Monday, January 26, 2004

LOST IN TRANSLATION

Language trials in Iraq.
In one incident, a soldier fired warning shots at several Iraqis near an off-limits area in Tikrit. Some Iraqi guards nearby heard the shots and approached the soldier to see what was happening.

The soldier ordered the guards to leave the area, saying it was too ''risky.'' The guards returned to their base and told their superiors that U.S. soldiers were firing guns and had threatened their lives if they didn't bring them ''whisky.''

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