A Translator's View of the War in Iraq

NPR | By Philip Reeves

Published December 18, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Dozens of Arabic language interpreters working with U.S. forces in Iraq have been killed over the course of the war. NPR's Philip Reeves profiles one translator who feels like a constant target.

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