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Babar Ahmad (FULL) interview: My support for Taliban was 'naive' - BBC News
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March 14, 2016
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54:26Now PlayingA British man jailed over a website considered a key moment in the birth of online jihadist propaganda said he had been "naive" to support the Taliban. In his first broadcast interview, to the Victoria Derbyshire programme, Babar Ahmad, 41, said he had "not knowingly" supported Osama Bin Laden. Ahmad was jailed in the US in 2014 after fighting a record eight-year campaign against extradition. He condemned so-called Islamic State as "alien" to his heritage and beliefs. The former IT support worker also claims he was “hooded” by the Met Police – a practise which breaches article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Met told us: "No complaint regarding Mr Ahmad's treatment during his extradition has been received by the Metropolitan Police Service".
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