'Voluntary repatriation in 2009 hit a new low in two decades. The UNHCR said that 251,500 refugees returned home last year; of those, only 38,000 were Iraqi.' When asked at the Chilcott Inquiry if he knew how many Iraqis had been displaced by the occupation, Jack Straw ducked the question. They let him away with it. He is one of many who must be summoned back to clarify their shabby responses. Blair, Campbell and 'cab for hire' spiv Geoff Hoon should be dragged back too.
6/19/2010
Iraqi Refugee Ordeal Festers On
'Voluntary repatriation in 2009 hit a new low in two decades. The UNHCR said that 251,500 refugees returned home last year; of those, only 38,000 were Iraqi.' When asked at the Chilcott Inquiry if he knew how many Iraqis had been displaced by the occupation, Jack Straw ducked the question. They let him away with it. He is one of many who must be summoned back to clarify their shabby responses. Blair, Campbell and 'cab for hire' spiv Geoff Hoon should be dragged back too.
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There is no accountability on either side of the Atlantic.
ReplyDeleteHavent seen old Gordo for a while. Is his elusiveness to do with the story that the authorities are anxious to speak to a 59-year-old Scottish MP who has not been seen for almost a month. Commons officials have been unsuccessful in their attempts to locate the member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, a Gordon Brown. They believe he may be in hiding after receiving bad news.
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