There is no question of allowing Saddam Hussein's daughters or wife to claim asylum in Britain, the government has said. Responding to reports that the three women hoped to set up home in the UK, Tony Blair's official spokesman said any application from them would be turned down. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2965538.stm Some ones having a laugh.
Must be rather annoying for them (the family). People at their throats just for being the daughters of a dictator. I'm not sure whether Saddam's sons acted as in the same way he did but I got the impression they were on the US' most wanted list just for being someone's son.
As far as I'm aware, the daughters' only crime is that their father is Saddam. The sons have blood on their hands. Both Uday and Qusay worked for him in his government - so did a lot of his family, as he could trust them, but the sons killed, or ordered the killings of, many dissenters and Anti-Saddamites.
would they have had the ability to choose otherwise though? I dont see Sadam beeing a 'touchy-feely' kind of father.
I say f**k em, they lived off his ill gotten gains now they only decide to come to Britian as they get free health care and schools. The health and school system is already over burden so if they let them in why not everyone else, this government is so soft that their will probably let them in and give them a council house. [/end of rant]
They wouldn't need a council house if we hadn't destroyed theirs and forced them to flee the country. They could pay for their own health and education if we hadn't confiscated their wealth. If they are not implicated in human rights abuses then we should be making amends.
So what about the people who suffered under their father who is going to make amends? Then going by your thoughts what about the prisoners of war that the japenese that haven't paid for their suffering, I could go on and on.
Saddam's immense wealth would have gone a long way to helping the people of Iraq who suffered under his regime. But it's all been looted or "confiscated" by soldiers. They will never see a penny of it. That's beside the point though. If you knock down someone's house on purpose, the right thing to do is help them. Not everyone will do the right thing, but we can. The true cost of war includes rebuilding what we knocked down.
Yea, true, however the money they confiscated IS going to be used in rebuilding Iraq - Confiscated money, oil and a few billion of my tax dollars. That's always been the plan. In so far as his "family" goes, send them back to Iraq. Let them live in the crap that Saddam put the Iraqi people through while they do nothing about it.
Oh your so right the soldiers stole loads of saddams wealth, dream on even if they stole all they saw it wouldn't touch the surface of his wealth let alone they would never be able to carry it back. I never saw saddams lot offer to pay for the damage they done to Kuwait. I have no agurement about funding towards rebuilding iraq thats not my issue is but there is no valid reason for them to come to the UK, even if there was they made their bed now they should lay in it. Also it is more likely the yanks as most of the fighting was carried out by their troops bombed or destroyed the homes but they wouldn't dare apply there as they would be told where to go as I said we are a soft touch. Lets just say you have your views and I have mine and on this subject we agree to differ.
While they had money they we're evil... the daughters favourite past time was to drive through really poor communities in their Mercedes hurling abuse at people.... Let them stay in Iraq... well, then again.. this IS the UK.. they'll probably get a grand flat in central london....
Hardly a human rights abuse.... We are not a soft touch. But yes, let's agree to differ on this one, I get far too worked up talking about the asylum issue. (Like most people, but in the opposite direction).
We took everything from them, even if they have done wrong, theres nothing you can do to change the past, you hardly need make examples of them its not as if this situation arises readilly, theres not point in being stuborn at this stage, it will halp no-one (IMO).
