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An Iraqi Interpreter’s Story
michaeltotten ^ | 8/7/07 | Michael Totten

Posted on 08/07/2007 9:38:18 AM PDT by bnelson44

MJT: What will happen if the Americans leave next year?

Hammer: Rivers of blood everywhere. Syria and Iran will take pieces of Iraq. Anti-American governments will laugh. You will be a joke of a country that no one will take seriously.

I will kill myself if it happens. I am completely serious. The militias will hunt down and kill me and my family. I will beat them to it by killing myself.

I worked for the U.S. government for four years. Everyone who works as an interpreter for four years and gets a signature from a General or a Senator gets a Green Card. My hope is to get this somehow. I will do anything for this.

I am doing this for my son. Everything for my son. I don’t want my son living here getting into religion and militias and Al Qaeda. I want my son to be free, to have a girlfriend, to get married, and to be a good citizen.

(Excerpt) Read more at michaeltotten.com ...


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1 posted on 08/07/2007 9:38:20 AM PDT by bnelson44
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MJT: What is the worst thing you have ever seen in this country.

Hammer: 60 guys from Al Qaeda kidnapped an interpreter’s sister. She had a baby boy, six months old. They raped her, all 60 guys. Then they cut her to pieces and threw her in the river. They left the six month baby boy to sleep in her blood.

We found him on a big farm south of Baghdad. All that was left was his legs and his shoes. The dogs ate him.

I don’t want this for my family.

These people are like animals who came from another planet.


2 posted on 08/07/2007 9:40:45 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: Allegra; SandRat

ping


3 posted on 08/07/2007 9:41:20 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: bnelson44

Senator Reid doesn't care what happens to you or your family.
And your coming to the States probably makes him "uneasy".

4 posted on 08/07/2007 9:42:46 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: bnelson44
What's the difference between the Dems' plans for Vietnam and Iraq? We'll use a UH-60 Blackhawk for the last helicopter out of Baghdad.


5 posted on 08/07/2007 9:44:16 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (May the heirs of Charles Martel and Jan Sobieski rise up again to defend Europe.)
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To: All
An appeal active military can sign in support of the mission:


www.appealforcourage.org

6 posted on 08/07/2007 9:46:50 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: bnelson44

Prayers for the Iraqi People and our troops. We can’t let the Democrat perfidy repeat itself. There is a special circle in hell for the traitors and the savage animals slaughtering innocents.


7 posted on 08/07/2007 9:53:22 AM PDT by SolidWood (UN delenda est.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

ping


8 posted on 08/07/2007 9:54:10 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: bnelson44

Any know if Hammer has found a sponsor yet?


9 posted on 08/07/2007 9:54:46 AM PDT by Crim (Dont frak with the Zeitgeist....)
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To: bnelson44
If I knew President Bush’s private e-mail, I would send him this article with the simple points about electricity and being released from a prison underscored. This man makes me realize just how trapped the Iraqi people are, and I pray to God that the surge frees all of them.

I feel like crying after reading this article.

10 posted on 08/07/2007 9:57:19 AM PDT by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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The following is an amazing exchange:

MJT: Is there a solution to the problem in this country?

Hammer: Nuke Iraq.

MJT: Be serious.

Hammer: I am serious. If you screen all Iraqis, 5 million of them would be good people. Clear them out, then kill everyone else. Syria and Iran would surrender. [Laughs.]


11 posted on 08/07/2007 9:57:48 AM PDT by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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To: Crim

Hammer is looking for employment in and permanent relocation to the United States for himself, his wife, and his son. If you can sponsor him for a Green Card and help save his family, email him at superlink_par@yahoo.com and superlink_70@yahoo.com.


12 posted on 08/07/2007 10:01:22 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: 6ppc

Wow even an Iraqi agrees with the “nuke’em all crowd”.


13 posted on 08/07/2007 10:02:13 AM PDT by SolidWood (UN delenda est.)
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To: bnelson44

Yeah...I got that..I’m wondering if anyone knows if he has a sponsor yet...


14 posted on 08/07/2007 10:03:17 AM PDT by Crim (Dont frak with the Zeitgeist....)
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To: theDentist
If ever the truth has been told, you have, a dirty, slimy man who has sold his soul to the devil.
15 posted on 08/07/2007 10:08:44 AM PDT by gulfcoast6 (Tis a day the Lord hath made!)
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To: Crim
I wish I was in a position to offer him a job.

Carolyn

16 posted on 08/07/2007 10:14:23 AM PDT by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: theDentist
And your coming to the States probably makes him "uneasy".

vote Democrat

17 posted on 08/07/2007 10:15:45 AM PDT by alrea
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MJT: Why is there peace in Kurdistan but not in this part of Iraq?

Hammer: The Kurds got rid of Saddam earlier. They fought against Saddam just like the Shia fought against Saddam, but the Kurds won their war and the Shia lost. In 1991 the Americans were heroes to the Kurds, but they disappointed the Shia and left them to Saddam. They were not reliable. So the next time, in 2003, some Shia thought they should get help from Iran. They know Iran is not going anywhere. Iran is a more reliable ally than the Americans.

The Shia never forgot being abandoned by the Americans. They talk about this all the time, still. They know the U.S. will leave Iraq and they will face Al Qaeda alone.


18 posted on 08/07/2007 10:21:29 AM PDT by keepitreal
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To: keepitreal

And politicians in this country wonder why the Iraqi Congress is so slow. With active pursuit of surrender in the Democratic Congress and little hope of maintaining our support of Iraq beyond ‘08 those in power now will be targets later.


19 posted on 08/07/2007 10:36:00 AM PDT by vigilence
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To: KarlInOhio; bnelson44
What's the difference between the Dems' plans for Vietnam and Iraq? We'll use a UH-60 Blackhawk for the last helicopter out of Baghdad.

We're not leaving that way.

We just can't and we're not.

20 posted on 08/07/2007 10:49:42 AM PDT by Allegra (10)
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