Bakr': 'Robbie and I now friends'

From: The Weekly Gleaner | Date: October 9, 2002 | Copyright information

DECLARING that he and president A.N.R. Robinson are now "friends," the leader of the group that tried to overthrow the Robinson regime in 1990 publicly launched a verbal assault on the Syrian community and a "bald-headed uncle Tom politician" at a meeting in San Juan last week.

Noting that there have been calls for him to apologise to the nation and to Robinson following the Muslimeen's attempted coup 12 years ago, Imam Yasin Bakr said:

Mr. A.N.R. Robinson, the President of this country, was a combatant. He fought me and I fought him. The battle is now over and we are friends again," Bakr ...

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