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A "British" Hostage?
The latest snuff video release from Murderwood features Margaret Hassan being shot in the head. If it was her body found in Fallujah, then at least she died (relatively) painlessly, and wasn't hacked up and disemboweled while alive.
But I was curious about the claim that she was a Briton. I thought she was born in Dublin?
[Update a few minutes later]
Guess I didn't read carefully enough:
Born in Ireland, Hassan also held British and Iraqi citizenship.
I'm assuming that she emigrated to the UK and got citizenship there prior to going to Iraq.
Posted by Rand Simberg at November 16, 2004 12:21 PM
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Why is it, that this womens death at the hands of known terrorists and now murders, AGAIN, isn't an outrage to the left.
If you kill an enemy insurgent in Fallujah, you are a murderer to those same leftist MSM nutjobs.
No dual standard there, not much!!
Posted by Steve at November 16, 2004 03:02 PM
What a pity some of them can't be voted off the island.
Posted by Carl Pham at November 16, 2004 04:48 PM
It depends on her parents age and background - most people in Souther Ireland could get a British passport because technically their parents would have been British prior to the establishment of the free state. There's always been freedom of residence in the UK for Irish citizens, so you can also live in the UK long enough to qualify without too much of a problem.
Holding dual nationality between the 2 countries is pretty common - Ken Bigley the last Brit "hostage" (crap word for a murder victim) was eligable for dual nationality but hadn't applied.
I carry an Irish passport for travel just in case.
Posted by Daveon at November 17, 2004 04:06 AM
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