circle as if preparing for war as Australian drum 'n' bass metalers Pendulum arrive - it's officially their 150th show.

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Its leaders drum home the idea that the British government is at war with Islam, but have been careful to cross legal red lines that would implicate them for inciting terrorism.

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But, since the Gulf war, Mr Hussein has turned to Islam to break out of regional isolation, and to help him to drum up political support in the Muslim world.

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