US contractor says Filipinos not smuggled into Iraq

[Barrett808]

Source: ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau

Officials of a company allegedly involved in smuggling 51 Filipino workers to build the United States embassy in Iraq met with Philippine diplomats in Kuwait to deny the claim made by the firm's medic in his testimony before the US Congress last month.

Adel Jabbour dismissed the allegations made by Rory Mayberry, a medic employed by the First Kuwaiti Trading and Contracting Co. in Baghdad. Jabbour is First Kuwaiti's human resource manager.

Jabbour, however, declined to make a statement in front of the camera because the matter is still under investigation.

Ricardo Endaya, Philippine ambassador to Kuwait, told Jabbour that: “We want all those Filipinos who were forcibly taken to be allowed to go home think this is very important.”

Read more: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=86902

[Ian David]

1. "Smuggled" implies that somebody would have tried to stop them. n/t

[Barrett808]

2. Yes, "shanghaied" would be more accurate. n/t

[MADem]

4. Precisely. nt

[underpants]

3. Thank you for confirming that they were

:eyes:

[gratuitous]

5. Seems easy enough to prove your point, Mr. Jabbour

Just produce a few of your Filipino workers, and let them tell the public in no uncertain terms that they're in Kuwait willingly, and that they can leave at any time.

[annabanana]

6. Adel Jabbour is not allowed to "dismiss" the allegations..

As it has been noted.. Just produce the Filipinos and we can ask them. (make sure that their families are safe)