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...Ahmad al-Halabi, a Syrian-born translator from Detroit..."
Make that 'a Syrian citizen who moved to Detroit w/ his parents 9 years ago, and lied to the USAF about having become a US citizen".
The US airforce should have known bettter than to accerpt a Moslem Arab in their ranks. Thgere are thousands of Christian Arabs who are capable of translating Arabic without the built-in hate for us.