You could say they were driven to it. That they felt they had no other options. They didn't do it for personal gain (well, other than survival)- they didn't kill anyone, or resist arrest, though of coruse they did cause terror for all those passengers and crew. Nobody's going to defend them, but "thieves"... If your life was threatened, would you not steal from the people doing the threatening?

I once again find myself shocked and dissapointed at the lack of charity displayed in this thread by forum members. Are such opinions common place these days in England? If this had been common knowledge perhaps our friends would have chosen another destination for their little jaunt. And thus depriving your nation the chance of it's contribution to humanity. :?

Mr.Jelster...England is NOT your country,it is your birthplace and the place where you live yes, but to adopt such an attitude quite frankly is to my mind bordering on fascism. You are merely a ctizen of said land. I am surprised at you.

If it were not for the fact that England has spawned such scum and low life's itself....and does not really have the answers as to what to do with them perhaps some of the comments on here would not be so judgemental.

You take a look around at how many are life long wasters and spongers off the state? The over all bill then makes this particular case seem like the tip one would give to a hotel Bell Hop.

What would they do to them in Spain then?

welcome them with open arms and then recruit into ETA :P

Yeah me too....shocked and despondent....as PH said. We are a bunch of lucky B'stards. What chance has the world got if a people so fortunate with wealth and democracy (oh come on what else you got?) cannot open its hearts to people under oppression and set an example to those in power else where? What better tool but tolerance and generosity do we have to defeat the corruptions of pwer and greed around the world? We could bomb them? We could ignore them? Well that's how we got where we are now.........

Oh yes. While we're all on the judgemental ride lets all do the assumption rollercoaster too. :roll:

Theyve committed one crime that you know of. To escape from a regime that to be frank anyone would want to escape from. But that automatically equals they are criminals, theives etc etc. Doesnt anyone base any posts on facts any more?

And what part of THE GOVERNMENT KEPT THEM ON BENEFITS do you misunderstand? Im sure they want to do nothing but put that episode behind them and stay in a country they arent going to be murdered and work.

And frankly, its a sad day when our country adds up to a bunch of people selfish enough to not understand someones despertate actions and sanction sending people to their deaths. Your conscience may be clear, but frankly if thats what our country means then Im truly saddened by that. Because it makes you, and our country, no better than the terror regimes implemented in those countries. And I thought we were at least better than that. Clearly Im mistaken.

I have a view of our country of upholding peoples right to life, to make people pay for their crimes but not hold it against them if they do their time. To be fair and decent and not actively participate in murder of individuals no matter what they have done.

Stewboy, I can only say shut up. Im truly shocked by your callousness. Anyone who actively sanctions murder which is what your post amounts to is no better than they are or the Taliban that kills them. Frankly I thought better of you than that. Frankly, I think better of my country than what this thread amounts to.

Nice one :lol:

But surely even if the country is lawless the Taliban who they fled from are no longer in power any more, so they have no reason to stay here as their lives would not be in any more jepody than any other Afgan if they went home.

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and lynw i thought better of yiu than to say its all ok and dandy to let hi-jakers stay in our country for free.

if we did the same ...... honestly what do you think would happen ????

20 - 30 years maybe ???



sorry lynw im against this one :!:

they are on easy street :evil: they are given money and houses as a priority and also its not just the 9 it's all the family members that have arrived here as well.

nope>>> no charity jail em then return em . simple as :wink:

P.S. and send a few thousand more with them :lol: