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Taking Care of Our Own in Iraq, with Ira Glass

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Abu Abed is an Iraqi, a former member of Saddam Hussein's elite guard, who allied himself with the Americans and became a hero in the war against Al Qaeda. After the US was through with him, he and his family were chased into exile. Death threats continued as he fled to Jordan, then to Sweden. Please, please, can he have a US visa? Gen Petraeus intervenes on his behalf. (Listen to podcast from This American Life)

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