Irrespective of what we think of the presence of British troops in Iraq, the plight of those who have worked as translators and assistants is a matter of serious concern.
Journalist and commentator Sunny Hundal of the excellent Pickled Politics [1] newsblog writes: "I recently wrote of a blog-campaign [2] to petition the government to help save Iraqis who helped the British military. As with other bloggers, I believe it is our moral [3] obligation [4] to help those who are most likely to face reprisals from the Al-Qaeda insurgents. Yesterday the campaign became bigger, with The Times making it a front-page story [5]. The BBC is now reporting that Gordon Brown has said he will look into [6] [the matter]. Good, but not good enough. Dan Hardie wants people to post responses [7] from their MPs, so we can list supporters of this campaign and those who don’t care. Chickyog has a list so far [8]... Please sign the Petition [9] if you haven’t already."
There's a YouTube campaign video here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fRLZjMyCbSo [10]
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[3] http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/facethefacts/transcript_20070720.shtml
[4] http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1622581.ece
[5] http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article2211281.ece
[6] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6936185.stm
[7] http://danhardie.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/we-cant-turn-them-away-responses-from-mps/
[8] http://www.chickyog.net/2007/08/07/we-canâ??t-turn-them-away-mps-response/
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