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In January 2005 Kirk Johnson, then twenty-four, found its way to Baghdad as USAID's only American staff who spoke Arabic. Despite his opposition to the conflict, Johnson noticed called to civic responsibility and wanted to help restore Iraq. Appointed as USAID's first reconstruction coordinator in Fallujah, he traversed the city's IED-strewn roadways, working alongside idealistic Iraqi translators - teenagers and women fed up with Saddam, filled up with Hollywood slang, and enchanted by the idea of a peaceful, democratic Iraq. It was never to be. As sectarian assault escalated, Iraqis utilized by the U.S. coalition found themselves subject to a advertising campaign of kidnapping, torture, and death. On his first quick vacation, Johnson, swept into what doctors later described as a "fugue express," crawled onto the ledge outside his hotel home window and plunged. He would spend another year in an abyss of despair, surgery, and PTSD - crushed insurance firms failed in Iraq. 1 day, Johnson received an email from an Iraqi good friend, Yaghdan: "People are trying to eliminate me and I need your help." After being recognized by the militiaman, Yaghdan got emerged from his house to find the severed head of an dog and a death hazard. That email launched Johnson's mission to get help from the U.S. federal government for Yaghdan and hundreds like him deserted in Iraq. The List Project has helped more than 1,500 Iraqis find refuge in America. To Be considered a Good friend Is Fatal is Kirk W. Johnson's memorable portrait of the real human rubble of conflict.
