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Old 06-07-2011, 03:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Rockwolf66 View Post
In Somalia they were taking anyone who could speak Somali as an interpretor no matter what their loyalties might have been. Heck the Marine commanders interpretor was the son of the main warlord they were fighting and after that warlord died his son took over the clan leadership.
It is my understanding that he wasn't just an interpreter, he was a fully trained US Marine (his warlord father had sent him to the US to be educated and the son had ended up enlisting in the USMC). I find that even more disturbing, that a trained US Marine ended up becoming a factional warlord in Somalia.
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