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Shirmah Mohammed feeds her grandchildren at her family home in south Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. Mohammed and her family fled their conflict torn homeland for neighboring Syria in 2006. Four weeks ago, after more than a year as refugees, the family returned to their house in Dora, cautiously hoping the recent improvement in security means that they can stay for good. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)AP - Thousands of Iraqis whose support for the U.S. war effort in Iraq has put them and their families in grave danger at home are being excluded from a new fast-track system aimed at speeding up refugee resettlement in the United States for American allies, officials said Thursday.

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