{"id":696,"date":"2006-06-13T23:41:26","date_gmt":"2006-06-13T22:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogistan.co.uk\/ijwp\/mt.php\/2006\/06\/13\/quotes_from_forest_gate_brothers"},"modified":"2025-10-10T20:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:54:56","slug":"quotes_from_forest_gate_brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogistan.co.uk\/blog\/mt.php\/2006\/06\/13\/quotes_from_forest_gate_brothers","title":{"rendered":"Quotes from Forest Gate brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC NEWS | UK | In quotes: Terror raid brothers<\/a><\/p>\n

\nAbdul Kahar:<\/strong> As soon as I turn around I just see an orange spark and a big bang.
\nAt that time I flew into the wall. As I flew into the wall, I slipped down. As I slipped down, I was on the floor. I look to my right, on my chest I see blood coming down my chest and I see a hole in my chest.
\nAt that moment, I knew I was shot, but the first thing I was thinking is that there's an armed robbery taking place.
\n… I was begging: 'Please, please, I cannot move.'
\nHe just kicked me in my face, and he kept on saying: 'Shut the fuck up. Stay here.'
\nI thought they were going to shoot me again or shoot my brother.
\nAbul Koyair:<\/strong> Actually me myself, I applied to be a police officer, a community police officer, recently.
\nThey gave me a confirmation letter, which I received from them.
\nMy family was behind me in what I wanted to do, and now I think all their views has changed.
\nThey don't want me to be associated anywhere near police. I feel that my mum, my dad they don't trust polices anymore.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note: one of the Guildford Four, Carole Richardson, actually rode round the streets of the London suburb she was living in with police who were investigating a crime in which she was the victim just weeks before her arrest on trumped-up terrorism charges. Seems like they still can't judge the behaviour of someone who should be on the run from the police …<\/p>\n

\nAbdul Kahar:<\/strong> At the beginning, I was more curious. I wanted to know the reason why I got arrested.
\nI knew it was something to do with terrorism. I asked the officer in charge of the police: 'Can you tell me, what have I done?'
\nThey mentioned a few names of terrorist organisations. I didn't recognise any of them until they mentioned al-Qaeda.
\nThen they said: 'Are you a member of Jemaah Islamiah?' They kept on telling me I'm a member of a few things.
\nThen at the end they go: 'I know it's going to be a daft question, but are you a member of a white organisation, the Ku Klux Klan?'
\nI didn't even have time to laugh. I thought: 'These people are thinking I'm a white terrorist now', and they wasn't even joking.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(More: Osama Saeed<\/a>, Pickled Politics<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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