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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 07:36 AM
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Iraqis that helped Bush with his brutal occupation are now running for their lives
http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSN12245508

Left in limbo, Iraqis wait for refuge in United States

NEW YORK, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Ahmed Abassi once worked for the U.S. government in Iraq but fled with his family in fear, hoping to seek refuge in the United States.

Two years later with his life savings gone and his family stuck in the United Arab Emirates, he is still afraid to return to Iraq where he could be targeted by militias.

And like many Iraqis in the same situation, he now doubts he will ever gain refugee status in the United States.

Kirk Johnson, a former U.S. advisor in Iraq, hopes to change that. He has launched an effort to bring Iraqis who once worked for the U.S. government, the military or U.S. contractors to the United States.

"It gnaws away at all of us that so many of the Iraqis that helped us function are now running for their lives," said Johnson, describing them as "the "most hunted class in Iraq".

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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 07:43 AM
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1. terrible irony as it is usually the people who followed the leader (SH) who would
be marked for death
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 08:26 AM
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2. Kirk Johnson, not so smart repuke.
Kirk Johnson, what did you think would happen you stupid sob!
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tuckessee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:18 AM
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3. Anyone who works with foreign occupiers is the scum of the earth.
And now that collaborating filth is going to be imported into the US. Jeez...
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