PM seeks answers on Saddam's guard

Iraqi ambassador Ghanim al Shibli called for Mr Takriti to be "deported to Iraq to face the claims, just like any other (alleged) criminal".

Opposition Leader Kim Beazley called for a royal commission into the matter, branding the department "a turnstile of incompetence".

Mr Takriti was released from detention in February 2002 on a bridging visa and granted a TPV in June this year.

He has been studying a health sciences degree at an Adelaide university and plans to move to Sydney with Dr Pfitzner, whom he met when she was working as a medic in the Woomera detention centre. Dr Pfitzner quit the Liberal Party over its treatment of asylum-seekers, standing unsuccessfully for the Senate on a "No Intolerance" ticket.
Australias Liberal Party is our equivalent to the US Republicans... so this is like a Republican falling in love with a Gitmo detainee or Illegal Alien in the US...