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Asylum seeker who filmed Rotherham hotel riot feared for life
BBC ^ | Aug 16 | BBC

Posted on 08/16/2024 1:40:21 AM PDT by RandFan

An asylum seeker says he thought he was going to die after masked rioters broke into the hotel he was staying in during violent unrest in Rotherham.

Abdullah, an Iraqi Kurd, had been in the UK for four months, having arrived in the country by boat, when the incident took place at the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers.

Footage taken by Abdullah and others from inside the hotel, which came under attack by a large crowd on 4 August - Abdullah's birthday - shows people shouting threats and obscenities at those inside.

Other video filmed by Abdullah shows protesters attacking a police van as well as smashed windows and panic inside the hotel.

One man, with his face covered, can be seen pulling his finger across his throat to suggest a knife cutting it.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 08/16/2024 1:40:21 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan
I have some advice for Abdullah:
Go back to Abdullahstan. Pronto.

2 posted on 08/16/2024 2:23:18 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: RandFan

I’m sure the little girls who were butchered in the street were even more fearful for their lives when an immigrant used his machete on them. Notice how the BBC doesn’t play video from that day showing the horror they went through. I really don’t GAF about how scared these invaders were when angry English citizens rightfully marched and protested their presence in their country.


3 posted on 08/16/2024 2:39:31 AM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024! )
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To: RandFan

Any lingering sympathy some on the Left may have once had for muslims and their world-conquest ideology, should be completely evaporated by now.

Many who attended the October 7th music festival in Israel were Israeli “peaceniks” who advocated for and actively assisted their muslim neighbors: giving them jobs, medical assistance and political cover. The ones who managed to survive are no longer peaceniks. Realty can be a brutal instructor.


4 posted on 08/16/2024 2:55:52 AM PDT by Blennos ( Byaasearepeat itnbelow.)
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To: Blennos

“Realty can be a brutal instructor”

Especially commercial real estate in many markets these days.


5 posted on 08/16/2024 3:34:52 AM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: Codeflier

That gave me a chuckle. I did proofread my post but missed this. Too early, I suppose.


6 posted on 08/16/2024 4:24:40 AM PDT by Blennos ( Byaasearepeat itnbelow.)
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To: Blennos

If reality was a brutal instructor, the officer who arrested the Black criminal in Minneapolis would not be in jail.

Fearing the claims of RACISM, America kisses Black Ass


7 posted on 08/16/2024 4:28:07 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: Blennos

“Any lingering sympathy some on the Left may have once had for muslims and their world-conquest ideology, should be completely evaporated by now.”

If 9/11 and other acts of Muslim terrorism didn’t permanently squash anyone in the West’s sympathy, I fear it will always reappear.

To them “NEVER forget” doesn’t mean what WE ALL think it does.


8 posted on 08/16/2024 7:18:18 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: John Milner

Yes, we’re always relearning the hard lessons of the past. Most people unfortunately have little to no awareness of their own history, much less the history of other nations.


9 posted on 08/16/2024 7:52:47 AM PDT by Blennos ( Byaasearepeat itnbelow.)
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