Tuesday, November 18, 2003
The German government believes things are better now in Iraq, not that they'd actually admit it overtly.
Davids Medienkritik: Thank you, George W. Bush / Danke, Georg W. Bush!
Interior Minister Otto Schilly removed the stop on decisions in the cases of asylum applicants from Iraq. A similar instruction was already issued by the SPD politician's ministry in mid-September to the Federal Bureau for the Recognition of Foreign Refugees. Earlier, because of the Iraq war, the bureau stopped sending decision letters to asylum applicants for months. The ministry now justifies the resumption of decisions on asylum cases with the statement that "at the time and in the near future political persecution in Iraq can be ruled out."
And while you're at David's site, take a look at this item for a glimpse of a little bit of mirroring between the German and Palestinian media. Sadly, it would appear that our German friends are still having trouble picking the right side in a conflict.
