'We'll be human shields' say Australians as Dutton rules out rescue

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Peter Dutton has ruled out bringing Australian women and children out of the al-Hawl camp in Syria in the short term, as Turkish forces prepare to invade and the women express fear they will be used as 'human shields'

The women in the camp expressed fear of being caught up in the fighting, as reports of casualties and damage were received from inside Syria's northern border with Turkey.

One of the Australian mothers being held in the al-Hawl camp said in text messages to a family member that the number of Kurdish guards was decreasing as they went to join the battle against Turkey."I'm thinking it's time to go somewhere and take cover before the ground war starts. Somewhere there is walls," the woman wrote in a series of text messages.

"Kurds are saying they will start spraying the camp [with] bullets as soon as US pulls out and take revenge on us."Unconfirmed reports in Kurdish media suggested there was a riot and breakout at the al-Hawl camp overnight Australian time.Getty Images "I don't think it should come as any surprise to people when we say that we're not going to send our soldiers or our staff through the foreign affairs department or my department into harm's way to rescue people of this nature," he told 2GB Radio.

 

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'Foreign fighters fighting islamic war could die because they chose to be there' fixed your headline for you.

JaneCaro they joined the most evil cult group the world has ever seen. i have no pity at all for them but i certainly have worries for their children who had no part to play in this.

An absolute pleasure to read, the justice for all these terrorists.

By design Dutton. The processing delays, the security obfuscation, all designed to ensure AU would not have to behave as a responsible nation state and rely on it's democratic institutions to deal with its citizens good and bad. auspol mateship theBlock

Imagine if the government had to bail out every Australian who makes a bad life choice.

Thats what you get for entering a war zone you complete and utter muppets

Great.. Says Peter Dutton. Won't have to do paperwork here and put them in Christmas Island with the other 5. Keeps cost down too. I love my job..😎

They gave up the right to be called Australian ...... choices and chances deal with it

These women made their bed and so they can now lie in it.

Wanker

Leave the over there!!!! They decided to go there in the first place!!!

Pity these Aussie women and children, sacrificed to the barely-literate 2GB audience who believe every Dutton lie. This country is a moral sewer.

And if they are slaughtered their blood is on his hands, they are Australian citizens not charged with a single crime, he has to bring them home by law.

MinhKular Evil

How could these Australian women and children possibly 'mount' a 'mass casualty event' in a country that doesn't trust its citizens enough to allow gun ownership?

By who ? UN ? Stop exaggerating.

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