Asylum for Certain of Hussein’s Kin Rejected
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From Times Wire Reports
Prime Minister Tony Blair’s office said Britain would not consider asylum applications from members of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s family who may have committed human rights abuses.
Blair’s office issued the statement after claims Hussein’s daughters, Raghad and Rana, and wife, Sajida Khairallah Telfah, wished to apply for refugee status. A Blair spokesman did not say whether there were such allegations against the three.
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