Dozens of Iraqi orphans were awarded Iraqi citizenship certificates and official identification cards Friday after the government repeatedly turned down their requests for documents affirming their legal status.
Interior Minister Jawad Bolani presented the papers to 26 boys aged 5 to 12 years. They boys wore white shirts with the words "I am Iraqi" emblazoned in them. They were also given applications for Iraqi passports.
"We wanted to put a smile on the faces of these orphans who lost their families and subsequently were deprived of the right of Iraqi citizenship," Bolani said.
Sameer Jassim, a volunteer working in the …
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