Posted on Mar 23, 2023
Iraqi refugee remembers how his life and his country changed when the U.S. invaded 20 years ago
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Here & Now producer Lynn Menegon brings us the story of Naseer Nouri, who the Washington Post called their "fixer extraordinaire" in Baghdad in the early years of the war. From 2003-2008, Nouri helped Post journalists report from some of the most dangerous places in Iraq. He now lives in the U.S.
Iraqi refugee remembers how his life and his country changed when the U.S. invaded 20 years ago
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Iraq
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
Baghdad
Journalism
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."There is no placard for Shams. There is no placard for Yousafzai’s former colleagues, or for the names read out each week at his Sacramento mosque. He doesn’t expect to see any placards for his countrymen and women who died in the Kabul airport attack, alongside 13 U.S. service members.
“If we start telling the stories of the sacrifices or the loss,” Yousafzai said, “it would fill the books.”
..."There is no placard for Shams. There is no placard for Yousafzai’s former colleagues, or for the names read out each week at his Sacramento mosque. He doesn’t expect to see any placards for his countrymen and women who died in the Kabul airport attack, alongside 13 U.S. service members.
“If we start telling the stories of the sacrifices or the loss,” Yousafzai said, “it would fill the books.”
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