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The dogs get visas (oh, yeah, and try diagramming the first sentence below):
The black puppy with white legs and white spots — named Iraqi by Leitheiser — was one of 24 dogs flown from Baghdad to Newark International Airport in New Jersey this week by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals International.
The dogs are set to be reunited with U.S. soldiers who adopted them.
But to hell with the people:
There are close to 10,000 translators in Iraq alone — but until now, only 50 special visas to the U.S. have been available each year for both Iraq and Afghanistan.
For interpreters, like “Timmy,” whose real name CBS News can’t reveal, that lack of special visas is almost a death sentence.
“When we sign the contract, we say, ‘Sign the contract for death, for executing,'” Timmy says.
