Tired of war, thousands of Iraqis want to go to U.S.

[maddezmom]

Tired of war, thousands of Iraqis want to go to U.S. 05 Aug 2010 08:08:19 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Violence and threats drive Iraqis from home

* Worst Middle East humanitarian crisis in decades

By Khalid al-Ansary

BAGHDAD, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Ahmed is desperate to get out of Baghdad, after Islamists threatened to kill him or his children because he worked for Western media after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Like thousands of others, he hopes to land a U.S. refugee visa to escape bombings, shootings and death threats in his homeland.

"Fundamentalists told me over the phone: if you don't quit work we will either kill you or one of your children," said Ahmed, a father of a son and two daughters who said he was afraid to give his full name.

more:http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANS138288.htm

[Demeter]

1. As Long as They Work To End This Stupid War, Let Them Come!

We need the peacemakers.

[unhappycamper]

2. We have around 150 Iraqi immigrants in the Boston area.

Mothers, fathers, children and grandparents. I've met many of them and they are wonderful people.