Interpreter vs. the US

Posted by Robert on November 5, 2003 9:36 AM

"U.S. forces apparently launched an airstrike that killed six Afghan civilians, including four children, because they were misled by an Afghan interpreter trying to settle scores, [1] a senior government minister said Tuesday."

Read this story in light of the politically correct don't-ask-don't-tell mentality about radical Islam that seems to have [2] pervaded the translation operations among Al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2003/11/interpreter-vs-the-us.html

URLs in this post:
[1] http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-aafghan5nov05,1,1673206.story?coll=la-headlines-world
[2] http://robertspencer.org/articles/guantanamo.php