http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032007H.shtml
What the Iraqis had to offer went well beyond linguistic ability:
Each of them was, potentially, a cultural adviser, an intelligence
officer, a policy analyst. Firas told the soldiers not to point
with their feet, not to ask to be introduced to someone's sister.
Interpreters assumed that their perspective would be valuable to
foreigners who knew little or nothing of Iraq. "People came with
true faces to the Americans, with complete loyalty," Ali said.
"But, from the beginning, they didn't trust us." The message was
clear: You Iraqis are on your own.
Each of them was, potentially, a cultural adviser, an intelligence
officer, a policy analyst. Firas told the soldiers not to point
with their feet, not to ask to be introduced to someone's sister.
Interpreters assumed that their perspective would be valuable to
foreigners who knew little or nothing of Iraq. "People came with
true faces to the Americans, with complete loyalty," Ali said.
"But, from the beginning, they didn't trust us." The message was
clear: You Iraqis are on your own.
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