Attila Ahmet has been talking to Mohammed Hamid about his desire to “strap one on” (ie, blow himself up with a suicide bomb vest):

Hamid Right and you have that right, and don’t talk like you don’t have it, right, because what you doing with in front of us you showing your aggressive side, what you fail to do you have the bottle, we know you have the bottle, you don’t have to show that, show us your intelligent side and intelligence side is this, I turned round and said to one of the brothers, you know what happened on the Tubes, right, how many altogether, four people shaheed [martyred]. Allah wa Allah I have to say this is as well, but four people got shaheed, right, how many people did they take out?

Ahmet Fifty two.

Hamid Fifty two, that’s not even a breakfast for me.

Ahmet I know it’s not.

Hamid That’s not even a breakfast for me, for me in this country, do you understand me?

Ahmet Hmm.

Hamid Now, at the same time, how I look at it, I would take my breakfast and I still be with my children and my wife and I’ll be looking after them. Remember the Jack the Ripper.

Ahmet Hmm.

Hamid Remember this people that never get caught, right, don’t let your ego go forward, let your intelligence go forward for the sake of Allah, use your hikma [wisdom] and be effective, effective, see how many gets it, see how many you can take at the same time, see how long you can last out, then if you have to go, then you’re going for a good reason.

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