The federal government gave speedy approval to Mohammed al-Mashat's request for landed immigrant status. The former Iraqi ambassador to the US said he became the target of death threats, apparently from Iraqi secret agents, from the moment he first contacted Canadian officials in Vienna.

Date: 1991-05-20
Placeline: VANCOUVER, British Columbia.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 13 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << I pleaded with the with the council there that please if you can't speed it up because of those reason and I appreciate very much a parent Lee convey that message to the Canadian government >>

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