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UK volunteer flees 'lunatics and liars'
South China Morning Post ^
| 11/03/01
| N/A
Posted on 11/03/2001 4:16:22 PM PST by jo6pac
A British Muslim who went to Afghanistan to defend it against the US-led coalition yesterday warned others not to make the same mistake after he deserted the Taleban and fled to Pakistan.
Abu Mindar, 26, from east London, told the Times that anyone who wanted to join the Taleban to seek glory or martyrdom in Afghanistan would find themselves at the mercy of "lunatics and liars".
Mr Mindar said he had been recruited after a meeting held by the radical al-Muhajiroun group, which has offices in London. After being flown to Pakistan, he was sneaked into Afghanistan with 25 other raw recruits of assorted nationalities to receive military training. Mr Mindar said they were driven to a place near Kabul, given AK-47 assault rifles and told to shoot an enemy they could not see. "Maybe I was naive, but I was told that there would be proper training and I would be joining an organised military unit and it was chaos," he said.
"There were other Taleban around and suddenly everyone started firing. [My bullets] nearly decapitated some of the others in our group. Before I knew it the other side, whoever they were, started firing back. Some shouted victory slogans but we hadn't done anything except get ourselves shot."
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posted on
11/03/2001 4:16:22 PM PST
by
jo6pac
To: jo6pac
All the moron wanted to do was serve Allah.
ROFLMAO
2
posted on
11/03/2001 4:17:54 PM PST
by
jo6pac
To: jo6pac
There is not much of a future being in league with the devil, so why not do what you can for the good of humanity, rather than to waste your life doing evil?
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posted on
11/03/2001 4:21:50 PM PST
by
tessalu
To: jo6pac
This is a BS story that was posted yesterday and debunked.
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posted on
11/03/2001 4:24:20 PM PST
by
Abcdefg
To: jo6pac
Hurray! The truth can set us free. And freedom to choose destiny can also. Why were we ever worried about those volunteers? Poor sad romantic fools.
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posted on
11/03/2001 4:26:35 PM PST
by
Gimlet
To: tessalu
Thanks for the advice. I'll bump that up a couple notches on my "to do" list.
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posted on
11/03/2001 4:27:14 PM PST
by
jo6pac
To: Abcdefg
Thanks, I did a search before I posted.
Would you please post the URL?
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posted on
11/03/2001 4:30:11 PM PST
by
jo6pac
To: jo6pac
I'm not knocking you for posting this. I don't know the URL, but I remember seeing this same story here on FR, with more detail and responses showing it was a bogus story.
Sorry that I can't provide the details.
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posted on
11/03/2001 4:49:58 PM PST
by
Abcdefg
To: Abcdefg
I'm not knocking you either. I am curious to hear it debunked. The Morning Star is normally a trustworthy news source and I intend to notify them about this. Funny story, though.
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posted on
11/03/2001 4:59:15 PM PST
by
jo6pac
To: jo6pac
UK volunteer flees 'lunatics and liars' Dang!! Gores and Clintons are in the U.K.??
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posted on
11/03/2001 5:25:16 PM PST
by
boothead
To: jo6pac
If we hear confirmation of this guy's death, we'll nominate him for the
Darwin Awards.
To: Gimlet; boothead; NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
LOL!
and thanks for the link.
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posted on
11/03/2001 6:40:34 PM PST
by
jo6pac
To: Abcdefg
Is
this the post you referenced?
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posted on
11/03/2001 6:43:13 PM PST
by
jo6pac
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