7th Rangers: A Queensland prisoner who killed and dismembered his own baby daughter has won a $3000 compensation payout because he was forced to eat vegetables in jail.
Fighting Seventh
The Fighting Rangers On War, Politics and Burning Issues
Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
A Queensland prisoner who killed and dismembered his own baby daughter has won a $3000 compensation payout because he was forced to eat vegetables in jail.
Raymond Akhtar Ali, 60, was fed a vegetarian diet in Maryborough
Correctional Centre for four months in late 2008 and early 2009. His religious beliefs required he eat specially-prepared halal meat,
which must be blessed, slaughtered, cooked and stored according to
strict rules. Ali was incorrectly told that halal food was not available, the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard.
The Tribunal ordered the Queensland State Government to pay the $3000 compensation into a victim trust fund, the Courier-Mail reports. Ali can access the money after he leaves jail if there are no claims from victims and he does not owe any fines. He can apply for parole from August next year. Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie described Ali as a "monster" and said he is seeking advice to appeal the decision.
Ali was sentenced to life in prison after he bashed and dismembered his
newborn daughter before burying her body at his home in Logan City in
1998. Source: Courier-Mail
