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Sentenced to death

They risked their lives to help British and US armed forces. Now Britain is turning its back on the Iraqi civilians facing a tidal wave of hatred in their home land. By Neil Mackay

THE "aameel" are the pariahs of Iraq. The Sunnis want to kill them. The Shias want to kill them. Even the Iraqi police see them as traitors. That's what the Arabic word "aameel" translates as: traitor, agent or collaborator.