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Former interpreter living in Iowa who helped U.S. military faces deadly deportation
Daily Nonpareil ^ | June 13, 2021 | Erin Murphy Lee

Posted on 06/13/2021 11:02:04 AM PDT by Mean Daddy

The terrorists rode on motorcycles to the home in Afghanistan. They wore masks and carried guns. They came upon a little boy, grabbed him by the neck and demanded he bring them bread. If he didn’t, they would harm him and his family, they said.

The little boy was 9 years old. He had never seen a gun before. He was scared. He did as they asked.

That interaction, decades later, could prove to be a death sentence for Zalmay Niazy — an Iowa Falls man and the little boy in that story.

A decade after the day he brought a piece of bread — “A piece no bigger than a cell phone” — to those terrorists, Zalmay Niazy, who had learned English as a child, worked as an interpreter for U.S. military forces in Afghanistan. He did that for three years, from 2007 to 2009, putting his life in danger both at work — he was wounded in multiple bombings — and at home, where Taliban forces threatened him and his family. The Taliban in 2008 made good on its threats, killing Niazy’s uncle, he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nonpareilonline.com ...


TOPICS: Egypt; Israel; News/Current Events; Syria; US: Iowa; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; egypt; iowa; iowafalls; israel; syria; waronterror; zalmayniazy
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Leaving this here.
1 posted on 06/13/2021 11:02:04 AM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: Mean Daddy

“DEATH TO AMERICA AND ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS AMERICA!” —Joseph Stolen


2 posted on 06/13/2021 11:06:04 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Lefties call anything they can use to subjugate other people "science.")
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To: Mean Daddy

Vietnam...Iraq...Afghanistan...there have been “locals” who have helped us. IMO these people should be treated with gratitude by us. Of course there can be exceptions.


3 posted on 06/13/2021 11:06:50 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Mean Daddy

I wonder how many single military age Muslims have been admitted as “refugees” in the last last 5 months?


4 posted on 06/13/2021 11:06:58 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You helped the military..Dems hate the military..You should die for what you did to dems.....


5 posted on 06/13/2021 11:07:09 AM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: Mean Daddy

This is messed up, if the U.S. doesn’t protect people who risked their lives to help us. How many US service members are alive today because someone like this helped us?


6 posted on 06/13/2021 11:08:15 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

7 posted on 06/13/2021 11:10:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Mean Daddy

Easy solution. Leave the country and sneak back in illegally. Then they’ll let him stay.


8 posted on 06/13/2021 11:11:29 AM PDT by birdsman (NAAWP)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I had an Uber driver who spoke several languages. He was from Afghanistan, and he helped the US military as a translator because he didn’t like what was going on in Afghanistan. But eventually bad guys who knew what he was doing We’re going to kill him, so they gave him a Visa to come over here. With his knowledge he could have been doing something better than driving an Uber and he was waiting for something. Hopefully hes doing something better today


9 posted on 06/13/2021 11:12:20 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Mean Daddy

...on the next episode of “The United States of Al”...


10 posted on 06/13/2021 11:15:16 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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They got paid. We don’t need to be bringing everyone who helped us in Afghanistan over here. First of all, half of them only did it for the money and are no friends of ours. But probably haven’t renounced Islam. When we grant asylum, next they’ll bring over all their cousins, brothers, kids etc.

Quit saying we owe them, and explain to me how they will make life better in America.


11 posted on 06/13/2021 11:25:09 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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I’m calling BS on this incomplete story. First, he came here illegally. Second, how would anyone know about the piece of bread story. There is more going on here.


12 posted on 06/13/2021 11:38:57 AM PDT by Savage Rider
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You beat me to it.

Change his name to Martinez, leave the country and turn around and sneak back in.

The idiots running the immigration system under the democRATS will treat you better than if you were our ally.

Not only will they let him stay but the will give him welfare, college education and many other necessities for free.

His mistake is being too honest with democRATS. They only believe in lying, cheating and greed. Only Republicans believe in hard work, renovating your home and starting your own business.

Get with the program.

13 posted on 06/13/2021 11:41:33 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: Savage Rider

You are probably right.


14 posted on 06/13/2021 11:42:45 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: DesertRhino

Send them to Puerto Rico. Or Guam.


15 posted on 06/13/2021 11:43:29 AM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Rurudyne

I wonder how many single military age Muslims have been admitted as “refugees” in the last last 5 months?


No need to apply, they just come across the Mexican border by the dozens according to an article earlier.


16 posted on 06/13/2021 11:53:12 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Mean Daddy

Everybody has a sad story. He came in with the intent to break the law. He works while continuing to break our laws.


17 posted on 06/13/2021 12:00:38 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: Mr. Blond

And how many Islamic countries could he be sent to? Set him up in Morocco with a condo and a falafel shop. Done.


18 posted on 06/13/2021 12:05:44 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: DesertRhino

Morocco probably has the sense not to take them in.


19 posted on 06/13/2021 12:16:27 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Mean Daddy

There should be a way to vet the terps. Maybe they should just go to Mehico and come in that way.


20 posted on 06/13/2021 12:28:39 PM PDT by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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