16.1772, Media: LA Times: 'Combat Linguists' Battle on Two Fronts

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Subject: 16.1772, Media: LA Times:  'Combat Linguists' Battle on Two Fronts

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Date: 06-Jun-2005
From: Karen Chung < karchung at ntu.edu.tw >
Subject: LA Times:  'Combat Linguists' Battle on Two Fronts 

	
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Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:09:09
From: Karen Chung < karchung at ntu.edu.tw >
Subject: LA Times:  'Combat Linguists' Battle on Two Fronts 
 


The Los Angeles Times
June 5, 2005

World:  THE CONFLICT IN IRAQ

'Combat Linguists' Battle on Two Fronts

Interpreters, some U.S. citizens, face not just Iraqi insurgents but suspicious GIs as well.

By John M. Glionna and Ashraf Khalil, Times Staff Writers

BAGHDAD ¡X Tarik, a newly minted U.S. Army private first class, recalls his first challenge in Iraq: convincing fellow GIs he wasn't a terrorist.
        http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-interpret5jun05.story

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