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Boston Calling: An Iraqi-American Family’s Sanctions Nightmare

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05/01/2013

An Iraqi-American Family’s Sanctions Nightmare

BBC World Service - Boston Calling, An Iraqi-American Family’s Sanctions Nightmare

Jailed for sending money to Iraq; join the Army, become an American; and Mexico’s drug war

The Iraqi-American jailed for sending money for medicine to relatives back home, Koreans fast-tracked to US citizenship by joining the military, and stories from Mexico’s drug war.

On today's show: the Iraqi-American businessman jailed for violating US sanctions by sending money to his relatives in Iraq in the 1990s. 

Plus, we hear about the Koreans flooding a Pentagon programme offering a fast-track to US citizenship for those who join the military and “outlandish” stories from Mexico’s drug war.

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