article_snippet: BBC Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani said BBC Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani interviewed Bilardi - who also used the Arabic name Abu Abdullah al-Australi - late last year. '
article_snippet: In December, BBC Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani alerted Bilardi to the fact that a photo of him - holding an assault rifle in front of an IS flag as BBC Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani sat in between two armed extremists - was being widely publicised in Western media. '
article_snippet: BBC Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani had no idea the photo was causing such a stir,' BBC Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani tweeted on December 28. '
article_snippet: BBC Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani said BBC Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani had never agreed for BBC Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani photo to be published publicly and was surprised it had been. '
article_snippet: When I showed BBC Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani the photo BBC Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani said "It's out now I guess, to be honest my biggest problem is that it's a bad photo of BBC Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani.
article_snippet: ' Bilardi has featured heavily on IS-linked social media channels, posing alongside heavily armed insurgents and the notorious black flag used by Jihadi groups.