Iraqi war translator struggles with new life in America
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The Bush administration has vowed to resettle 12-thousand Iraqi refugees in the United States by next Fall. But that goal is proving difficult to meet, in large part because of extensive background checks. A handful of Iraqi refugees have cut through the federal bureaucracy and now make their homes in the Northwest. Correspondent Anna King brings us the story of a former Iraqi interpreter, whose life was turned upside down by a bomb.
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Iraqi war translator finds a new home in Seatac, Washington
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LEDE: The Bush administration has vowed to resettle 12-thousand Iraqi refugees in the United States by next Fall. But that goal is proving difficult to meet, in large part because of extensive background checks. A handful of Iraqi refugees have cut through the federal bureaucracy and now make their homes in the Northwest. Correspondent Anna King brings us the story of a former Iraqi interpreter, whose life was turned upside down by a bomb. (SOQ 3:28 plus music to 3:44)
STORY: There?s a video Hider Nhil watches over and over again on his laptop computer.
SOUND: AMB- War video
A plume of angry flames rocks the skyline. It looks like an action movie with great special effects. But this bomb was real.
NHIL: The shrapnels hit me in thi...
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