THE ABU BAKR SONG: The soca great, Leston Paul, did a cover on this song, Abu Bakr, which is about the attempted Coup, July 27, 1990. 114 members of the islamic grouping, the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen took over the countrys parliament during a sitting of the House of Representatives. Jamaat leader Yasin Abu Bakr led some of his men and also took over the then only state TV station, Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT)., according to the BBC. At the Red House, one of the hostages, Prime Minister ANR Robinson announced that an amnesty had been negotiated with the Muslimeen and a series of visits by go-betweens from the countrys church leaders took place. Although, 24 people were killed, plenty more injured, and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage done to looted and damaged buildings and shops in the capital Port of Spain; ABU BAKR and his group were granted AMNESTY. https://youtube/watch?v=hNrG1zCDEXw
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:47:15 +0000
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