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Re: Only 2 Iraqi translators who worked with U.S. troops got U.S. visas last year Thousands of translators in Iraq face danger as they wait to gain entry to the U.S.

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
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Amazing. Setting aside the human rights angle ... If there's another war there (i) they will need these people, and (ii) future interpreters won't risk their lives for the US.

Surely they are useful to intelligence agencies in the meanwhile.


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Only 2 Iraqi translators who worked with U.S. troops got U.S. visas last year Thousands of translators in Iraq face danger as they wait to gain entry to the U.S.
By: clo in ALEA
Sat, 24 Aug 19 5:06 PM 		Msg. 31440 of 54959

EXCLUSIVE: Under Trump, U.S. closes the door on Iraqi interpreters

In the last year, the Trump administration has issued only two U.S. visas to Iraqis who worked as interpreters for the U.S. military, according to government statistics obtained by NBC News.

The interpreters have faced threats, abductions and attacks for their association with American forces, and hundreds have been killed by militants since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

"I am a hunted man," said one former interpreter who has been waiting for a visa for 10 years. "If I return to Iraq, I will be assassinated."

more:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/only-2-iraqi-translators-who-worked-u-s-troops-got-n1035661

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