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Australia sends ex-military interpreter back to Iraq
Figured he musta done something serious to get deported. Not so much.
"But in October 2013, Khaled had a run-in with police.
After smoking a joint, he fell asleep in his car in the car park of McDonald's in Merrylands, in western Sydney.
Police were called and after a brief exchange Khaled was arrested, charged with offensive language, resisting police and driving without a licence.
Refugee advocates said three days later, Khaled was taken to Villawood detention centre, where he was held for eight months while he waited for his court appearance.
Two of the charges were eventually dismissed and he pleaded guilty to the third charge of driving without a licence but no conviction was recorded.
But Khaled remained locked up in detention.
Under a regulation introduced by the Rudd government in 2013, a bridging visa can be cancelled if an individual is charged with an offence."
So here's this guy who worked for US forces as an interpreter serving (as they said earlier in the piece) "with honor and distinction" who, for smoking a joint and falling asleep is now being sent back to Iraq where in all likelyhood he'll be killed.
Used to think Australia was a good country. Apparently not.
Figured he musta done something serious to get deported. Not so much.
"But in October 2013, Khaled had a run-in with police.
After smoking a joint, he fell asleep in his car in the car park of McDonald's in Merrylands, in western Sydney.
Police were called and after a brief exchange Khaled was arrested, charged with offensive language, resisting police and driving without a licence.
Refugee advocates said three days later, Khaled was taken to Villawood detention centre, where he was held for eight months while he waited for his court appearance.
Two of the charges were eventually dismissed and he pleaded guilty to the third charge of driving without a licence but no conviction was recorded.
But Khaled remained locked up in detention.
Under a regulation introduced by the Rudd government in 2013, a bridging visa can be cancelled if an individual is charged with an offence."
So here's this guy who worked for US forces as an interpreter serving (as they said earlier in the piece) "with honor and distinction" who, for smoking a joint and falling asleep is now being sent back to Iraq where in all likelyhood he'll be killed.
Used to think Australia was a good country. Apparently not.