Mon Apr 7, 2:27 PM ET |
Khuder Al-Emeri, 43, center, working for the U.S. Marines 24th Expeditionary Unit as an interpreter, is reunited with local villagers after 12 years, Monday, April 7, 2003, in Qal'at Sukkar village, some 62 miles north of Nasariyah, Iraq (news - web sites). Khuder led an uprising in his village during the last Gulf War (news - web sites) and fled to the United States in fear of reprisal from Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime. He now returns in hopes of rebuilding his village. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) |