JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - Trump admin. adds former Iraqi official to terrorist watchlist, revokes visa
"We don't allow suspected terrorists to reside in our country," the State Department wrote on X.
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Trump State Department revokes visa of Iraqi official Biden honored with courage award
The Trump administration pulled the U.S. visa of a former Iraqi finance minister who now sits on the federal terrorist watchlist, the same woman the Biden State Department celebrated as a champion against corruption just four years ago. Taif Sami Mohammed, once praised by then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken as Iraq's "Iron Woman," can no […] The post Trump State Department revokes visa of Iraqi official Biden honored with courage award appeared first on American Almanac .
The Trump administration pulled the U.S. visa of a former Iraqi finance minister who now sits on the federal terrorist watchlist, the same woman the Biden State Department celebrated as a champion against corruption just four years ago. Taif Sami Mohammed, once praised by then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken as Iraq's "Iron Woman," can no longer enter the United States after the State Department revoked her visa this week. Mohammed is believed to be outside Iraq and has not been detained. The reversal is stark. In March 2022, Blinken hosted Mohammed at the State Department's International Women of Courage Award ceremony, crediting her with stopping bribes and exposing schemes that inflated government payrolls to enrich corrupt Iraqi…Open