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Stryker interpreter 'giving back to Iraq'

Jun-16-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

This is one of the profiles I referred to from The Coalition Scimitar. The story in the Scimitar is longer, however.

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Pfc. Husam Razaq Almusowi, who was born in Iraq and raised in Dearborn, Mich., is now serving with the Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Iraq.

On many occasions, Almusowi is the lead interpreter for important meetings between Coalition leaders and top Iraqi government officials.

“He’s a great interpreter and a good kid,” said Capt. Matthew Lillibridge, the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps liaison officer for Almusowi’s unit, the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry. “He definitely has a lot more responsibility placed on him than your average private first class.”

There are times when Almusowi doesn’t sleep because he’s translating letters thought to be written by terrorists. In his spare time, he teaches ICDC soldiers how to read and write Arabic and English. In the town of Qayarrah, Lillibridge said Almusowi has won over every Iraqi he’s spoken to.


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