U.S. embassy denies Iraqi couple visas to attend their own son's funeral!

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Firas Eiso's funeral is today, Thursday March 16th, and his own parents won't be in attendance - thanks to the U.S. embassy in Jordan, who denied them visas to attend it. Some jackass there thinks that if they are let into the U.S. they won't leave - despite the fact that the couple owns a home and a business in Iraq. Not only are they experiencing the loss of their 23-year-old son, they can't even be at his funeral due to the paranoia of the U.S. embassy...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060311-9999-2m11novisa.html

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1. That is intolerably sad and stupid. How will

we ever extricate ourselves from this mentality? I guess we won't. :(

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2. It's really heartbreaking, not only for the family but also for the...

...Chaldean community here in San Diego, who are just as broken up about the whole thing as the family is.