[muawiyah]

Part of the problem with Jews who speak Arabic is that many of them have immediate ties at one or two removes with Iraq itself.

Saddam Hussein and the Ba'thist expelled the Jews when they took power.

[RinaseaofDs]

Yup. I can see why they might have been excluded. Two reasons right up front.

1. Ties to Israeli Intelligence.
2. Not enough information to clear the candidate's background sufficient for employment.

This looks like another FBI hit piece. Out of context.

[Alouette]

Part of the problem with Jews who speak Arabic is that many of them have immediate ties at one or two removes with Iraq itself.

And that is a problem because.....?

[SJackson]

Part of the problem with Jews who speak Arabic is that many of them have immediate ties at one or two removes with Iraq itself.

As opposed to an Arab who speaks Arabic that has immediate ties to Iraq?

They aren't hiring Arabic speaking Norwegians to fill these jobs.

[wtc911]

A good friend of mine is an Israeli woman whose father was an arab and her mother a Jew. She is fluent in both Arabic and Hebrew, including idioms. She offered her services in 2002 and the FBI turned her down without so much as an interview.