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| British MP Offers Bounty on Obama, Bush |
| 2012-04-15 |
| In an expression of solidarity with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, British parliamentarian of Kashmiri origin Lord Nazir Ahmed has announced a reward for the captor[sic] of US President Barack Obama and his predecessor George W Bush. Via Harry's Place, where they want him booted from Labour, but don't think it's going to happen. |
| Posted by:Angie Schultz |
| #5 MEMRI has the original report. Lord High Mucketymuck (PTUI) might want to argue with them. During a recent visit to Pakistan, Lord Nazir Ahmed, a member of the British House of Lords who originally hails from Pakistani Kashmir, announced he was putting up a bounty of £10 million for the capture of U.S. President Barack Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush. The announcement, made at a conference held in the Pakistani town of Haripur, came in response to a recent U.S. announcement offering a $10 million reward to anyone providing information leading to the capture of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, founder of the Pakistani jihadi organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and emir of LeT's charity arm, Jamaatud Dawa. ...Following are excerpts from a report on the announcement that appeared in the Pakistani daily The Express Tribune:[2] ...[2] The Express Tribune (Pakistan), April 15, 2012. The original English has been lightly edited for clarity. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-04-15 23:09 |
| #4 Suspended from the party. Denies that he offered a bounty. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2012-04-15 22:14 |
| #3 Lord Ahmed has now denied that he said what he said. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2012-04-15 22:03 |
| #2 Barbara, He is the House of Lords and part of the Labour party. MP's are members of parliament whether Conservative Labour or Lib Dems. If this guy thinks Saeed is a hero we have no chance in making muslims see sense as already OBL,Saeed and Mullah Omar are seen as heroes in the British Pakistani community. |
| Posted by: Gruth McGurque5303 2012-04-15 18:15 |
| #1 Nice. If he's an MP, he's part of the government. If the government doesn't do anything to him, they're complicit in his announcement. Over to you, Mr. Cameron. (Maybe the UK gummint should rethink selling lordships to moslems from other countries....) |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-04-15 17:57 |