Reply #7: I know somebody who's 30 year old son confirms this

[stavka]

Initially he was in Iraq translating (he is an Iraqi ex patriot) and asked for a transfer due to the violence and a desire to die of natural causes, they sent him to Kuwait - where he sits around watching TV (getting fat- his words). They charge the US Government/Tax Base $200,000 a year for his time, and pay him $125,000 tax free.

He also said half the translators can't translate - they are Moroccan or Tunisian guys who were doing gofer work at $8.00/hr under the table in Dearborn auto body shops before the war, and just make stuff up when the tribal dialects get too tough for them - and then laugh about it when they get back to their billets - "stupid American Lieutenants - believe anything" - It's not that they are malicious, just lazy and greedy.