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Article: FED: Australia playing host to war crime suspects -- report
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- December 5, 2005
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AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2005
FED: Australia playing host to war crime suspects -- report
SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - Australia is playing host to a string of war crime suspects, including
a former personal bodyguard of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Oday Adnan Al Tekriti, 38, was refused a visa when he arrived in Australia six years
ago after the Immigration Department found serious reasons to consider he had committed
crimes against humanity, The Sydney Morning Herald reported today.
However the decision was overturned on appeal after doubts about the accuracy of his
original immigration intentions and Mr Tekriti, a member of Saddam's family as well as
a member of his personal ...