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Phoenix article on Michael Semple

luckat · 2008-01-12 17:15:30

The current Phoenix has an article on Michael Semple, one of the two men recently expelled from Afghanistan, saying that Semple (described by an article in the Times of London http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3107632.ece as a "political officer") were being paid from Ireland's aid budget through Tom…

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12-01-2008 6:15pm

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The current Phoenix has an article on Michael Semple, one of the two men recently expelled from Afghanistan, saying that Semple (described by an article in the Times of London

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3107632.ece

as a "political officer") were being paid from Ireland's aid budget through Tom Kitt.

My jaw dropped.

Apart from anything else, I'm astonished at the deafening silence in the Dail, if this is correct. Why are questions not being asked?

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#2 13-01-2008 2:55am
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The Phoenix is a fun read, as is a good novel.

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#3 13-01-2008 4:24am
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There are two other articles in the current issue about things whose background I know. Both are accurate.

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