The Man Who Tried to Overthrow the Trinidad Government: Interview with Abu Bakr

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At his compound on the outskirts of Port of Spain, the man responsible for the only attempted militant Islamic overthrow of a Western government is smiling. "I've been charged with treason, I've been charged with sedition, with murder, conspiracy to murder, [stockpiling] guns...." Abu Bakr, the fiery 73-year-old leader of Jamaat al Muslimeen, rattles off the many accusations that the government of Trinidad and Tobago has leveled against him.
"Nothing has stuck, because it's fabricated," he continues. "They list all the charges in a book, and they just throw the book at me.... That's not prosecution, that's persecution!"
Bakr has mellowed a bit in his old age, but he still relishes the opportunity to serve as a thorn in the side of the government with whom he has clashed for decades. Depending on which local you ask, "The Jamaat" is either a jihadi group, a vast criminal organization, an invaluable community resource providing jobs and social services to Trinidad's disadvantaged, or a combination of all three.
But everyone agrees that the coup that Bakr led in 1990 - which held the state hostage for six days, unleashed widespread looting and chaos, and resulted in 24 deaths and the shooting of the prime minister - changed the country forever.
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  • @tjr4459
    @tjr44594 жыл бұрын

    Can’t believe I’m only now seeing this 6 years later in 2020.

  • @darbatkidsmedia4242

    @darbatkidsmedia4242

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same bro

  • @jovannamitchell5308

    @jovannamitchell5308

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here

  • @jman9451

    @jman9451

    3 жыл бұрын

    Facts

  • @neishaguy

    @neishaguy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same here...

  • @vydonmahabir7766

    @vydonmahabir7766

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same... Why are we all seeing this at the same time 👀 especially near election time in trinidad 😳

  • @kylajohn6847
    @kylajohn68474 жыл бұрын

    Anyone is watching this in 2020?

  • @jamalfabien6356

    @jamalfabien6356

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yessir

  • @keydellkerr4493

    @keydellkerr4493

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yup

  • @rolandastjohn5215

    @rolandastjohn5215

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol Trinidad is not a real place

  • @Lanii5234

    @Lanii5234

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah

  • @nathanthomas9395

    @nathanthomas9395

    4 жыл бұрын

    yup

  • @reshadmohammed5586
    @reshadmohammed55865 жыл бұрын

    Any trinidadian viewing in 2019 👀

  • @sonsongg6666

    @sonsongg6666

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yurrr

  • @jerellvillaroel2931

    @jerellvillaroel2931

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yuup

  • @hulkbustersmash73

    @hulkbustersmash73

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yup.

  • @bigt2141

    @bigt2141

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yepp

  • @ronsocresswell733

    @ronsocresswell733

    5 жыл бұрын

    HAITI EK SESEL EK MAURIS PILON!!! LOCEAN ENDIEN PLI ZOLI KI LOSEAN CARAIBYEN. NU PLI RED KI ZOT!!! NU ZIL PLI ZOLI KI POU ZOT!!!! NU ANNAN PLIS DRG KI ZOT!!!! EOULA BEZ SORTI LA DON!!! HAITIEN POU BAT ZOT KALOT FERMAL!!! PILON!!!!! KAPLE DAN OU FES OU. NU SESELWA NU ZAKO. CREOLE!!! PREZAN KWA!!??? KI OU POU FER??? PA SEYE FRERLA OU TANDE,OU POU GANY BATE?? FERMAL. OU POU GANY DIMAL. KOUTPYE DAN FES PARTOU.

  • @barelyawake868
    @barelyawake8684 жыл бұрын

    abu bakr tall as hell. he was doing the wrong type of shooting in 1990.

  • @Destinnies

    @Destinnies

    4 жыл бұрын

    LMFAOOOO

  • @JabbaDG

    @JabbaDG

    3 жыл бұрын

    This man everywhere boy LMAO

  • @adamsamuel8593

    @adamsamuel8593

    2 жыл бұрын

    Could have been Trinidad's Kareem Abdul Jabbar lol

  • @cherylestrada6943

    @cherylestrada6943

    2 жыл бұрын

    O my God give him grace

  • @kachehlee678

    @kachehlee678

    2 жыл бұрын

    YH IKR HE RELL TALL

  • @grandy
    @grandy2 жыл бұрын

    who's here after learning of his death?

  • @verenant4567

    @verenant4567

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me

  • @chadnunes2929

    @chadnunes2929

    2 жыл бұрын

    Weird how it came up in my suggested

  • @some_random_peson1722

    @some_random_peson1722

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me

  • @k.charles683

    @k.charles683

    2 жыл бұрын

    KZread suggest it

  • @jipolive

    @jipolive

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me

  • @DjStilettoMafiosa
    @DjStilettoMafiosa2 жыл бұрын

    Didn't know that this vid existed, KZread just suggested it to me.

  • @merleclarkediaz7815

    @merleclarkediaz7815

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @daniellephillip5914

    @daniellephillip5914

    2 жыл бұрын

    likewise

  • @ninafrederick6048

    @ninafrederick6048

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @allaniscedeno9485

    @allaniscedeno9485

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @kizmiaz69
    @kizmiaz6910 жыл бұрын

    He's telling the truth. However, the rich and powerful never want peace and unity amongst the poor.

  • @FaddaWolf

    @FaddaWolf

    10 жыл бұрын

    Y would they when they could divide and rule?

  • @noob.168

    @noob.168

    10 жыл бұрын

    FaddaWolf so the poor would be busy fighting each other rather than fighting the rich.

  • @harrymuhammad9835

    @harrymuhammad9835

    5 жыл бұрын

    😏

  • @alper8966

    @alper8966

    5 жыл бұрын

    The dude is a jihadi

  • @ameriqueindienindigene9096

    @ameriqueindienindigene9096

    4 жыл бұрын

    They are trying to have the ORIGINAL people of that Island kill themselves with this "government" formed gang system throughout the Americas. We have to wake up and get rid of all these foreigners PERIOD.

  • @Deeebully
    @Deeebully10 жыл бұрын

    "Man tried to destroy the mosque and the tractor flipped on him."

  • @ezell704

    @ezell704

    4 жыл бұрын

    Deeebully 😂

  • @helpinghand2304

    @helpinghand2304

    4 жыл бұрын

    Alhamdulilah

  • @VSM101

    @VSM101

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah it never happened

  • @Afrocanuk

    @Afrocanuk

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@VSM101 It never happened, but if it did, it is the mosque that would've flipped.

  • @makayabutcher156

    @makayabutcher156

    3 жыл бұрын

    Allahu Akbar

  • @nashorie
    @nashorie10 жыл бұрын

    Fuck it now makes sense to me thats y the government signed the amnesty because Baka had dirt on them

  • @fitawrarifitness6842

    @fitawrarifitness6842

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly!

  • @femaledude2735

    @femaledude2735

    2 ай бұрын

    no you fool

  • @marlonbellot.481
    @marlonbellot.4815 жыл бұрын

    Who's watching in Tuesday, July 30, 2019?

  • @macjonez500

    @macjonez500

    5 жыл бұрын

    Came back jus got the reminder....everybody's involved!!

  • @kizzyjoseph1536

    @kizzyjoseph1536

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm watching 1 of August 2019 lol

  • @kalyaangoordat3773

    @kalyaangoordat3773

    5 жыл бұрын

    Friday, August 2 2019

  • @meganpierre1880

    @meganpierre1880

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kalyaangoordat3773 Same

  • @anyib.3150

    @anyib.3150

    5 жыл бұрын

    Saw he recommendation several days now so watching it again after 5 years

  • @kareemzmohammed7129
    @kareemzmohammed71295 жыл бұрын

    This video is 5 years old and yet today all Abu Bakr said is happening.

  • @rayaddd

    @rayaddd

    3 жыл бұрын

    Reemee

  • @zurielphillips2927
    @zurielphillips29274 жыл бұрын

    Just listening to this man you could tell he is well educated

  • @shapermechanist

    @shapermechanist

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also very intelligent

  • @breadstick4187

    @breadstick4187

    2 жыл бұрын

    I sadly disagree

  • @meow6858

    @meow6858

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@breadstick4187 bruh

  • @chrigael5911

    @chrigael5911

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is brilliant people does do these things he went to QRC studied in Canada join the police service left as a sargeant BRILLIANT EH

  • @blacknwhitetruthfully5325
    @blacknwhitetruthfully53255 жыл бұрын

    We trinis does tear down each other The whole Caribbean does laugh at we I’m not Muslim but this man is spitting the truth

  • @8989321

    @8989321

    3 жыл бұрын

    we need a strong leader

  • @fitawrarifitness6842

    @fitawrarifitness6842

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@8989321 we need a strong, EMPATHETIC leader.

  • @matthewtyndale9122

    @matthewtyndale9122

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nah lie bredda di accent jus inna mi brain

  • @femaledude2735

    @femaledude2735

    2 ай бұрын

    he killed people idiot

  • @skullpoly1967
    @skullpoly19674 жыл бұрын

    Any trini watching this with me 😂

  • @pimpiniseasy2778

    @pimpiniseasy2778

    4 жыл бұрын

    skullpoly you’re not a real trini

  • @ien2864

    @ien2864

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yesssir

  • @skullpoly1967

    @skullpoly1967

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@pimpiniseasy2778 but I am doh sorry I now seeing this

  • @skullpoly1967

    @skullpoly1967

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ien2864 u see the big scene the other day with the riots this gave me some flash backs to this video

  • @pimpiniseasy2778

    @pimpiniseasy2778

    4 жыл бұрын

    skullpoly indo

  • @krakensic669
    @krakensic6694 жыл бұрын

    "you see any swimming pools in John John" 😂😂🤣

  • @TeamGrimm

    @TeamGrimm

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣

  • @renaldo6676

    @renaldo6676

    2 жыл бұрын

    I weak 😂😂

  • @nnnwtt3133

    @nnnwtt3133

    2 жыл бұрын

    😆😆

  • @shakeempierre3477
    @shakeempierre34778 жыл бұрын

    Nothing he said in this interview was a lie.

  • @CElle572

    @CElle572

    4 жыл бұрын

    What he said is common knowledge...

  • @judahfari
    @judahfari6 жыл бұрын

    When Abu Bakr was at my brother funeral he came in an asked who's the father of the lost an he saw it was my father he was shocked because he know my father very well an didn't know cornflakes was my father's son,Abu Bakr bought tears in my eyes when he spoke at the funeral.

  • @showmercytoothers4059

    @showmercytoothers4059

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Only-interested-in-the-truth you can see his heart?

  • @Only-interested-in-the-truth

    @Only-interested-in-the-truth

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@showmercytoothers4059 But I know how to smell a rat. Dishonesty leaks out of some people.

  • @CaptHC

    @CaptHC

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Only-interested-in-the-truth I see u have trust issues. You need to learn to trust some people.

  • @Only-interested-in-the-truth

    @Only-interested-in-the-truth

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@CaptHC Nope. I am objective. If it sounds like BS. Smells like BS. It usually not the full story. People love to spin their explanations to present the story in a favourable way to meet their objectives. People need to stop hearing what they want to hear and focus on the facts!

  • @CaptHC

    @CaptHC

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Only-interested-in-the-truth with that logic,then we shouldn't trust anyone at all?

  • @aquarian7
    @aquarian75 жыл бұрын

    I don't know if it's the accent or just his demeanour, he was very enjoyable to listen to.

  • @afromoreno7460

    @afromoreno7460

    5 жыл бұрын

    Doron Berger we accent sweet

  • @samuel70315

    @samuel70315

    4 жыл бұрын

    @K4 Josiah BMT

  • @nathanaelcudjoe4165

    @nathanaelcudjoe4165

    2 жыл бұрын

    We’re known for having one of the most nice sounding accents lol😂

  • @JohnSmith-pv5wj
    @JohnSmith-pv5wj10 жыл бұрын

    "I am a very lover man, and all da girls love me"- Abu Bakr.

  • @asmaaal-meen9727

    @asmaaal-meen9727

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Titanecks

    @Titanecks

    5 жыл бұрын

    wow slow your role kid he's a pig because he is not because he is islamic

  • @kaz007

    @kaz007

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Jack John you eat pig u pig

  • @772fortpierce

    @772fortpierce

    4 жыл бұрын

    " Its out of control"

  • @facesbyfafa930

    @facesbyfafa930

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @keinellgarcia1994
    @keinellgarcia19942 жыл бұрын

    RIP to Abu BAKR, ABU BAKR died last night (Thursday October 21st 2021) at hospital after collapsing at his home 😭😭😭😭

  • @caro6993

    @caro6993

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm just watching this and it's very interesting

  • @fitzgeraldalexander6029

    @fitzgeraldalexander6029

    2 жыл бұрын

    rest in PEACE ABU

  • @ferretman6790

    @ferretman6790

    Жыл бұрын

    “Collapsing” i would imagine……..

  • @bobsaget9717

    @bobsaget9717

    Жыл бұрын

    May Allah swt grant him the highest level of paradise.

  • @keesie200

    @keesie200

    11 ай бұрын

    May Allah swt grant bless soul even in the after life

  • @mandulis
    @mandulis5 жыл бұрын

    "Poverty Leads To Disbelief"....

  • @okeykkey
    @okeykkey10 жыл бұрын

    As Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik Shabazz) said I don't need a religion which does not allows me to fight for my freedom.

  • @jameswray50

    @jameswray50

    10 жыл бұрын

    How about a religion where there is no need to fight for freedom? I'm an atheist, and I live in the West. I have no religion or desire for religion, and my life is peaceful with relative freedom. Muslims think islam is being threatened (some muslims) but the truth is that no one give a damn what you believe. No one is trying to keep you from being free. Extremists are keeping people from freedom by using fear to control people.

  • @mosaabel-ouardani1540

    @mosaabel-ouardani1540

    10 жыл бұрын

    DaCamponTwee What you need to understand is that the Extremists got a point and yes you guys don't care what we believe but because of what you do the 'Western' Muslim generation is following western behaviour such as adultery, pornography, intoxications (Wine and Alcohol) and other haram (Forbidden) acts within Islam. Back to the point that in other countries Muslims are fighting for freedom from their dictators what were planted there by western powers for example King Saud of Saudi Arabia was planted by Britain to enforce democracy upon the inhabitants. The real difference between Extremist and Moderate is the implementation of Shar'iah (Gods Law) and just living in a low where the people hold superiority not God.

  • @mosaabel-ouardani1540

    @mosaabel-ouardani1540

    10 жыл бұрын

    Alfred Simcik Im not talking about the Middle East, I am talking about Islam - Islam forbids Adultery, Intoxications, Pornography, Rape and other sinful acts. Unfortunately there is not one Islamic state in the world today, In the middle east and Iran where you say they commit drugs and so on don't follow their religion. This isnt just with Islam its with Judaism, Christianity (If the people follow it) and other major religons. I didn't say all Westerners commit acts such as adultery but what I am saying is that it is 'Normal' for a girl and boy 14/15 to meet in a night club and have sex after getting really drunk and high on weed. Yes there are many good westerners especially the westerners of the 19th century that condemn what the young generation commit in their life - just sitting on their phoens all day - going out for sex - getting drunk on a Friday night and so on. Keep in mind that I am not trying to offend you in any way or the west but just displaying me and many others thoughts on the current west. Just to clarify the middle east doesnt have the highest obesity rates but it is incase America with the highest obesity rates and other European countries

  • @Arctorkovich

    @Arctorkovich

    10 жыл бұрын

    DaCamponTwee Religion cannot inspire peace, just like psychopathy cannot inspire peace. It's a mental illness.

  • @mosaabel-ouardani1540

    @mosaabel-ouardani1540

    10 жыл бұрын

    Arctor kovich That is a very ignorant view and very closed point with no evidence - From that I assume that you don't understand all of religion but instead the negatives of a religion and what the media throws at your face if your sofa back in USA.

  • @PureHeavenlySultan
    @PureHeavenlySultan10 жыл бұрын

    He makes sense, They must have control on the streets, and people who follow the rule of law.

  • @badmnz123

    @badmnz123

    10 жыл бұрын

    he does talk some truth however you cannot learn everything about a man in 14 mins

  • @srtneonalex

    @srtneonalex

    10 жыл бұрын

    His metaphorical analogy is accurate. And with that being said, using less discipline and still achieving desired results seems like a solid strategy in approaching anything. Quite a mouthful but it makes sense if you think on it.

  • @wtfsincerlyjapan

    @wtfsincerlyjapan

    10 жыл бұрын

    he is a mad man that desabilizeed an entire country

  • @FinalTruce

    @FinalTruce

    10 жыл бұрын

    He does seem to be an intelligent man, but his morals regarding religion are horrific

  • @wtfsincerlyjapan

    @wtfsincerlyjapan

    10 жыл бұрын

    FinalTruce just as a reference the biggest backer of his gang is gahdafi(or was)

  • @nixon6216
    @nixon62163 жыл бұрын

    A Netflix doc on this would be epic.

  • @jovannamitchell5308
    @jovannamitchell53084 жыл бұрын

    Can’t believe this was 6 years ago and everything he’s talking about still happening

  • @jman9451

    @jman9451

    3 жыл бұрын

    I still tryna figure out why this now popping up in my feed

  • @MrHotstepper89
    @MrHotstepper8910 жыл бұрын

    0:58 anybody else surprised he was that big!!

  • @rhondaharrera1625

    @rhondaharrera1625

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂 yessss

  • @patmccrutch3927

    @patmccrutch3927

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nope... it’s common knowledge

  • @nicholass3892
    @nicholass389210 жыл бұрын

    Trinidad and Tobago one of the few places in the world where a guy that tries to overthrow the government, kills and harms innocents walks with his head held high in the streets

  • @IHTCAU

    @IHTCAU

    5 жыл бұрын

    Most people don't know who he is or what he did

  • @kevinalexander2741

    @kevinalexander2741

    5 жыл бұрын

    Listen the politicians are being bribed by the cartels of Colombia ! He had to have a smear campaign put on him ! To get you focused on him and not the real problem. Guns and drugs! Wake up. He couldn't be brided!!! 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

  • @rolandastjohn5215

    @rolandastjohn5215

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kevin Alexander true but treason is treason

  • @stillirise7813

    @stillirise7813

    3 жыл бұрын

    We call that a boss player

  • @basquiat9015

    @basquiat9015

    3 жыл бұрын

    What he did was necessary and patriotic. Evil prosper when good men do nothing. Not pardoning his actions, because clearly it was heinous to an extent but at the same time, Bakr did what should be a decade/regular drill, and that is to put the government in check when things get to corrupted and out of hand. We need to stop act like the government is saints or their initiative is to provide economic and social incentives to stimulate change, growth and development as opposed to self-satisfaction and personal agenda in the form of ruthless corruption and state sponsored terror sim in the nefarious narcotic trades. In the Caribbean, there has been many uprisings and anarchy in the form of Cuban, Haitian revolutions and Jamaica uprisings. What make this man so bad is the way it is propagated as the first and only Islamic uprising and government takeover, in the Western Hemisphere which is true, but opposed to its prime purpose which was to debilitate corruption and send a message.

  • @aziza6574
    @aziza65745 жыл бұрын

    Trinidad and Tobago would be so different if he went through with the Coup

  • @krystaldegannes618

    @krystaldegannes618

    2 жыл бұрын

    He did go through with the coup. They burnt down the red house and people died.

  • @kuskut

    @kuskut

    2 жыл бұрын

    By now he would've had people like you bending over and holding your ankles.

  • @krystaldegannes618

    @krystaldegannes618

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kuskut remember the dead have respect for them. Have respect for their families. There’s better ways than violence. Especially if you are a religious leader. Especially if you hold the ears of many. Think of the Your neighbors Your friends You have to remember people died. Just going to work and minding their business. They deserved that? You have no idea about them. You don’t care. After all In your words “People like you bending over” You don’t know me I don’t know you But I seem to have more respect for you than you have for others I pray for you and yours and that you never have to lose anyone in the manner that people were lost in the coup

  • @luckyboypictures
    @luckyboypictures5 жыл бұрын

    It's sad a beautiful country is crumbling with crime and drugs, something must be done, just can't sit back and watch. As a film producer, I am working on a project about this problem Trinidad is facing.

  • @sonsongg6666

    @sonsongg6666

    5 жыл бұрын

    Facts

  • @cookwithcel1455

    @cookwithcel1455

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know this is an old comment but have you finished? Also there is a documentary called "The Great Hack" which spoke about the interferance in tnt elections in 2010. Highly recommend you watch.

  • @luckyboypictures

    @luckyboypictures

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cookwithcel1455 Thanks to Covid it put the project on the back burner but starting to work on it again, thanks for asking,

  • @kevonjames2621

    @kevonjames2621

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@luckyboypictures waiting

  • @luckyboypictures

    @luckyboypictures

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kevonjames2621 Thanks Kevon, all the best.

  • @bheemalramlogan4737
    @bheemalramlogan47374 жыл бұрын

    How ironic I'm watching this July 27th, 2020

  • @kalandarism
    @kalandarism3 жыл бұрын

    The gentleman who speaks his heart. I love his voice and accent. Pure joy to listen.

  • @krystaldegannes618

    @krystaldegannes618

    2 жыл бұрын

    This man lead a coup. People died and he was not charged. As a Trini his actions are shameful. He is not to be praised

  • @kuskut

    @kuskut

    2 жыл бұрын

    WTF is wrong with you? Do you have any idea what this man did to TNT. Wake up you FUCKING idiot!

  • @kurapika4860
    @kurapika48603 жыл бұрын

    Nobody: KZread: let’s recommend this 6 years later

  • @isaacbrathwaite145
    @isaacbrathwaite1453 жыл бұрын

    Believe it or not but my grandfather trained Abu bakr to be a police officer

  • @MegaShredder101
    @MegaShredder1014 жыл бұрын

    Big up to anyone watching in 2020

  • @KingGabrielQuincyCollymore
    @KingGabrielQuincyCollymore10 жыл бұрын

    Nice to hear the other side of that story. The corruption is way too deep in Trinidad. May God's light arise within the minds of those who have thought it could be otherwise, and liberate us from the fear that seems to have control. God is !

  • @londonbowcat1

    @londonbowcat1

    Жыл бұрын

    08:40 discipline better than laws

  • @KrazyClickGaming
    @KrazyClickGaming10 жыл бұрын

    Everything else aside and his past, This guy made a whole lot of reasonable sense here. It's only one video and he obviously has other opinions but this one video is better said about the situation in Trinidad then anything I've seen.

  • @SohnDesMenschen

    @SohnDesMenschen

    10 жыл бұрын

    True but it is one sided.

  • @KrazyClickGaming

    @KrazyClickGaming

    10 жыл бұрын

    CROSS True but the other side isn't doing a lot lot of good, His side is at least accurate. I'm not referring to his religious side, That side of him is fucked as with any religious side to anyone ever lol. His political ideology however is right on. Not even the rich are happy when they can't leave there homes and be 100% safe. Mass killings, drive bys, Gangs, drugs etc...Just my opinion i suppose.

  • @martinmohammed3351

    @martinmohammed3351

    10 жыл бұрын

    you are right

  • @martinmohammed3351

    @martinmohammed3351

    10 жыл бұрын

    CROSS i live here the government is f**ked up

  • @SohnDesMenschen

    @SohnDesMenschen

    10 жыл бұрын

    Barry these older heads only tell half truths a lot of the time, that's all I'm saying.

  • @TT-qd4eb
    @TT-qd4eb4 жыл бұрын

    I could watch this over and over and over

  • @sairahramsingh9756
    @sairahramsingh97565 жыл бұрын

    It's how in 2018 we are seeing what he's talking about

  • @satanspy
    @satanspy2 ай бұрын

    The Trinidad accent is so elegant,sounds like old British mixed with a Caribbean inflection.

  • @VinzofTay30
    @VinzofTay305 жыл бұрын

    That interviewer ask questions in a detective manner patiently and picking when to.

  • @destinymonticeuex6561
    @destinymonticeuex65613 жыл бұрын

    Here we are 31 years after.

  • @nicholashercules8852

    @nicholashercules8852

    3 жыл бұрын

    I now watching dis in 2021 n everything is coming tuh past💀💀

  • @johnrutty6029
    @johnrutty60295 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Jamaican and the same problem exist here criminals in high places is the problem.

  • @johnrutty6029

    @johnrutty6029

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Da Royal General a politicians mash up the world with them isms and schism nutten for the masses fill up dem pocket and use the Babylon vampire system suck the blood of the sufferer.

  • @johnrutty6029

    @johnrutty6029

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Da Royal General system a fraud .

  • @johnrutty6029

    @johnrutty6029

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Da Royal General nobody nha fight fi equal rights again dem tek food and suppress wi fighting spirit. look when Nanny and Codjoe dem de a bush a fight against the system u think them stop fight Saturday evening fi come a supermarket dem eat of a the land and gwaan fight the struggle but right ya now man wi stop fight fi go buy credit put pon dam phone.

  • @johnrutty6029

    @johnrutty6029

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Da Royal General dat me say to general we all living a lie.

  • @johnrutty6029

    @johnrutty6029

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Da Royal General dem a celebrate all progress and don't even realize a backward them a go. Brainwashed education through church and university, the foolest one a the educated ones dem with their heads held high Babylon school dem and fool dem with piece a paper say they're educated with them bachelor's and masters and doctorates.

  • @hecki3528
    @hecki35284 жыл бұрын

    Who’s watching this August 12 2019

  • @Trini1169

    @Trini1169

    4 жыл бұрын

    Born & raised in T&T! I was there for this. This is eye opening!

  • @begreat2day556
    @begreat2day5565 жыл бұрын

    Is there a part 2? I want more!!

  • @keez994
    @keez9945 жыл бұрын

    His own foot soldiers became the worst gangs still around today.

  • @randyneil6161
    @randyneil61617 жыл бұрын

    He should do it again. Police corruption has increased by 10,000% and they are unpunished. Politicians are the worst especially those that are Lawyers.

  • @analisabennett345

    @analisabennett345

    2 жыл бұрын

    The story of Dole Chadee lines up with what he is saying.

  • @raulsimms4399
    @raulsimms43992 жыл бұрын

    Part 2 let’s goooo😭😭

  • @crystalbarasa6405
    @crystalbarasa64053 ай бұрын

    I grew up on negative stories about this man. Seeing this video for the first time. May his soul RIP

  • @soli82cat
    @soli82cat10 жыл бұрын

    Before watching this interview, I had a negative view of Yasin Abu Bakr, thanks largely to my parents and family. This is also due to whatever Islamaphobia they foster. But after watching this interview, I have to say I agree with him to why T&T is the way it is right now.

  • @krystaldegannes618

    @krystaldegannes618

    2 жыл бұрын

    Praising a terrorist. People died in the coup. It doesn’t matter your faith… murder is a sin. And to holding a country under violence is not admirable. No this man is not a hero. Family lost love ones and business were wrecked. Remember those people when you chose your heroes

  • @tiax2923

    @tiax2923

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@krystaldegannes618 If someone held your head underwater....what would be a natural response.....People need to think for themselves and to open their eyes hearts and minds.

  • @killabee9473

    @killabee9473

    Жыл бұрын

    @@krystaldegannes618 better than Trinidad govt corruption

  • @ebonyeyez5607

    @ebonyeyez5607

    Жыл бұрын

    @@krystaldegannes618 u a real idiot

  • @MrAFGKILLA

    @MrAFGKILLA

    9 ай бұрын

    Why don’t you become Muslim? It’s the solution to all the problems, it’s the only religion that wasn’t forced on the people of Trinidad, not just Trinidad but the whole world

  • @user-zg9bt6eb2r
    @user-zg9bt6eb2r2 жыл бұрын

    So he killed my cousin and my friend's husband.Left my friend's children fatherless.That's justice for the poor?C'mon Bakr.your people committed lots of murders

  • @stacyr4768

    @stacyr4768

    2 ай бұрын

    Oh my

  • @no.no647

    @no.no647

    15 күн бұрын

    I get that but in my opinion there has never been this type of act where innocent people wouldnt have been affected aswell and that’s just unavoidable. I don’t think we should judge the man just based on that

  • @sheltonpittman4845
    @sheltonpittman48458 ай бұрын

    💪🏾 Ralo brought me here. Thanks for spreading the message my brother

  • @XAXMirzaX
    @XAXMirzaX10 жыл бұрын

    I like this guy.

  • @anniyah1774
    @anniyah17743 жыл бұрын

    I'm actually one of his granddaughters 🙂🤚

  • @stillirise7813

    @stillirise7813

    2 жыл бұрын

    He is a good man

  • @rosemariegray-olabiran7991

    @rosemariegray-olabiran7991

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rip to your grand dad.

  • @V4V0206
    @V4V020610 жыл бұрын

    Wow I cant believe some of the ridiculous comments ppl have posted. what is more important here is to read between the lines (for the trinis). this was a dark time in our history. I myself was six at the time and still don't understand why it happened and why the state chose to sign amnesty with Bakr and not persecute him but when this came out it was clear that drugs have been a big part of our economy and that 1990 was indeed the catalyst for where Trinidad is at this point in time. rampant with corruption, drugs crime and no resolve. people are struggling everyday to make ends meet and if your a nobody who doesn't know a somebody your arse is screwed. smh

  • @DaleCupid

    @DaleCupid

    10 жыл бұрын

    facts

  • @englishowl

    @englishowl

    10 жыл бұрын

    I guess most people are not free minded like you, they only talk what they hear, have no understanding and never seek knowledge, that's the true meaning of the word NIGER, what a shame on them.

  • @ishmaelcrosby9560

    @ishmaelcrosby9560

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fast forward 2019 and things are just getting worst

  • @FaddaWolf
    @FaddaWolf10 жыл бұрын

    I've always said that abu bakr is a ver charismatic leader, able to make the most determined men follow him after a few conversations. That being said, he was once one of the most dangerous men in the western underworld. While he makes a lot of sense in this interview, he also has to answer many questions with variations of the truth and always to make sure that he protects himself at all times during the questioning. Yes there was a lot of control by the jamat in the criminal underworld and they kept things relatively civil. But the also whiped out anyone who could oppose them. Yes they had the best intentions of cleaning up the country with their attempted coup, but they also had their own agenda. Not to mention they went about it completely wrong. It's not what you do, but how you do it. All this being said, the journalist may not have even realised how much danger he was in when abu bakr said "you are insulting my intelligence". Remember at all times, this man controlled the likes of powers, wolfy, wounded, malik, nigga, sappy and a host more of overlords, seasoned and skilled killers, and men with the means of overthrowing a country or rot it out with murderous crimes, rage and bloodshed to rival some of the most bloody ecounters in latin america. Had he not been involved in the underworld and crime, he would have been 1 hell of a politician.

  • @andycalimara

    @andycalimara

    4 жыл бұрын

    For real. This man brought so much pain for so many families. And now he gets to gloss over it with a smile.

  • @Isochest

    @Isochest

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@andycalimara Exactly. A truly evil man we do not need at all.

  • @marcoprimo4042

    @marcoprimo4042

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Isochest so the government is good, the government always had and have the citizens interest ent??? You all are brainwashed and blinded by what's truly happening.

  • @Isochest

    @Isochest

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marcoprimo4042 Bakr is like them. A Power Seeking crook

  • @marcoprimo4042

    @marcoprimo4042

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Isochest that's your person opinion, not based on facts.

  • @Aydan.tt_
    @Aydan.tt_2 жыл бұрын

    Who's here when he passed away.... R.I.P

  • @slowshowmoney4915
    @slowshowmoney49154 жыл бұрын

    2020 learning about my mother homeland

  • @TheShenmueMaster
    @TheShenmueMaster10 жыл бұрын

    I really like his metaphor for running a home correctly and reflecting your wife and children, great metaphor for any and all government..

  • @JabbaDG
    @JabbaDG2 жыл бұрын

    Interesting time for this to be recommended He passed a few days ago

  • @happydre4197
    @happydre41978 жыл бұрын

    insightful

  • @djtrippd
    @djtrippd10 жыл бұрын

    I was just in Morvant in April and I'm so happy to see that Vice is bringing attention to Trinidad. In my short visit being with family I felt safe but at night was a little nervous by the gun shots I could hear ringing out. Every morning reading the headlines of murder was a grim reminder of where I was. Everyone will tell you the same thing, "Trinidad has resources and money". The problem is that its bigger then Trinidad, the international drug trade that flows through the island is a world wide problem and cannot be simply cleaned up. Side note about Muslims in Trinidad, they are not your stereo typical extremist. When slaves were brought over from the east, Muslims, Hindus and others had to put aside their differences and work together for survival, along with the vast mixed population of people from all over the planet that still exist today.

  • @londonbowcat1

    @londonbowcat1

    Жыл бұрын

    Extra judicial killings

  • @jadeking5522
    @jadeking55225 жыл бұрын

    @3:13 Allah knows best💪❤

  • @MasterTheKeys
    @MasterTheKeys2 жыл бұрын

    Trinidadian watching in October 2021 🇹🇹

  • @richardbridglal1620
    @richardbridglal16202 жыл бұрын

    Any Trinidadian viewing in 2021 👀

  • @bondarkenergy
    @bondarkenergy4 жыл бұрын

    No charges stuck because of the amnesty which was offered, but presently charges can now be pressed because that ruling has since been overturned.

  • @VanaeCavae
    @VanaeCavae10 жыл бұрын

    I like this guy. Religion is good for helping the downtrodden and weak members of society and seeking social justice. But Religion becomes bad when it has too much political power. Religion should stay at the grassroots level.

  • @VanaeCavae

    @VanaeCavae

    10 жыл бұрын

    ***** Sorry dude i don't believe in hell or heaven. I am an agnostic. You are entitled to your stories about the afterlife. i am from Singapore. We have a sizable muslim community here. The neighboring countries are all Muslims majority. Sharia & Hudud is in action in places like Kelantan and Aceh near my country. I am familiar with your Din. Thanks but no thanks :)

  • @JohnSmith-uu5bo

    @JohnSmith-uu5bo

    10 жыл бұрын

    agreed

  • @Kaelyzz

    @Kaelyzz

    10 жыл бұрын

    ***** Lol, western culture is spreading to eastern countries like an uncontrollable fire. Why? Simply because it's better. "Especially in Islam you cannot split politic and religion because they both work together to create peace and harmony in a state."

  • @jinglebells5838

    @jinglebells5838

    10 жыл бұрын

    ***** I don't agree with what your saying but even I could have put across your argument in a much more coherent manner. You mention Egypt, Libya, Ukraine and Germany and I have no idea what point you were making

  • @omarmenasy4046

    @omarmenasy4046

    10 жыл бұрын

    Kaelyzz "Lol,western culture is spreading to eastern countries like an uncontrollable fire.Why? Simply because it's better." no stop lying to yourself the only reason western culture is spreading is organized violence and corporations. Even then its not spreading like fire like you say.

  • @majolusjohn4075
    @majolusjohn40752 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting interview.

  • @hajileserpud9539
    @hajileserpud95398 жыл бұрын

    lol... Vice be having some really good thought provoking interviews and Documentarys, these are real Journalist not the two bit ass kissers on CNN & NBC... there was a lot of sense spoken in this vid

  • @londonbowcat1

    @londonbowcat1

    Жыл бұрын

    13:00 a Jewish nose ?

  • @trinibago7682
    @trinibago76825 жыл бұрын

    All these people praising this man and his action!!! People!!!!!! The coup cost some folks their lives!!!!!! How in the world could that be praiseworthy?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????!! Brutal, ignorant, selfish people!!!! Sad... sad... sad, only until it hits home negatively for us we have a problem, but, "it did me good" so "bless him!" nasty human beings. Rest in peace to all those whose lives were snatched from them... and my sympathies to their loved ones who are still mourning their loses to this day.

  • @DaggerSecurity

    @DaggerSecurity

    5 жыл бұрын

    Trini bago the point he was making was that there was no actual coup. It was staged according to him. I’m not praising him and I’m not agreeing with him. I’m just saying that you seem to have missed the point.

  • @thisrichbastard.809

    @thisrichbastard.809

    5 жыл бұрын

    @mark daniels Kamla? MADMAN!

  • @thisrichbastard.809

    @thisrichbastard.809

    5 жыл бұрын

    @mark daniels No matter what! Indeed.

  • @Itsallaboutlove52

    @Itsallaboutlove52

    5 жыл бұрын

    mark daniels Stop spreading your racism . Where ever you’re from I can say don’t trust y’all.

  • @Itsallaboutlove52

    @Itsallaboutlove52

    5 жыл бұрын

    His guys are some of the biggest criminals yet they praise him. Trinidad is in a mess because the people are allowing others to divide us by race. Abu Baker can’t play as if he was a rescuer because they’re one of the main groups contributing to crime. He’s full of it.

  • @pi84ent
    @pi84ent6 жыл бұрын

    He speaks from his heart, sounds like an upstanding man

  • @krystaldegannes618

    @krystaldegannes618

    2 жыл бұрын

    People died in the coup

  • @londonbowcat1

    @londonbowcat1

    Жыл бұрын

    10:20 why a holistic problem

  • @mariacassius-ndibe3289
    @mariacassius-ndibe32893 жыл бұрын

    2021... I missed it till now too!

  • @avalonmondesir8908
    @avalonmondesir89082 жыл бұрын

    Any Trinidadian watching in 2021

  • @levangooray3159
    @levangooray31592 жыл бұрын

    Anybody watching 2021 👀

  • @joshabasraj8718
    @joshabasraj87182 жыл бұрын

    Rest In Peace 🙏

  • @jacksonamari8712
    @jacksonamari87124 жыл бұрын

    All my trini people from lavantile

  • @kodi_jay3806
    @kodi_jay38065 жыл бұрын

    I learned a lot including a new word reciprocate

  • @adamseunath4231
    @adamseunath42316 жыл бұрын

    Big up to da realest 💯 #takber 🔥

  • @johnaguilera1152
    @johnaguilera115210 жыл бұрын

    One of the best convos i have ever seen ...

  • @meela6267
    @meela62672 жыл бұрын

    7 years later...

  • @crimsoncodm5870
    @crimsoncodm58702 жыл бұрын

    Still here 2021

  • @dirkantoine1
    @dirkantoine110 жыл бұрын

    I could verify much of what he said. Ask me, I could tell stories. And I knew him personally.

  • @dirkantoine1

    @dirkantoine1

    10 жыл бұрын

    ***** well parts of what he left out is that the Jamatt mosque had bands of armed thugs that where involved in the drug trade, now weather or not he authorized these activities is still unknown but there where many a war between them and many other sects. The thing is that in the 90' most gangs where neighborhood gangs, so every area had its own crew who controlled the drugs in that area, the Muslims came in and tried to police these gangs. This was met with complete scorn, as it should. Another problem was that most of the people that joined the mosque where criminals who joined because they had so many guns available. Back then guns where scarce. The Muslims where met with heavy resistance to the point where gunfights started breaking out on sight. Add to that the fact that most of Abu Bakr street team was "reformed" criminals, they used their new power base to take over drug territory, again heavy resistance. When the Coup happened the Muslims weren't as organized as they thought because it was the Army, the Police and the neighborhood gangs VS. The Muslims and they where severely outnumbered. I know personally that this is part of the reason that so many guns hit the streets, the Muslims where abandoning cars full of guns in John John, Gonzales, Cariniage, Bethom estates, Lavantill...we found to abandoned cars full of guns and ammunition and emptied them out. The result was that the neighborhood gangs where now armed to the teeth. The muslims didnt necessarily "give up" controll of the streets, it just became a fair fight and much to dangerous. Im out of time for now. But I will say this, maybe his intention was good but he didnt have the control that he thought he did, and the amount of guns that where thrown into the worst area's during the coup is directly connected to the explosion of gun related violence in the country ever since.

  • @JovanRam

    @JovanRam

    10 жыл бұрын

    Dirk Antoine hmmmmzz sounds more legit lolzzz u look like u kno yo stuff

  • @dirkantoine1

    @dirkantoine1

    9 жыл бұрын

    I don't know what your "slant" I gonna be but when I was in the US Army, our standard issue "firearms" where 20 years old so its possible. Drop the other foot so I can give you a real answer please.

  • @letslearnarabic2812

    @letslearnarabic2812

    9 жыл бұрын

    Interesting,

  • @AzWanderers

    @AzWanderers

    7 жыл бұрын

    really interesting stuff. why wouldnt the muslims destroy the guns instead of "giving" them to the gangs?

  • @oveda
    @oveda10 жыл бұрын

    Abu was exonerated of all charges after holding a coup in which multiple people lost their lives... Now, not only was he cleared of all charges that he mentioned in this interview, but he was paid a substantial compensation ($1MIL TTD+) by the Government.... Why??? He rightfully says he as the head of Jamaat, was in control of 'the ground' before the coup...which is curious, as I would think the TTPS would be in control to some extent... There's a lot more to this story... & if it comes out, a lot of ex & present Ministers & T&T businessmen (as well as Abu himself) will have a lot of awkward Qs to answer...

  • @rashispika
    @rashispika4 жыл бұрын

    KZread suggesting this to me on the 30 anniversary of the incident. Well done algorithm

  • @rawlemurrell8595
    @rawlemurrell859510 жыл бұрын

    are ANY of you ppl commenting Trinidadians? Have yall lived in this country post the Coup? Are any of you commenting lost family and/or friends due to Abu Bakr's actions? ................... *crickets.... Thought so.....setta myopic keyboard thugs.

  • @bizzlethomas307
    @bizzlethomas30710 жыл бұрын

    lol...the part where he called him a jew because of his nose is hilarious. lol. that was so left field. Anyway..how the hell are people finding it hard to understand what he's saying? he's speaking clearly. Listen closely and you're good.

  • @benwinstanley101
    @benwinstanley10110 жыл бұрын

    some wise words! good video nice to hear another view point he speaks some sense and truths not rocket science! peace out

  • @reynessaable
    @reynessaable2 жыл бұрын

    Am new here, although I learned/know about the history. Talking about it today with my friend I decided to come here

  • @adominique7667
    @adominique76675 жыл бұрын

    Wow.... I hope the youths see this

  • @PetalStClair
    @PetalStClair4 жыл бұрын

    First time I'm hearing the part about the WPC always 2 sides to every story

  • @TheKeithvidz
    @TheKeithvidz6 жыл бұрын

    Can't help but wonder if there's anything behind him being let out for that coup. I heard him before on radio and he's a convincing man and high charisma. High potential to lead this country if *had he* decided to follow the law and be elected.

  • @kvid77

    @kvid77

    6 ай бұрын

    they definitely gon rig the elections, no way them corrupt men Dem letting him win. it was either he took it by force which he tried or he just let things be which he's doing right now

  • @gregvest7139
    @gregvest71392 жыл бұрын

    God Bless Brother

  • @jrosa398
    @jrosa39810 жыл бұрын

    That slim white, red an yellow magazine on the corner of his desk is the most recent version of T&T's constitution... nice placement.

  • @theolamarshall-bernard
    @theolamarshall-bernard4 жыл бұрын

    Good to hear the other side of the story!

  • @hibaahmed407
    @hibaahmed4075 жыл бұрын

    I love this man May god protect him!

  • @MOBA-King-WildRift
    @MOBA-King-WildRift3 жыл бұрын

    It does not matter who is whiching in what year, but what's happening now in trinidad is needed of us to talk about right now.

  • @meriez2892

    @meriez2892

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly things hadda change

  • @shawnlouis1044
    @shawnlouis10443 жыл бұрын

    How did this get reccomended all of a sudden 🇹🇹🇹🇹

  • @morpheusx2233
    @morpheusx22337 жыл бұрын

    muslim leader abu bakr speaking truth about the situation in trinidad

  • @patsyabraham6201
    @patsyabraham62015 жыл бұрын

    Love u Abu

  • @k2sportsande.n.t501
    @k2sportsande.n.t5015 жыл бұрын

    WOW he recalled the Rodney King situation...you right..when the land is saturated with discontent..explosion.

  • @josiahcarter5146
    @josiahcarter5146 Жыл бұрын

    Very good bro!

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