I hate to post this one, but those of us who have gotten engaged in the plight of Iraqi interpreters who risked their lives to assist U.S. troops could see it coming. Getting here is a challenge, but ...

Feb. 14, 2007 — -- "Opie" -- a 22-year-old with a baby face and a soft voice -- was horribly injured by a roadside bomb while helping the United States. Now he wants the United States to help him ...

The U.S. Army's Iraqi Linguist Program, run by Titan Corporation (later L-3), recruited thousands. For commanders, ...

A U.S. interpreter gives instructions to members of the Sons of Iraq to ensure that their payday runs smoothly in Fadaliyah, Iraq, Nov. 24, on Patrol Base Yates. (Photo by Spc. Chase Kincaid/Joint ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Mohamed Abdul Kareem's crushing culmination to three years of service as a translator and cultural adviser to U.S. troops in Iraq came on the recent day that he joined a long line of ...

During a decade of war, U.S. troops relied on interpreters — thousands of Iraqis and Afghans — who worked and often fought alongside Americans. Many of them were promised visas to the U.S. but they ...

FARGO - Paul Braun and his fellow soldiers feel they owe their lives to an Iraqi man who was their interpreter. After battling several years of red tape and bureaucratic indifference, Braun was able ...

Note: This is being expanded and updated at Oregon at War. Iraqi interpreters are now forbidden to conceal their faces, despite the risks In a triumph of bureaucratic small-mindedness over human ...

Khalid al-Baidhani found out early about the risks of being an Iraqi working for the U.S. military in Baghdad. In 2006, he was waiting for a ride home outside a U.S. base. "A car stopped right away, ...

BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter Thursday, and at least two dozen Iraqis died in violence across the country, as politicians worked on a government they ...

A new law awaiting President Bush’s signature appears to have cleared the way for an Iraqi interpreter who served with the Lincoln-based 67th Area Support Group last year to start a new life in ...