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And they have facilities they need to practice their religion.
They're going to say that but of course if that was the case he's going to be able to make that.
Obviously then he's had children and he's had legitimate businesses or seemingly legitimate businesses and he has property over there so he could maybe say if he's... Was all of that not frozen though in the aftermath of the sanctions?
Well it was frozen but
that would be another argument he could make that if he's guilty of a crime he should be prosecuted over there and not sent back to Ireland.
You know, I don't know.
No, but there is a thing with extradition that if there's a sort of case, if you're suspected of something you should be tried where you are.
Now look, all of that, like you have to remember Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, it's not a normal country and
If you look at how this arrest happened, very quickly, once the warrant was received, the Dubai police basically got it from the guards, or got it from the Irish government, I suppose, probably the Department of Foreign Affairs sent it, and he's arrested within two days and a statement is released.
I would think that shows you that the level of cooperation, all of this means that he's coming back.
Oh, for sure.
I was glad you managed to say that word there.
Cooperation.
Cooperation.
That's why he's lifted.
That's why he's lifted.
However, there has been huge amounts of diplomacy have gone on over, you know, a number of years.
The initial stages where guards were being sent over there, were being based over there for periods of time.
There was huge diplomatic contacts between the Irish state and the UAE.