- Barakat Ali Bashar, an Iraqi interpreter who served alongside the US Army, lost his life when he used his body to shield a US Special Forces soldier from a suicide bomber.
- As he was dying, he made only one request, that the US military take care of his son and his wife, according to a new
- Bashar's family has been living in fear in a refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan since the Islamic State overran their home.
- US Special Forces troops have been writing letters and petitions in support of the family's visa application since 2015, but the family has yet to receive a visa.
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US soldiers are fighting for visas for the family of an Iraqi interpreter who sacrificed himself to shield American troops from a suicide bomber
The last words of a heroic Iraqi interpreter who sacrificed himself to save American soldiers from a suicide bomber were: "Take care of my son. Take care of my wife." US Special Forces troops are now fighting to secure a visa for his family.
The last words of a heroic Iraqi interpreter who sacrificed himself to save American soldiers from a suicide bomber were: "Take care of my son. Take care of my wife." US Special Forces troops are now fighting to honor that dying request.
When a suicide bomber detonated his vest during a vehicle inspection near the Syrian border in September 2007,
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