http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/aussie-detained-in-iraq/2007/01/06/1167777315284.html
Aussie arrested in Iraq January 6, 2007 - 2:14PM The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has confirmed a 39-year-old Australian citizen has been arrested in Iraq. The man of Iraqi origin was detained by coalition authorities in Baghdad in mid-October. "He is being held as a security internee under the authority of The United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1637 for engaging in anti-coalition activity," a DFAT spokeswoman told AAP today. She said Australian consular officials met with the man on November 10 and spoke to him by telephone on December 15. "He is well," the spokeswoman said. The Australian embassy in Baghdad had been in contact with US authorities in relation to the detention and officials in Canberra were in touch with the man's family, she said. However, DFAT could not confirm reports today that the man was Warya Kanie, an Iraqi Kurd refugee who came to Adelaide about three years ago with his young daughter. A newspaper reported that Mr Kanie left Adelaide about seven months ago after gaining Australian citizenship, telling his family he was going to look for a new wife in Iraq. Labor Leader Kevin Rudd says the Australian arrested in Iraq should be given the full support of the federal government. "Every Australian abroad who finds himself in trouble deserves legitimate consular support from the Australian government," Mr Rudd told reporters. "That's partly why we pay our taxes, to make sure that when you're overseas at any given time you run into trouble with the law or other sorts of trouble, that there are appropriate levels of Australian government support abroad." Meanwhile, DFAT has advised Australians not to travel to Iraq as consular assistance is limited, particularly outside Baghdad. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer was uncontactable for comment. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
