Comments on: Iraqi employees roundup http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/ The weblog of Brighton-based writer Justin McKeating Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:58:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Britblog Round-Up 132 » Anorak News http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-33124 Britblog Round-Up 132 » Anorak News Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:54:54 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/#comment-33124 [...] who have lent their support to Dan Hardie’s “We Can’t Turn Them Away” campaign, whilst Chicken Yoghurt provides an invaluable compendium of newspaper articles on the subject, as well as a list of MPs [...] [...] who have lent their support to Dan Hardie’s “We Can’t Turn Them Away” campaign, whilst Chicken Yoghurt provides an invaluable compendium of newspaper articles on the subject, as well as a list of MPs [...]

]]> By: Redemption Blues » BritBlog Roundup 132 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-33117 Redemption Blues » BritBlog Roundup 132 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:57:32 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/#comment-33117 [...] who have lent their support to Dan Hardie’s “We Can’t Turn Them Away” campaign, whilst Chicken Yoghurt provides an invaluable compendium of newspaper articles on the subject, as well as a list of MPs [...] [...] who have lent their support to Dan Hardie’s “We Can’t Turn Them Away” campaign, whilst Chicken Yoghurt provides an invaluable compendium of newspaper articles on the subject, as well as a list of MPs [...]

]]> By: Chicken Yoghurt » Iraqi employees campaign latest http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-33071 Chicken Yoghurt » Iraqi employees campaign latest Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:23:30 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/#comment-33071 [...] (15): Celia Barlow Hugh Bayley Alistair Darling Wayne David Frank Dobson Jim Fitzpatrick Ian Gibson Helen Goodman Patricia Hewitt Sadiq Khan David [...] [...] (15): Celia Barlow Hugh Bayley Alistair Darling Wayne David Frank Dobson Jim Fitzpatrick Ian Gibson Helen Goodman Patricia Hewitt Sadiq Khan David [...]

]]> By: Dan Hardie http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-33059 Dan Hardie Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:53:00 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/#comment-33059 Alistair Darling (Labour, Edinburgh South West, Chancellor of the Exchequer) wrote to Robert Sharp (http://www.robertsharp.co.uk ) to say: 'He said that he believed "events have moved on" since I had written, but he would investigate further and write to me again.' Good news: if that was a brush off we wouldn't have that commitment to 'investigate further'. Excellent work by Robert. Alistair Darling (Labour, Edinburgh South West, Chancellor of the Exchequer) wrote to Robert Sharp (http://www.robertsharp.co.uk )
to say:
‘He said that he believed “events have moved on” since I had written,
but he would investigate further and write to me again.’

Good news: if that was a brush off we wouldn’t have that commitment to ‘investigate further’. Excellent work by Robert.

]]> By: Dan Hardie http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-33057 Dan Hardie Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:47:35 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/#comment-33057 Ed Vaizey (Conservative, Wantage) has emailed me to say 'my support is unconditional'. He will co-sponsor the meeting at Portcullis House in October and is prepared to make public statements on our behalf. Ed Vaizey (Conservative, Wantage) has emailed me to say ‘my support is unconditional’. He will co-sponsor the meeting at Portcullis House in October and is prepared to make public statements on our behalf.

]]> By: Dan Hardie http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-33056 Dan Hardie Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:46:09 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/#comment-33056 Okay, things move. Lynne Featherstone (Liberal Democrat, Wood Green and Hornsey, my MP) a) will co-host a speaker meeting at Portcullis House in October for us. She also asked me for a short document on the practicalities of withdrawal based on what I've been hearing from soldiers and ex-soldiers who hired some of the Iraqis, and has undertaken to forward that to Jacqui Smith. When I went into the meeting with her, the first thing she said was 'The letters, eh? We (MPs) have all been having a lot of them and we've been writing to the Home Office about it.' Okay, things move. Lynne Featherstone (Liberal Democrat, Wood Green and Hornsey, my MP) a) will co-host a speaker meeting at Portcullis House in October for us. She also asked me for a short document on the practicalities of withdrawal based on what I’ve been hearing from soldiers and ex-soldiers who hired some of the Iraqis, and has undertaken to forward that to Jacqui Smith.

When I went into the meeting with her, the first thing she said was ‘The letters, eh? We (MPs) have all been having a lot of them and we’ve been writing to the Home Office about it.’

]]> By: Dan Hardie http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-32978 Dan Hardie Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:28:34 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/#comment-32978 That's brilliant, Justin- thanks so much. Although reading any one of those stories gets very depressing. That’s brilliant, Justin- thanks so much. Although reading any one of those stories gets very depressing.

]]> By: Mike Power http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-32977 Mike Power Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:36:34 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/#comment-32977 It's not just our government abandoning their Iraqi employees as this article by George Packer published in March in The New Yorker clearly shows: <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/03/26/070326fa_fact_packer?printable=true" rel="nofollow">Betrayed: The Iraqis who trusted America the most.</a> BTW, great job with the links, Justin, thanks! It’s not just our government abandoning their Iraqi employees as this article by George Packer published in March in The New Yorker clearly shows: Betrayed: The Iraqis who trusted America the most.

BTW, great job with the links, Justin, thanks!

]]> By: beau bo d'or http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-32976 beau bo d'or Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:31:55 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/21/iraqi-employees-roundup/#comment-32976 CBS News' 'Letter From London' "Britain is shaming itself. Its army came to Iraq, recruited local interpreters and others to help in its war effort, and is now abandoning them. Insurgent death squads view those who help the British as traitors; by refusing to offer asylum, the U.K. is condemning them and their families to rape, torture, exile and murder." Full story here : <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/17/london/main3179344.shtml" rel="nofollow">Letter From London</a> CBS News’ ‘Letter From London’

“Britain is shaming itself.

Its army came to Iraq, recruited local interpreters and others to help in its war effort, and is now abandoning them.

Insurgent death squads view those who help the British as traitors; by refusing to offer asylum, the U.K. is condemning them and their families to rape, torture, exile and murder.”

Full story here :

Letter From London

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