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The Right Iraqi InterventionCANBERRA – US President Barack Obama deserves unconditional support for his decision to use military force to protect the persecuted Yezidi minority from threatened genocide by marauding Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Iraq.

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My father had been instilled with such respect for the law that although he was being persecuted, he'd never thought of false papers.

It defines a refugee as someone who is outside their country of nationality, and is unable to return to their home country because of well-founded fears of being persecuted.

Probably most of you have never persecuted a French-Jewish officer for high treason, I assume, but maybe you've followed sports or politics, so you might have noticed that when the referee judges that your team committed a foul, for example, you're highly motivated to find reasons why he's wrong.

Asylum seekers are people who present themselves at a border and say that they'll be persecuted if they're sent back home.

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