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| President Obama's half brother refused UK visa |
| 2009-04-12 |
| American President Barack Obama's half brother was refused a visa to enter the UK because he had been accused of a serious crime on a previous visit, it emerged this evening. Samson Obama was on his way to Washington for the President's inauguration in January but was stopped by immigration officials at East Midlands Airport, central England. Biometric tests discovered the Kenyan mobile phone shop manager was linked to a serious incident in the UK last November, the News of the World will report tomorrow. In its early edition tonight, the newspaper said Samson was arrested by police in Berkshire after an alleged sex attack on a British girl but he was never charged. A Home Office spokesman confirmed Samson Obama was refused a visa after immigration officers noticed one of the documents he supplied with his visa application was false which led them to make further inquiries. A UK Border Agency spokesmantur said: "We consider all visa applications based on their merits. We will oppose the entry of individuals to the UK where we believe their presence is not conducive to the public good. The UK's border controls are among the toughest in the world. All visa applicants are fingerprinted and checked against watch lists. "Using this hi-tech system we have detected more than 5,600 attempts to use false identities since December 2007. Our officers in 135 countries around the world are working with law enforcement agencies and airlines to clamp down on forged passports and visas, creating an offshore ring of steel to protect the UK." Samson is one of President Obama's half brothers and sisters by his father. Samson's mother Kezia, 67, has reportedly lived in Bracknell for six years. The News of the World said that Samson took a connecting flight to Washington after being refused entry at East Midlands. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #10 Mr. Barack Obama, Sr. scattered little Obamas all over the landscape with quite a few women, it seems. As one of those spawned and deserted by the gentleman in question, it seems to me unfair to hold President Obama, Jr. in any way responsible for the others similarly treated. Blame Daddy Dearest, if you must blame anyone other than the vicious idiot, himself. |
| Posted by: trailing wife in Buffalo 2009-04-12 23:45 |
| #9 This visa thing was *before* Obama was inaugurated. Maybe the DVD thing (and all the other Brown snubs) were Chicagoland payback. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-04-12 11:48 |
| #8 Samson - who manages a mobile phone shop just outside Nairobi A mooslim cellie shop manager in Kenya? A highly comforting thought, as we continue to deal with the IED/VBID threat in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-04-12 10:20 |
| #7 News of the World: Obamabrother accused of UK sex assault The hi-tech database revealed that Samson - who manages a mobile phone shop just outside Nairobi - was the same man arrested by British police after he approached a group of young girls, including a 13 year-old, and allegedly tried to sexually assault one of them. He then followed them into a cafe where he became aggressive and was asked to leave by the owner. That's when police were called and Samson was arrested. He supplied officers with his mother's address in Bracknell but gave them a false ID, claiming to be Henry Aloo, believed to be a genuine asylum seeker. Mum Kezia, 67, has lived in Bracknell for six years. She married the US president's father Barack Obama Snr in Kenya when she was a teenager. Following Samson's arrest he was fingerprinted but not charged, then left the country. Not charged. Should have been 20 years. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-04-12 10:15 |
| #6 1) The half-Obama was accused, but not charged. 2) Inappropriate s*x with young interns has already been found acceptable for politicians in DC. 3) Lots of kin to politicians have been a little 'off' in their behavior (Billy Carter comes to mind.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-04-12 09:46 |
| #5 How nice that he was able to catch a flight to Washington so he could crash with his other set of folks. Ol' Barry's got a sweeter setup anyway than Kezia. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-04-12 07:43 |
| #4 Samson Obama was refused a visa after immigration officers noticed one of the documents he supplied with his visa application was false which led them to make further inquiries. Hopefully they will learn more about Samson's documents than we have about his brother's. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-04-12 06:41 |
| #3 I guess that DVD thing, and pawing the Queen, bothers the Brits more than they let out. Which is funny---they are perfectly willing to bend over and spreed it for ROPers. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-04-12 06:41 |
| #2 So, Obama has rapists among his relatives. Wow. No wonder the papers haven't been investigating him. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-04-12 05:31 |
| #1 Obama's half brother. That'd make him "the other One" or "one or a half" or, oh darn... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2009-04-12 02:00 |