AOG,
Sorry, you are victim of the Mail's sloppy journalism again. The photo you used was not taken in Luton, and was not the rabble abusing soldiers.
the real Luton Protestors can be seen here...
http://www.document.no/assets_c/2009/03/uk.lut on.protest-thumb-520x315.jpg
I am sure this was a genuine mistake by the Mail. They have obviously used any old photo of muslim protestors, and did not try and pass it off as the actual protestors. And, reassuringly, there appears to be plenty of Police officers keeping an eye on things in the photo taken in Luton that day.
I have been on my holidays, so I would have corrected this obvious error earlier.