Translators Who Risked Their Lives For American Troops Are Getting Screwed By The US

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http://www.businessinsider.com/afghan-iraqi-translators-visa-problems-2013-9



Afghan interpreter Janis Shinwari onced saved an American soldier's life in a firefight and faces death threats from the Taliban due to his service to the U.S. military.

Shinwari, like most Iraqi and Afghan interpreters, was promised a Special Immigrant Visa after serving one year in his translation duties. Two weeks ago, he finally got approved — only to have his new visas for him and his family later revoked with no explanation.

An Op-Ed at The Guardian written by U.S. Army soldier Matt Zeller explains:

I spent the next few days calling the US embassy in Kabul and State Department to no avail. After total silence, they finally told me that his visa was revoked for reasons they could not legally address. I investigated further and had my worst suspicions confirmed: in the two weeks since the State Department issued his visa, an anonymous "informant" contacted the US government and claimed all sorts of things about Janis. The informant's bogus claims eventually reached an analyst at the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) in Washington DC who promptly put a security hold on Janis' visa, prompting the State Department to revoke it all together.



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[Octafish]

1. That is not right.

Once the US pulls out, anyone who lifted a finger to help is doomed.

[whttevrr]

2. Shameful...

These people should be granted automatic political asylum.

[Javaman]

3. How soon we forget...

Mohamed Alanssi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Alanssi

[90-percent]

4. Also

In Gulf War 1, after America achieved their mission, didn't Bush Sr. promise Iraqi's that the USA would help and support them if they overthrew Saddam? And when they did, there was no USA to be found and Saddam murdered a bunch of them?

It hurts when my country treats those that help us less than honorably.

90% Jimmy

[awoke_in_2003]

5. this should not surprise anyone...

We can be real dicks most of the time

[marble falls]

6. Its just a continuation of how easy it is to forget about humans referred to as "assets"...

what we did in Viet Nam. We compromise them and lie to them and then we bug out and leave them behind.

[rug]

7. This fiasco will be more bureacratic than dramatic