"Since the war in Iraq began in 2003, an estimated 4.7 million Iraqis have fled their homes, scattering within the country and beyond. Some 2 million now live outside their homeland, mostly in Jordan and Syria. In mid-2007, the U.S. government began resettling Iraqi refugees in this country: Some 15,000 Iraqi refugees already have arrived, and 17,000 more are expected in the next year. Atlanta is a prime destination for them.
Last year, we introduced NPR audiences to a single mother of three who heads one of the first refugee families to arrive in Atlanta. Bothinaa Mohammed had worked for the U.S. Army in Iraq and was targeted as a traitor. She brought her family to the United States in late August 2007, after three years in Jordan. In Atlanta, she got a job as a hotel maid."
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