Maura Stephens, AlterNet. July 27, 2007. A followup to the harrowing tale of "Andy," the local interpreter who is fighting for his life after serving the U.S. military in Iraq.
Jeff Stein, Congressional Quarterly. April 9, 2007. One of the US's main problems in Iraq is our failure to communicate: We send translators to Iraq who don't even speak the language, and fire other capable Arabic speakers.