your connection to The Boston Globe  Bush agrees to help Iraqi
refugees  A new opportunity in US for 7,000  An Iraqi refugee
waited in line with her mother to get aid in Baghdad Tuesday.
The Bush administration said it will contribute $18 million for
a worldwide resettlement and relief program. Only 202 Iraqis
were allowed into the United States last year. (AHMAD AL-
RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)  WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration
agreed yesterday to greatly expand the number of Iraqi refugees
allowed into the country and to pay more to help Iraq's Arab
neighbors cope with the human tide fleeing increasing violence
and economic hardship in their country.     The US proposal also
includes plans to offer special treatment for Iraqis still in
their country whose cooperation with the United States puts them
at risk. Expanding visa programs for those Iraqis would require
legislation in Congress, State Department Undersecretary Paula
J. Dobriansky said yesterday.  Some 2 million Iraqis have left
their country, and an