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The first Iraqi interpreters to be offered refuge in Britain are living in fear in squalid tower blocks in Glasgow, The Times has learnt.
They complained of living among drunks and drug addicts, being abused and spat at, and of feeling isolated and unable to work. One girl of 9 had had her hijab torn off by one of her new neighbours.
Abdul, 71, one of three Iraqis who risked their lives working for British troops in Basra and were resettled in April with 15 dependents, advised others in a similar position to stay in Iraq.
One can only hope that Abdul’s advice to others that they’re better off risking death squads in Basra rather than neds in Glasgow was hyperbole born of despair.
We wrecked your country, ruined your life and left you on a sink estate to rot. Don’t you find it all – what’s the word? – liberating?
Posted on June 13th, 2008 at 10:48am under Evil of banality, Iraq, New Labour
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