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Al-Emeri, 43, left, working for the U.S. Marines as an interpreter, is reunited with local villagers after 12 years. Khuder led an uprising in his village of Qal'at Sukkar during the last Gulf War and fled to the United States in fear of reprisal from Saddam Hussein's regime. He now returns in hopes of rebuilding his village.
Al-Emeri, 43, left, working for the U.S. Marines as an interpreter, is reunited with local villagers after 12 years. Khuder led an uprising in his village of Qal'at Sukkar during the last Gulf War and fled to the United States in fear of reprisal from Saddam Hussein's regime. He now returns in hopes of rebuilding his village.

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