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| One Of Saddam's Torture Doctors, A War Criminal, Has Been Working For The NHS For 7 Years |
| 2011-07-02 |
| A doctor involved in horrific torture by Saddam Hussein's henchmen is working in British hospitals. In an astonishing immigration scandal, border officials have allowed the suspected war criminal to treat thousands of British patients. Dr Mohammed Kassim Al-Byati was given a permit to work as a doctor in the NHS by the Labour government in 2004. Checks failed to uncover his history of working for the notorious Iraqi Intelligence Agency, which ran the country in a reign of terror during the Saddam years. His job was to patch up torture victims so that they could be subjected to more appalling treatment. In 2007, Al-Byati contacted the Home Office to confess to his horrific past so that he could claim asylum. But, incredibly, this did not prevent him from carrying on earning tens of thousands of pounds working at a hospital in Wales. Even now, despite his file being referred to a specialist war crimes unit, he remains cleared by the General Medical Council, and has been working in the West Midlands. The details have only now been unearthed by Home Secretary Theresa May, who was 'horrified' to discover what had been taking place. She has ordered an urgent inquiry, and is planning changes to the rules to stop any similar cases slipping through the net. There will also be a shake-up of the UK Border Agency war crimes unit. Whitehall sources say the case shows the total shambles which UKBA became under Labour. At its heart lies the Human Rights Act and a little-known EU directive which permitted the doctor to work even when his past was known. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #2 "a little-known EU directive which permitted the doctor to work even when his past was known" There's your problem right there. Re-establish your sovereignty or die. (I have no doubt which way the lefties choose.) |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-07-02 14:08 |
| #1 And his treatment of British patients was no worse than that given by the other Arab and Paki doctors in the NHS. As a Saudi doctor said to a British prisoner in KSA: "You aren't being tortured. You just have to learn to relax!" |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2011-07-02 11:56 |