أغتيال المترجمين العراقيين

أغتيال المترجمين العراقيين...

توقعنااااااااااااااااااها منك ايها الجنرال، لكن ليست بهذه السرعة...تقتلنا و نحن أحياء...لكم الحق ان تفرحوا برؤوسنا، يا فرق الموت، لكم الحق ان تفرحوا برؤوسنا ايتها الميليشيات و القاعدة.. لكم الحق ان تفرحوا برؤوسِ أُهديت لكم على طبقِ من ذهب...فقد خلعنا اقنعتنا... فهلموا لترووا وجوهنا...لم افهم السبب وراء هذا القرار الغبي... لكن الذي حصل حصل، و ليس هنالك شيء سوف يتغير... بالنسبة لي، سوف استمر... ما بدأته يجب ان ينتهي، و لقد تعلمت منهم، المخاطرة...سوف لن اقول صديقي... و لن اقول اخي، فقد تتحسس من الكلمة، لكن ايها القاريء العراقي الكريم... الم تسأل نفسك لماذا هذا الجندي يأتي إلى العراق و هو يعيش في الجنة على حسب ما تقول انت، لماذا يضحي بكل شيء ليأتي إلى العراق...بلد الموت... في حين اهله يبحثون و يحفرون في الصخرو يجيبون الأنهار، ليخرجوا منه.......اسألوا بحور اسبانيا و ايطاليا و اراضي اليونان، اسألوا سجون كل الدول، كم من المهاجرين العراقيين تحتجز... الكل يريد الهروب منه و هم يأتون إلينا... الم تتفكر من كل هذا...اسمعك تقولها....نعم اسمعها......ماذا تقول::خائن...جاسووس...عميل..........و إن يكن.......فأنا مقتنع بكل شيء افعله...بالنسبة لي إني فخور بما اعمله...................بعد كل فترة الخدمة التي عملتها، عرفت ما هو العراقي، و ماذا يحدث في العراق... من هو الامريكي و كيف ينظر، دعنا نقول، الجندي الأمريكي، لإن الشعب مسكين و هو لايعلم ما يحصل، فكيف له ان يعلم و هو جالس اما شاشة التلفاز.لكن بنفس الوقت فشعبنا شعب تناقضات، نعم اقولها، نحن لسنا شعب متكامل، و صدقوني كله من يدنا...لا تقنعني، بالإيراني، و السوري و اللبناني و تنظيم القاعدة............آآآآآآآآآآآآآآآآه لما تحمل الآه من معاني............سوف يأتي اليوم، الذي تروى فيه القصص، سوف يأتي اليوم الذي تُكشف فيه كل الحقائق...فقط وددت أن ابدي اعجابي بقرار الجنرال الأمريكي، الذي استطاع ان يبرز عضلاته علينا...لكن تأكد، سوف اظل اعمل، حتى تقولها لي بعظمة لسانك...احببت عملي لإنه اعطاني الحياة لي و لعائلتي... فسوف لن اتركه بهذه السهولة...مهما قلتم سوف لن اهتم...في جعبتي الكثير الكثير لهذه المدونة التي رجعت إليها بعد سبات عميق...سوف ادون من كل مكان و في اي مكان...افتقد المترجمين العراقيين في التدوين، هنالك البعض، سوف احاول ان اجمع فتاتهم و اضعه في مدونتي...رغم كل ما قابلته في هذا العمل... إلا أنني عشقته، أراني الجميل و السيء في بلدي، و في الثقافات الأخرى... قد لا تستحق ان تخاطر في حياتك لإجل اي شيء، لكنني فعلتها...لا اعلم لماذا اكتب هذا الكلام...لكنه الليل و ما يحويه من بنات افكاري...لديّ الكثير مما اقوله، لكن لم تكن لدي الشجاعة لكي اتكلم...ها أنا اليوم على مشارف اللعبة، او كما نسميها في المصطلح السياسي المستخدم من قبل أخواننا!!! البرلمانيين...بداية النهاية... على مشارف ان اخرج من هذه اللعبة، لكن يجب ان اعطي كل حقِ حقه....سوف أعد منهاج كامل لهذه المدونة، سوف اعيد ترتيبها، سوف اعمل لأجل البقية...فخسارة شخص هينة لكن خسارة اشخاص ليس بالأمر الهيّن، ليس لدي العصا السحرية، لكن سوف استجمع كل ما اريد ان اقوله و لم اقله في خلال السنوات الأثنين الماضية...أراكم في امان الله

Assassination for All Iraqi Interpreters.....Have the United States did it on purpose............for me, they did on purpose...

Assassination for All Iraqi Interpreters

I'm so sorry about what the MNF-I (Multi-National Force in Iraq) commander did few days ago......

He made the decision of assassinate for all Iraqi Interpreters!!! Yes He did it, and nobody knows why he issued that decision........
There is no clarification of this decision except, trying hard to enforce us to get out from this job by ourself, they don't like to say.......or actually they cannot do it directly, so they do it in diplomatic way as Americans did always.


They issued a new rule say:

NO MORE MASK FOR IRAQI INTERPRETERS.

It's like they want to say :

HEY IRAQI PEOPLE...HERE THEY ARE...THE IRAQI INTERPRETERS...NOW YOU GET CHANCE TO SEE THEIR FACES...DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO OF THEM,KILL THEM,TOURTURE THEM, WE DON'T CARE.

Yes, that was the truth, and I challenge any body has ability to give me another reason that make this commander took decision such this.
But believe me or not..........from the beginning, we had knew such thing will happen to us after withdrawal of CA(collision forces)? We had knew either if our people will not kill us and will forgive us it will be countries, agencies, organization, special groups, or even the IG(Iraqi Government) will still looking for us and kill us, we had knew it will be one day, the database of hiring company of local interpreters will steal.........and that happened few days ago.............it's not a rumor and there is no need to bother your POC to enforce him to call the company and ask them is something like this happened or not................there is no smoke without fire.................
400 names had stolen from database system in BAGHDAD in that fortified zone as they call it.......it's not by accident..........what do you thing when you hired local employees in corporation in charge originally of hiring local interpreters..............does that make sense????????!!!!!.
Friend of mine, He is working outside of Baghdad, he got question by commender of company...........that commander told him, depends on new rule from division commander of CA, Interpreters no more allow to put on mask to cover his face........, when he ask him , why? What's the idea behind this stupid decision? He gave him unaccepted excuse...........He says, the situation is getting better, and people should feel of security gainings!........and he added: and to let the ISF (Iraqi security Forces) feel better by showing them by take the mask off, that we trust them...................
What the hell is going on??????????????
does that make sense??????????
why Mr. Commander you did that? All that because you don't like Iraqis immigrant to states? Or,you want to hear the interpreters say: ok I'll put the mask, and then you will have good reason to fire him? Or you did it for IRAQ? Or it's the latest technique to decrease the amount of Interpreters No., or it's new way to get rid of all interpreters!!!
I'd like to hear from you!!!!!!!!!I know no more guys read my blog as I didn't update it from a long time, but I'd like to hear from you, give me just one reasonable reason my reader, give one reasonable reason American citizen ! Give me one reasonable reason human beings enforce that commander made decision like this.........
believe me or not, when I begun this job, I was know very well, that the death will be our faith, so it doesn't matter no more... I'll continue work until the last breath, not for the Iraq, not for the SIV, not for the Americans................but For live(for the money that I use to feed my family)
I know 99% of Iraqis and Arabs, right now say: you deserve it, that's the end of each traitor..spy.. agent...but I don't care, I'm who I'm...
I'm proud of what I did(personally I'm really proud), I'm proud not because I collaborate with the occupier and proud because I serve my country, nooooooooooooooo

I'm proud because:

I didn't steal anything before or after 2003 at all...
I didn't hurt anybody, Iraqi or non-Iraqi...
My hand doesn't get mixed with Iraqi blood, I didn't shoot even blank round against any animal...
I didn't persecute anybody in my life...
I don't have hostility against any one...
I didn't make fake degree certification just to be employ in this ministry or that office.
I didn't give bribe to take something not belong to me and it's not my right.
I'm not one of the persons who assassinate the University Professors, Doctors, Merchants, teacher, servants, workers, or the life in Iraq in direct way or indirectly(bombs ...etc..)
I'm not one of the parliaments who they urge the great young guys to fight each others and kill each others while he is stay sitting down on his chair office.
I'm not one of the SOI leader who made big fortune by contract he made with Americans or IG...
I'm not that mercenary guy who kills people for money..........

believe me Mr. Commander...I know my people more than you, I will not say...either I love Iraq and I work for it nor I love America and work for it........it's common interest, I like my job, because easily, It gave me another chance to be alive.....at least for one more minute...I like anything will give one more minute to be alive in the country of Death.

But one day, the truth will appear

YOU WERE RIGHT WHEN YOU MADE ASSASSINATION DECISION!!!

For more details:

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=65147&archive=true

كلمة واحدة قد تُفهم بعدة اوجه، قد تؤدي إلى نهاية أي نوع من العلاقات إلى الهلاك...شخابيط و رسالة شخصية من مترجم

This time, I'll post in Arabic,I konw, there is no people continue reading my blog that its blogger give up to post...
But as I said before,this is my blog.
This post will be for one person(just if you have free time to read, read it,otherwise,give up reading)

كلمة واحدة قد تُفهم بعدة اوجه، قد تؤدي إلى نهاية أي نوع من العلاقات إلى الهلاك...شخابيط و رسالة شخصية من مترجم

أعتقد انها النهاية لكن لا اتمنى ان تكون...

الشيء الجميل، أن هذه المدونة، لم تُقرأ من قبل القراء من فترة طويلة، قد يكون السبب، لإنشغالي، او لتكاسلي عن التدوين، لهذا سوف اكتب بأريحية كبيرة خصوصاً و ان هذه التدوينة تعني لي الكثير و سوف اكتبها بالعربية...

السبب الرئيسي لهذه المدونة، إني اليوم قد خسرت صديقة عزيزة جداً، لا اعلم بالضبط، هل خسرتها للأبد، ام ماذا...رسالئلها التي اتوق لرؤيتها كل صباح، تبهرني و تكّمل لي الصورة التي ارسمها عنها... فعلاً انها انسانة رائعة و فريدة من نوعها... عرفتها من سؤال غريب وردني على الإيميل الخاص بي.
كان سؤال ليس ككل الأسئلة التي وردتني على الإيميل، مع ان المضمون كان واحد لكن الفكر كان مختلف تماماً.
ابهرتني بهذا السؤال، مع اهدافها النبيلة من ورائه.
منذ الحادي عشر من شهر آب و الرسائل مستمرة بيننا، تطورت هذه الرسائل، لتصبح مسجاب موبايل، فرحتي كانت لا توصف للقاء شخص بهذا التفكير و المنطق السليم، اتفقنا على عدة امور، منها ان لا يكون بيننا اتصال، فقط مسجات، و بالفعل و كعادتي، في احترام الإتفاقيات، كنت منضبط إلى ابعد الحدود، رسمت لها صورة في مخيلتي، ليست لها وحدها، بل لوالدها التي كلمتني عنه و الذي هو وافق بروحهة الرائعة ان ترسل لي رسالة نصية من هاتفها المحمول.
كعادتنا نحن معشر المترجمين(الخونة، الجواسيس) كما يطلقون علينا...كعادتنا، التكتم، هو سر مهنتنا، حتى هذه المدونة، لا احد يعرف عنها شيئاً، عدا قرائي في العالم الإنترنيتي.
استمرت رسائلنا، و بدوري استمريت في ارسال الرسائل لها، كانت تحكي لي، و احكي لها، فعلاً كنت بأمس الحاجة لإنسان لا اعرفه معرفة شخصية في العالم الحقيقي، كنت بأمس الحاجة لأن اتكلم معه، افضفض له ما بنفسي، بمعنى آخر، اصبحت هي المدونة التي اكتب لها...
ما يحدث لي في كل يوم...اكتبه لها في رسائل نصية على الموبايل، بالضبط... بدأت التدوين لشخص واحد... لكنه ليس اي شخص، فهو شخص الهمني بروحه الرائعة، و اخلاقه الرفيعة، و ثقافته النيّرة، شخص تعلمت منه الكثير من الأمور رغم صِغَر سِنهِ، التمست في كلامه حب الوطن، بدون مغالاة او طائفية، و بدون اي مصالح عنصرية... كان اشبه مايكون بالملاك.
الشيء الذي لا يعرفه هذا الشخص... ان الموبايل كان مفتوح لإجله، و له فقط، لم اكن استلم اي رسالة إلا منه...
الحقيقة تُقال يا معشر القوم...لقد عشقته عشق عفوي، اخوي، عراقي إن صح التعبير، بدون ان اعرفه...و الله شاهد إني كنت سليم النيّة، سبحان الله... احمده على كل شيء.
ما طمئنني اكثر، إن والده كان يعلم بالرسائل التي بيننا، و هذا شيء فرحت له كثيراً كثيراً، عندما كانت ترسل لي سلام والدها، كنت اتخيله واقف بجانبها و هو يقول لها سلمي لي على سامي...
من معرفتي بهم، خلال فترة شهرين و نصف، كانوا فعلاً نٍعمَ الأصدقاء و العائلة الرائعة..
حتى جاء موعد رسالة الكترونية بيننا، عندما كتبت جملة او عبارة، كانت تحتوي الآتي:
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اكو شغلات متنحجي، بس لكونج غريبة و ما اعرفج، فما اعتقد هذا يعتبر تباهي او شي من هذا القبيل،
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أخذت هذه الجملة بحساسية كبيرة، خصوصاً بعد شهرين و نصف من المعرفة، قد يكون الأمر غريب و لعلك تقول، شهرين و نصف و على النت، لاشيء ، فماذا تعتقد، طبعاً إنها فترة ليست كافية لأي شيء.

لكن بحكم الرسائل الي كانت بيننا، بحكم السلام الذي كان بيننا، اقول لك انت مخطيء تماماً، كنت اعرفها و لازلت، حق المعرفة، كل كلمة كنت احس بمصداقيتها، و كأننا نتكلم وجهاً لوجه، لن اقول لك اني رأيت صورتها او استمعت إلى صوتها، لكن احسست بصدق كلامها الذي سطّرتهُ لي في رسائلها، و الله شاهد على ما اقول، و بدوري، كنت صادق معها في كل كلمة قد كتبتها.

العبارة التي قلتها، مرتبطة بعبارات بعدها و قبلها، و هي تعرف تماماً ما اتحدث عنه، لكن كان قصدي من باب ما معناه:
عندما تعطي بيمينك، احرص على ان لا تعرف يسارك (عندما تعطي بيدك اليمنى، احرص على ان لا تعرف يدك اليسرى).
هذا كان القصد، و لم اكن اقصد، أني اتبرأ من شهرين و نصف من معرفتي بكِ، او إني لا اعرفك تمام المعرفة.
أستفزتها هذه الجملة كثيراً لدرجة انها بعثت لي بسمجات ثلاثة على الموبايل، و ملخصها يقول:
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مراح بعد اكدر احجيلك
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لم استطع حتى ان ارد على مسجاتها، فقد رفضت و قطعت كل الأواصر، لقد قالتها بصريح العبارة، هل كانت حقاً تعني ما تقول، هل انتهى كل شيء بهذا البساطة، نعم...لم يكن هنالك شيء، لكن هل صداقة او معرفة لمدة شهرين تنتهي بهذه المأساوية خلال ٢٤ ساعة....كنت في حالة يرثى لها، لم استطع الرد على مسجاتها، لإنها قالت ان الأمر انتهى... كيف ارد على مسجاتها... لكن فكرت ان ارد عليها عن طريق المدونة... فهي ملاذي الوحيد... فعلاً بحاجة لك يا عمي العزيز(والدها)، هل عنده علم بكل الذي جرى!!! لا اعلم لكن حسب علمي، انه على دراية بكل شيء، حتى بمسجاتنا، هل إني اخطأت، او الآخرين فسروا كلامي خطأً،...
لا اعتقد ان الذي ينكسر قد يتصلح... لكن، تأكدي، إن اخترتي ان تنهي كل هذا، فسوف لن امانع...لكن بنفس الوقت...سوف لن انساكِ و انسى عمي و خالتي و كل العائلة التي كلمتني عنهم، سوف تبقى دردشتك و كلامك سراً محفوراً في ذاكرتي فقط، و لن يخرج لإنسان ثالث، يجب ان تتأكدي من هذا الشي...
أما ما انا متأكدٌ منه... أننا سوف نلتقي يوماً ما... فالدنيا صغيرة جداً جداً.
يا جماعة صدقوني، كنت اصعد إلى الطابق الثالث و اقف في اعلى نقطة موجودة لإرسل رسالة وحدة لها ، و كم من المرات خذلتني الشبكة و اقف لمدة ساعة او ما يقاربها فقط لإرسل رسالة لها، فهل هذا يُفسَر على انه، لا اعرف الإنسان و هو غريب عني، لم يكن المقصود بذلك السطر هذا المعنى...
لا اعرف ماذا اقول بعد...
صباحاً كنت حزين جداً و مغثوث لدرجة كبيرة، رأيت دموعي على وجنتيّ، و كانت تستحق ان تكون هناك، و التمست الأعذار لصاحبة الرسالة، فقد تكون في جو غير طبيعي، او قد كانت تعني ما تقول، نعم هو رثاء لنفسي قبل كل شيء، لكن هذه هي المرة الثانية التي ذرفت فيها الدمع... لظلم وقع عليّ.
لعل مدونتي، لم تكن كما توقّعها الآخرون، لكن بالنسبة لي، قد ساعدت الكثير من الناس، بشكل او بآخر عن طريق الإيميل الذي كان موجوداً في المدونة، و الذي هو كان بداية تعّرفي بهذه الإنسانة...
كما قلت انها شخابيط مترجم لا زال على قيد الحياة.

what's going on nowadays...

Hi , how are you? Different topics,take my attention nowadays, and different funny video I'd like to share with you... First of all, let me show you what's going these days in Faluja and Ramadi which was the hottest area one day...................... believe it or not.............

this is KFC in Faluja, yes itsn't real franchise, they just taken the name.
“it a successful experiment that the city of Fallujah are open to the world and are currently receiving all manifestations of modernity and Western restaurants,most of our costumers from young people like to get out on the tradition even in the food and experience of those meals, especially meat and cheese segments which are in demand, adding that the love of change pushed me to go to this type of work “, the owner of the KFC fast food, Omar Kazem said.
Source: Arabic report

We are busy nowadays for security preparation for annual anniversary of Imam Musa Ja'far Al-Kazem's death (the seventh of the Twelver Shia Imams., more information about Imam Musa Ja'far Al-Kazem,you can find it below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_al-Kadhim

http://www.ghadeer.org/english/shia/shia/7thimam.html

http://www.atlastours.net/iraq/baghdad_shrines.html

http://www.al-islam.org/topical.php?sid=399480879&cat=159

http://www.al-shia.com/html/eng/ser/islamic-turism/ziyarat/iraq/iraq.htm

Our work will be ensure protection for all visitors, and make sure everything is going smoothly.
The idea is, the people will come from all parts of Iraq, towards the capital Baghdad, and visit his shrine in Khadimiya, that means all troops will be stand by in whole Iraq.
Three more things here:
1-this is a Shiite ceremony.
2- normally, you going to see a lot of tents set in the streets and roads,so the visitors can sit down and take rest in these tents, you going to see people standing beside these tents, some of them cooking food and feed the visitors and the others serve water and Iraqi tea (Chi) to the visitors.
3- you going to see colored flags waving on the main road, and you use to see most of people come to Baghdad on foot, and you use to see pople doing these things (even I don't know what you call what they do):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCMZnMXTBFk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My8LmmgDcQw&feature=related

Here are two selected videos from YouTube about this special ceremony.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHpXq48S-0

persian language with english subtitle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgiMGdjYkYo&feature=related

last thing
here is video my email got, it's funny video you aren't going to understand what is that guy saying, the video is normal but the interpretation comment, is funny, he say:

Conda: Hello Jalal
Jalal: hello Conda
Conda: thank you very much
Jalal: “ keep kissing Conda and saying” I fall in love with you, I fall in love with your father, I fall in love with America,I fall in love with all of you, (Conda say: that's enough, stop kissing) I fall in love with all people like you(america), I fall in love with you, without you help, I'm not the president right now,(Conda say: thank you thank you) I fall in love with you, I fall in love with any person fall in love with you


See you guys... next post.

Keeping Blogging More Difficult Than Army Missions

Keeping Blogging More Difficult Than Army Missions

Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone contacted me by Email for asking, thanks to all readers, thanks Neorotica, thanks MrGhost, I had seen my interview and I like the picture you put it.

I'd like to say big " Hi " to Sam, and thanks God you back to your out post safely, Welcome Back buddy!

During my vacation , I was still thinking about my blog, and I'd like to write in the future,I got lots Email, most of them positive and the others are just bullshit, to be honest with you, I had thought to shut my blog off,and never back to it, many Emails i had been received affect in me, I also thought to create new blog but in Arabic, so may be I can help the people by giving them some helpful guidance and instruction about how to deal with army during any raid or search operations, many Emails had received asking me to guide them to that corporation that hired us, and how to deal with their exam, I helped them by telling them where can they go? and what type of questions they gonna expect!, Email from Media Organization and cyber organization invite me to participate with them making news and various reports specially about Iraq.

One type of Emails took my attention, that was for those guys would like to work as Interpreter!, I ask myself many times! Am I doing the right thing when I helped them and told them where and when should they go? few days ago when I discussed this issue with my workmate "S", he gave me negative view point, He told my:

S:why are you putting a mask when we go mission?

Me: honestly,because I don't trust people, and I don't know who gonna meet in place we going to

S: So what's your guarantee that the person you gave him help by Email,wont be one of untrust people you try to avoid?! what's your guarantee that the person you gave him help wont come in in our base by chance?!

Me: I don't know, I didn't think about all that, I just think about one thing when I received his/her Email, I thought he need help, and should be help him, because one day I was need this help and wish some one help just to help, not because I'm his relative or I'm from his neighborhood or we are from the same sectarian, or same religion.

S: Help yourself and then help the others

I thought about what he said, and honestly It makes sense, but, I have to help them,whatever their evil plan or thoughts, I got back to my memories when I had nothing to go to college at that time and I need just to know the place and the way to that corporation makes hire for people as interpreters.

May be I'm wrong, but I did that with goodness intention, and there is another thing, If some thing wrong happen to them, will it be my fault? I felt guilt, and I need your view of point about this issue,what do you thing SAM, Do I did mistake? what do you thing Neurotica? You are in Iraq, and you know what I mean literally.

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everything was going good in final exam, I got back about 7 days ago, and directly went and doing some missions and raids,my family gave me a call last night telling me, my brother was succeed and pass to next class, he is in college too, really was a good news.

A lot of thing in my mind nowadays about blog and family and my future, I will talk about that next post.

Now I leave you with some pictures I took them last vacation, these pictures can give you a side from our life in our Iraq and gonna get Iraqis live abroad sweet memories about these places... have enjoy!!!

Two storey Bridge in Al-Jadirya neighborhood (Jisir abo Al-tabekain), near one of the International Zone's Entrance, if you keep going under bridge, you will reach at

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim house, leader of Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, before these houses were belong to Saddam's followers,LOL, the house still house but its owner recently is the opposite of the first owner,hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa.As we say in Arabic: day with you and day against you.

Square intersection near that Bridge

another side view for that Square intersection

Road leads to Liberty Square intersection ( Al-Hurreya square), Look at the picture at power pole,It's for Abdul Aziz al-Hakim's brother, he passed away in Samara' shrine blast which was the first spark that led to Sunni and Shiite fighting lately

Related pictures about Abdul Aziz Al- Hakim(I'm always say: Politics is a dirty game)

The Seal for Ice Cream shop,I think, the oldest and most famous Ice Cream shop(Al-Faqma Ice Cream) in Baghdad(until now, most Iraqi people going to this place and hanging ou over there specially at sunset time)

Al-Karada neighborhood(outside Karada) (Al-Karada Kharej), one of the biggest christian neighborhood in Baghdad,before it was famous by its Top Fashion shops, but now, it's famous by its power generator's shops and Air cooler's shops (the most profit business in our Iraq)

Green Air coolers on the left side

Finally this Folkloric song for all readers, especially Iraqis:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdDNI0fWhY

See you next time...

Mother's day

It's a quick post!

I'm just would like to say:

Happy Mother's day for all mothers around the world,

And special Congratulations to my mom, I love you mom...

"Americans most favorite questions to the interpreters "

SOI,two sides of one coin!

Hi folks...

I was in desert base(as I call it) few days ago, the base we belong to ,actually we had a meeting over there,Iraqi-American meeting,to be more clear,SOI(Sons Of Iraq)- American meeting, SOI as American call them recently and CLC (Concern Local citizen) previously.

If you're tracking with news, the Americans began this new experiment in Ramadi (west of Iraq) when the American leadership decided to support the tribes and people over there in order to quit Al-Qa'eda at that time,I think Americans have succeeded in Ramadi,and the reason was that Al-Qa'eda didn't has deeply relationship with the people in Ramadi,I agree the people in Ramadi supported and helped Al-Qa'eda by joining to them and make their houses as a safe place for them,but when Al-Ramadi people decided to awake from their sleeping, they did a good job,everyone knows by money you can solve any problems, so the American understood the game's rules at that time,they provided the tribes members with all weapon's type, they provided them by the money and the power, nowadays...Al-Ramadi is one of the safest place for American and Interpreters(lol), when I was in Green Zone to hire,I asked that person who is in charge about sending people to all bases around Iraq, I asked him, if he has vacancy job in west of Iraq (Al-Ramadi),but he told me, they are full, they don't need more terps over there.

The Americans tried to do the same successful experiment with the other side, I mean JAM(Jaish Almehdi-Almehdi Army), but as I saw here around my sector, they failed,keep in your mind that you can ceduce JAM easily, not like Al-Qa'eda,I heard that from Americans themselves,one of them told me,Al-Qa'eda has their ideology,he came here to die, he is still in front of you until you kill him or he kill you,they don't care about the money as much as JAM care, now of course, you ask yourself,if they care about the money,we can use the same way we used it in Al-Ramadi???,Yes, that's right, but here we have another factor stronger than money, that thing is: Family ties.

Imagine with me:

I'm Shiite,I'm working as interpreter,of course I've a relative has contacts with JAM directly or indirectly,let's say he is just supporter,when someone catch me and I'm in Shiite neighborhood, who will release me???of course my relative (keep in your mind not all Shiite have contacts with JAM, but most of them, about (90%),in addition,most of Shiite (if we don't say all) nowadays employees in MOI (Ministry Of Interior).

OK...you would like to hear facts, no problem,let me tell you:

The team who i work with responsible to train and support X Iraqi forces, one day when we were over there, one of them asked us about our salary,and one of my coworker told him the right amount we got,then he asked us about how many days we take every month?at that time I told him we take vacation days every three or six month and honestly the vacation days depends on the unit you work with!, at that time one of them jump in the middle and said: I think you take 4 days every month(lol), it's not big deal if someone knows that, but he told us that with confirmation sign draw-ed on his face, then he begun talk with us in English language(lol),soldier in Iraqi forces speaks clear english language(wow),he is better than me(believe me hahahaaaa, yes he is better than me),the same coworker of mine told him directly, were you interpreter before??,of course, he said: no, and then after talking with him about 15 minutes, he said: my brother is interpreter!!!, that's great, he is in Iraqi forces and his brother interpreter with Coalition forces,actually it doesn't make sense,I know if you are not Iraqi you never understand why that situation is strange (because the Iraqi people look at the terps as a big fortune,he can ask ransom from his family if catch him),let me continue that story,my coworker felt more safe when he heard that soldier's brother is terp too,so he summons the courage and ask him the question that is always in our mind(the question of million $), he asked him of course all that in English language around 6 guys,but you know nobody knows English, so they were like a deaf in the wedding party as we said in Arabic proverb,he asked him exactly this question:"OK brother let me ask this question and i hope you be honest and strait with me,if you saw me in normal life (civilian life) will you do something to me?", I didn't imagine he asked him that stupid question, but the guy respond him honestly and told him (if I see you , I'll never do anything,because the Americans survived me twice,and you are belong to Americans and the second thing is, my brother interpreter, so what will i do with you,someone will do with my brother whatever when, but I can not guarantee that my coworkers will let you go,they will catch you and then they will sell you to another group if they don't have possibilities to make a ransom with your family,and of course the will kill you if they make sure you are involved about any issue related with them", by the way,Al-Qa'eda will never ever release you and they will tear you neck directly(as we said(the interpreters) you will be a little bit lucky if JAM catch you).

He never shocked me, because I know that very well,then we finished our conversation and return to Arabic language.

I forgot something to tell you, I asked him before we finished our conversation,don't be scared when you are talking with us in English language in front of them, and he said, everyone here knows that I'm college student and all studying materials in English language!, for the readers I'd like to tell them nobody can handle any conversation with any English native language person because he is college student!!! and there is another thing I'd like to tell you,most of our soldier didn't finish their high school if I don't say their primary school.

So,family ties is stronger than money and the strategy we used it in Al-ramadi is not efficient with JAM.

But I think the JAM is smart ass enough to paly "Cat and mouse game" with the Americans,so you can see the SOI leaders,the same guys were fight-ed and argued the people to fight the Americans in the past, nowadays riding BMW tracks and have that steal shining weapons and each SOI member gets about 300$ each month when the fresh graduated guy get about 200$ if he is lucky and found a job.

Do you think that is fair!!!

Let me read your comment, but I think It's fair in our new Iraq!,because the voice of arms is stronger than any other voice.

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I'd like to mention to my readers that my blog had a sister now,yes,It is a new terp blog,his blog http://interps-life.blogspot.com/he has a great English writing skills(not like me, too far from perfect as Abbas hawazin said (lol)), by the way Mr. Abbas, you mentioned to my blog at http://iraqblogcount.blogspot.com/ but the link moves you to another site, I'd like to say Hello and welcome to blog-sphere SAM, your blog is the best supporter to me,because nobody can feel us like ourselves,I discovered your blog yesterday by Hayder alkoie blog(eye raki), I read all your posts yesterday and right now I'm reading your new post:

"Americans most favorite questions to the interpreters "

I invite all reader concerns about Iraq to take a look on that great blog, It's really interesting and he needs your support as I need it, and I'll answer the questions that he posted in his blog in the comments fields.

As i said always:

Be in safe if you are in Iraq, see you later if you aren't from Iraq!!!!!