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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Joseph Stepansky

Iraqis still await special US visas 20 years after invasion

Abdul Qadir Al-Dulaimi, right, walks alongside US General David Petraeus in Iraq after the 2003 US invasion. Al-Dulaimi is now seeking a protective visa to flee to the US [Photo courtesy of Abdul Qadir Al-Dulaimi]

Abdul Qadir Al-Dulaimi was shot three times — in the head, shoulder and kidney — in what he said was apparent retaliation for his work with United States government forces after they invaded Iraq in 2003.

He thought his work and the attack would qualify him for one of the 2,500 visas set aside for Iraqis who had experienced “an ongoing serious threat” as a result of their employment with the US.

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