Friday, July 25, 2008
Don't Panic U.S. stiffs Iraqi allies
Posted by Andisheh Nouraee on Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Another mission accomplished.
The Washington Post reports today that the Bush Administration still isn't helping the estimated 25,000 Iraqis who risked their lives to help the U.S. invasion and occupation force.
The State Department cannot resettle in the United States about 25,000 Iraqi interpreters and other refugees who worked for the U.S.-led coalition over the next two years because of limits on the number of applications that can be reviewed, according to Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte.
In February, CL published the story of Ahmad Ali, a Sunni Arab Iraqi translator targeted by Shi'ite death squads. Ali escaped Iraq's sectarian killing fields to start a new life in Doraville.
In the story, I noted that the U.S. accepted just 1,608 Iraqi refugees last year. Sweden, which is 1/33 the size of the United States, has managed to give refuge to more than 31,000 Iraqis since the U.S. invasion.
(Illustration by Jeremy Fuerst)
Latest in Fresh Loaf
-
Chance White's Perfect Party: Remnant – A Post-Apocalyptic Steampunk Epic
Local filmmaker is part of the team making a steam punk epic for the Web, and talks about his experience winning the Atlanta 48HFP.
-
Former Fulton prosecutor who played key role in BMF investigation arrested on drug charges 1
Charged with intent to distribute meth, ecstasy
-
Metro Atlanta Arts & Culture Coalition being dissolved
MAACC getting folded into the Atlanta Regional Commission
- More »
Author Archives
-
What can we learn from the 9/11 anniversary? 37
Ten years later, a TV terrorpalooza rings hollow
- More »
Comments (0)