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| Poppy posters get anti-war slogan | Poppy posters get anti-war slogan |
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| Poppy Appeal posters in Kent have been defaced by protesters attacking former prime minister Tony Blair's war record. | Poppy Appeal posters in Kent have been defaced by protesters attacking former prime minister Tony Blair's war record. |
| The Royal British Legion annual appeal adverts emphasise their support for personnel who served in Afghanistan. | The Royal British Legion annual appeal adverts emphasise their support for personnel who served in Afghanistan. |
| The poster shows war widow Hester Wright, 22, and her son Josh, six, holding a portrait of her late husband. | The poster shows war widow Hester Wright, 22, and her son Josh, six, holding a portrait of her late husband. |
| The slogan "For their sake, wear a poppy" has been replaced with "For their sake, prosecute Blair" on a billboard in Gillingham. | The slogan "For their sake, wear a poppy" has been replaced with "For their sake, prosecute Blair" on a billboard in Gillingham. |
| Objectors to Mr Blair's war record altered the sign outside Gillingham railway station. | Objectors to Mr Blair's war record altered the sign outside Gillingham railway station. |
| 'Making sacrifices' | 'Making sacrifices' |
| Other posters in the Medway area have been changed to make the original message read: "For their sake, bring them home". | Other posters in the Medway area have been changed to make the original message read: "For their sake, bring them home". |
| A spokesman for the Royal British Legion said they intended to amend the defaced images. | A spokesman for the Royal British Legion said they intended to amend the defaced images. |
| He said: "We do understand that the current campaign in Afghanistan and the recent activities in Iraq are not popular universally in the country. | He said: "We do understand that the current campaign in Afghanistan and the recent activities in Iraq are not popular universally in the country. |
| "Opinion is divided but we do find that the public is four-square behind our British Armed Forces who are out there representing their country and making sacrifices." | "Opinion is divided but we do find that the public is four-square behind our British Armed Forces who are out there representing their country and making sacrifices." |
| Mrs Wright, from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, became one of the public faces of the Poppy Appeal after her husband, Damian Wright, died in a roadside explosion in Afghanistan in 2007, aged 23. | |
| The appeal aims to raise £31 million. | The appeal aims to raise £31 million. |
| A Kent Police spokesperson said they were investigating the incident. | A Kent Police spokesperson said they were investigating the incident. |
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| Mixed reaction to poppy 'protest' | Mixed reaction to poppy 'protest' |