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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1827838" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/alan-kurdis-father-worked-with-human-smuggler-and-captained-boat-that-capsized-survivor-says" target="_blank">http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/alan-kurdis-father-worked-with-human-smuggler-and-captained-boat-that-capsized-survivor-says</a></p><p></p><p>An Iraqi woman who was on the same boat as Alan Kurdi, the boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach last week, says his father was in charge of the boat that capsized, drowning many of the migrants on board.</p><p></p><p>The woman, Zainab Abbas, lost two of her own children on the fateful crossing, and is now back in Iraq. She told Channel Ten news in Australia in an interview that Abdullah Kurdi was driving the boat. She also accused him of being part of a ring of smugglers who help refugees make their way to Europe.</p><p></p><p>“He was a smuggler, yes. He was the one that was driving the boat,” the woman told the channel through a translator, <a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/aylan-kurdi-drowned-boys-father-accused-of-being-people-smuggler-in-charge-of-boat-that-crashed-denies-claims-he-was-at-helm/story-fni0cx4q-1227523270638" target="_blank">according to Australia’s Daily Telegraph</a>.</p><p></p><p>Abdullah Kurdi lost both his sons and his wife on the crossing and has repeatedly said he only took over steering the boat when the captain abandoned ship in rough waters.</p><p></p><p>But Abbas said Kurdi was in charge all along. The man who collected thousands for her for the dangerous journey to Europe, where her family had sought to escape the Islamic State, even reassured her the journey would be safe as the captain was bringing his wife and two children along, Abbas claims. She <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/world/migrant-crisis/aylan-kurdis-father-is-a-people-smuggler-woman-claims-20150911-gjkt2m.html" target="_blank">also said</a> Kurdi was speeding when the boat flipped over and begged other passengers not to turn him into Turkish police.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1827838, member: 12952"] [URL]http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/alan-kurdis-father-worked-with-human-smuggler-and-captained-boat-that-capsized-survivor-says[/URL] An Iraqi woman who was on the same boat as Alan Kurdi, the boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach last week, says his father was in charge of the boat that capsized, drowning many of the migrants on board. The woman, Zainab Abbas, lost two of her own children on the fateful crossing, and is now back in Iraq. She told Channel Ten news in Australia in an interview that Abdullah Kurdi was driving the boat. She also accused him of being part of a ring of smugglers who help refugees make their way to Europe. “He was a smuggler, yes. He was the one that was driving the boat,” the woman told the channel through a translator, [URL='http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/aylan-kurdi-drowned-boys-father-accused-of-being-people-smuggler-in-charge-of-boat-that-crashed-denies-claims-he-was-at-helm/story-fni0cx4q-1227523270638']according to Australia’s Daily Telegraph[/URL]. Abdullah Kurdi lost both his sons and his wife on the crossing and has repeatedly said he only took over steering the boat when the captain abandoned ship in rough waters. But Abbas said Kurdi was in charge all along. The man who collected thousands for her for the dangerous journey to Europe, where her family had sought to escape the Islamic State, even reassured her the journey would be safe as the captain was bringing his wife and two children along, Abbas claims. She [URL='http://www.theage.com.au/world/migrant-crisis/aylan-kurdis-father-is-a-people-smuggler-woman-claims-20150911-gjkt2m.html']also said[/URL] Kurdi was speeding when the boat flipped over and begged other passengers not to turn him into Turkish police. [/QUOTE]
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