OZschwitz: Douglas Wood's Iraqi rescuers murdered, while the inhumane Federal Government refuses sanctuary

SEVEN of the 10 Iraqi soldiers who saved kidnapped Australian Douglas Wood from execution in 2005 have been systematically murdered, Mr Wood has told Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Mr Wood has written to Mr Rudd saying most of the soldiers who found him, and many members of their families, were killed after giving evidence against his kidnappers.

The businessman has repeatedly urged the Federal Government to give sanctuary to two of the survivors, who are pleading for sanctuary in Australia.

Australians lobbying for the two men say they have been given no help. The men are in hiding in the Middle East, but their former commanding officer, Mohammed al-Samarae, has come to Australia to seek help for them.

At the time of Mr Wood's rescue, Mr Samarae was a colonel in the Iraqi army leading his unit in a house-to-house search. He was later promoted to brigadier-general and has since been given asylum in an undisclosed Western country.

Immigration officials in Canberra were last night searching their records for applications from the two men but their supporters said they had appealed for help at Australian embassies in the Middle East and were told nothing could be done for them.

Copies of the men's passports have now been sent to Mr Rudd and Immigration Minister Chris Evans.

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OZschwitz: Douglas Wood's Iraqi rescuers murdered, while the inhumane Federal Government refuses sanctuary

OZschwitz: Douglas Wood's Iraqi rescuers murdered, while the inhumane Federal Government refuses sanctuary

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