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Fifth Column
U.S. to Offer Refuge To Paleo Refugees from Iraq?
2007-04-09
h/t to the corner. Time to crank up the email to your White House and congresscritters. We don't want or need these fifth column parasites. The Gaza paradise should be their dumping ground
The head of a U.N. agency charged with caring for Palestinian refugees said the United States has offered to receive 7,000 Palestinians who fled Iraq.
WHAT???
Karen Koning AbuZayd, commissioner general of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, said Thursday no specific country has offered to receive Palestinian refugees in Iraq, "but I know the United States confirmed it can take 7,000 of them."
they meant "at guantanamo", I hope
She told United Press International in Damascus that while there were no plans to permanently settle Palestinian refugees, "some live in difficult conditions, especially those from Iraq and who are stranded on the Iraqi borders" with Syria and with Jordan. The UNRWA chief noted her agency and the U.N. high commissioner for refugees have requested third countries to grant refuge to Palestinians from Iraq.

Since Saddam Hussein's ouster in April 2003, thousands of Palestinian refugees have fled Iraq, and many of them remain stranded in makeshift camps on Iraq's borders with Syria and Jordan. These two states have not allowed entry to the majority of them on the grounds that increasing the Palestinian refugee population in their territories might facilitate their "permanent settlement," and thus lose their right to return to their original homes where Israel was established in 1948.

The number of Palestinians fleeing from Iraq surged in the past year to escape targeted killings and kidnappings by Shiite militiamen in what is believed to be acts of vengeance against a community that lived somewhat freely and comfortably under Saddam's regime.

AbuZayd said UNHCR was handling the issue of about 15,000 Palestinians still in Iraq and is the international organization authorized to negotiate with the Iraqi government regarding their conditions.

UNRWA has helped almost 4.4 million Palestinian refugees living in camps in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza Strip
their Islamic Brothers™ in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi, Kuwait, Qatar, Lebanon, Egypt, UAE, et al don't want them, why are we agreeing. F*&king State Dept
Posted by:Frank G

#11  I just wrote my congresscritter telling him in no uncertain terms that I don't want any more Johnnie and Janie Jihads coming into this country. EVER. I told him to tell the UN to send them where they belong--GAZA.
Posted by: Mac   2007-04-09 23:43  

#10  On one hand, I don't want them over here. On the other hand---"are you f*cking crazy, Mr Bush?".
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-04-09 23:02  

#9  #8 Didn't Saddam import the Palestinians as a specifically unaligned group to perform violent missions against other Iraqi sects? Wouldn't these represent the absolute worst elements to resettle within the United States?

yep - that's why the Iraqis are kicking their asses.

Posted by: Frank G   2007-04-09 22:38  

#8  Didn't Saddam import the Palestinians as a specifically unaligned group to perform violent missions against other Iraqi sects? Wouldn't these represent the absolute worst elements to resettle within the United States?

These two states have not allowed entry to the majority of them on the grounds that increasing the Palestinian refugee population in their territories might facilitate their "permanent settlement," and thus lose their right to return to their original homes where Israel was established in 1948.

The mental gymnastics that these shitheads employ to obtain whatever result or excuse that sereves their purpose of the moment are simply phenomenal. It strains credulity to imagine that they can even utter such total horseshit with a straight face.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-04-09 22:35  

#7  Are they going to take the jobs that Mexican illegals won't take?
Posted by: Slats Fluting2508   2007-04-09 22:34  

#6  Real Scum from Hell!

another fucking nightmere..worser that friday the 13th...
Posted by: RD   2007-04-09 22:33  

#5  All 7,000 became interpreters for MNF-I?

Sort them by clan, then send them to the appropriate part of the Palestinian homeland, where they have the right of return. They'll be an asset to their people; after all, they were specially educated at Saddam Hussein's expense. I'm surprised Abbas didn't demand it -- since it was discovered their population count was off by a million or so, it's really thrown off their timing to push the Jews into the sea.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-04-09 22:27  

#4  If they have been providing service as interpreters I may make an exception and welcome them here.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-04-09 22:13  

#3  or, as I emailed my Rep, Duncan Hunter, we could just acknowledge them as an infectious disease, and deny them entry
Posted by: Frank G   2007-04-09 21:27  

#2  That's not a bad idea - as long as they're put in the custody of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, complete with pink underwear for them to wear in their refugee camps tents in the desert.

And he has written permission from the US gubmint (who will be paying for all this) to shoot to kill anyone who tries to escape.

Or we could just shoot them there and save the airfare.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-04-09 21:21  

#1  Oh great bring the splodeydopes here. How wonderful.
Posted by: djohn66   2007-04-09 20:16  

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