BREAKING: CBS - Some sort of incident inside Kuwait 101st Airborne

CBS News - TV ^ | 3/22/2003 | CBS News

[livius]

why couldn't we have israelis who know arabic for our translators?

We should, and we should also search for native born Americans who are not professional translators but who have somehow acquired a knowledge of a particular language. One of the best translators I met was a woman who had worked as an interpreter at the Kenya US Embassy bombing trial. She was an American who had married a Kenyan and lived there for 20 years. She was recruited through a call put out over various radio stations in NYC and she did a great job.

[MEG33]

Someone posted a link to a jerk in Wales doing this kind of thing.I said we grew our own.May they rot in hell.

[proust]

how come this story isn't "breaking news sidebar" worthy but two "freep this internet poll" stories are??

[Atlantian]

Ever FReeper should read the book "Bias". Everything you've suspected about CBS is true.

If you don't want to buy it go to your local Barnes and Noble and spend an enjoyable few hours purusing it.

[proust]

oh wait it is, just way down.. nevermind

[livius]

That statement should be stapled to the forehead or everyone at the Pentagon.

That's what I think, too. It's something that's bothered me for quite some time (well, maybe since I read that a Spanish translator in a US govt agency was actually a Cuban spy who was simply tossing out intercepted communications that were less than favorable to Cuba).

This is not a major thing that is right at the forefront of everybody's mind, like, say, terrorist attacks, but it is certainly something the enemy can use to get at us through the age-old technique of misinformation.

[Endeavor]

good for you, livius. I hope someone looks into it.

[baseballmom]

Fox news reporting - A US soldier is missing - now he is suspect.

The 2 translators are found and accounted for.

[mikegi]

From FoxNews: May be a fragging. One soldier is missing -- could be the suspect.

[dep]

fox is now acting as if it's a fragging.

dep

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Fox reports that one of soldiers is suspect! He's missing. This is even worse!

[Conservababe]

Fox. Soldier is missing. Translators are in custody.

Whoa!

[baseballmom]

This report from Fox news is from SKY news reporter - who is at the camp.

God don't let this be.

[MEG33]

May have been one of our own. one missing Frag?

[Maigrey]

If such is the case, and they catch him, he will wish they just cap his a**! Those men don't play...

[Dysart]

Fragging?

[mystery-ak]

Shep Smith reportng a soldier is missing, implying he was responsible for the attack...one of their own?