Talk about takin the urine ..
I left the Air Force years ago, and didnt have anything to fall back on. So im in the Job Centre for the 4th time now, having put my brave face on that morning to go there. Stood in the queue and there's a fella further down the line who looks familiar, and to my disgust i was right!

Basically, this guy was from Iraq and owned a corner shop round the corner of my mums. Absolutely nothing wrong with that at all, BUT ...
during the first gulf war (Desert Storm i think) he actually surrendered his passport, left for Iraq and FOUGHT FOR THE REPUBLICAN GUARD ... AGAINST OUR TROOPS ! This isnt just hearsay, it was local knowledge.

Imagine how angry i was when it was my turn and i was told that i was no longer entitled to Job Seekers pocket money ?

Still makes my shudder just thinking about it ...
(Stro, Sun 5 Apr 2009, 20:01, 6 replies)

yeah..
...imagine being able to join a country's elite special forces, just by turning up? Corner Shop counter boy one day, shock troop the next.

I don't doubt there is a rumour to this story, and I suppose he could have been a conscript, but I call shenanigans.
(inflateable, Sun 5 Apr 2009, 20:25, closed)

I fealt sorry for his family
His brother who admittedly was a bit of a dopey dipshit had let it slip what he was doing. Poor family had they're windows bricked, paint splashed over the doors etc over the course of months. Not nice ... it wasn't their fault i suppose
(Stro, Sun 5 Apr 2009, 20:32, closed)

agreed
After all, people who fled Iraq were always perfectly welcome back in the old country, and didn't get tortured/imprisoned/every available family member murdered by the regime.
(Bernard Bernoulli, Sun 5 Apr 2009, 22:04, closed)

Your mum owned a corner shop?
Oh, and while I'm at it, I'll pull you up on 'this isn't just hearsay, it was local knowledge'.

Any chance of a link to, you know, just show the veracity of this man's background?
( Ghoti Fingers, Mon 6 Apr 2009, 9:14, closed)

round the corner from his mum's house
giving you the bod you're a pedant. that or youre thick.
(zenmeban thinks the weather could be better, Mon 6 Apr 2009, 13:50, closed)

This
makes me really angry!

I'm ex-forces myself and am trying desperately not to claim. I think I may have to soon though. I've ran out of things to sell!

Did you say anything to them about this madness? Just out of curiosity, why were you no longer entitled to it?
( Terry_Tibbs Coarse and violent nudity. Occasional language, Mon 6 Apr 2009, 12:06, closed)