Jihad” Jack Thomas, acquitted of terrorism charges, milkman to police and judiciary, torture victim and now Outback road-train driver, wants peace. In a wide-ranging interview about his controversial life, from meeting Osama bin Laden on Afghanistan’s front lines and enduring violent Pakistani interrogation to prison banter with the late gangland boss Carl Williams, Thomas reveals: FORMER Australian soldier-turned Taliban/al-Qaida fighter Mathew Stewart is believed to be still fighting in Afghanistan; WHILE on bail for terrorism-related charges, Thomas had security clearance to restricted areas in the County Court and two major police stations to deliver milk at night before facing court each morning; HE wants an end to labeling terrorists as jihadists, saying attacks on civilians are banned in Islamic teachings; GOVERNMENTS and media that aligned Islam with terrorism helped perpetuate future generations of disaffected Muslim youth; HE recalls a greeting he received from Mick Gatto as Thomas visited his wife in hospital; HE was hit with shrapnel in Afghanistan and how he was preparing to leave when 9/11 happened in 2001; and HOPES that Islam is going through a renaissance and will be stabilized by the Arab Spring transformation of the Middle East. HE is launching a fight against ASIO to get his Maritime Security pass to be able to drive trucks to and from ports.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:53:49 +0000
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