Saddam's minder in our midst ( Australia)

Saddam's minder in our midst

By Debra Jopson and Lisa Pryor
December 5, 2005

MEN suspected of terrible war crimes remain free in Australia for years while other asylum seekers, innocent of everything except arriving illegally, are being locked up or fast-tracked out of the country.

One of Saddam Hussein's former personal bodyguards, Oday Adnan Al Tekriti, has been given temporary safe haven after initially being refused a visa when the Department of Immigration found there were serious reasons to consider he had committed crimes against humanity.

At least 30 other men seeking asylum have been refused visas over the past 10 years on the grounds they have committed crimes against humanity, including murder, torture and terrorist acts, a Herald investigation has found.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/saddams-minder-in-our-midst/2005/12/04/1133631146685.html