European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 7 David top general in Iraq base annual salary Good translators in Iraq top annual salary translators i Iraq can mean big payday sch risk in by Tamer Elgh Bashy new York daily news new York the demand for Good translators in Iraq has become so High that they Are commanding salaries that often exceed that of the wars top arabic language newspapers in the United states regularly Post ads offering up to for a years work often very dangerous work in David sent to Iraq by president Bush to run the has a base pay of the Money offered underscores the Cru Cial role interpreters have in the Battlefield As they accompany soldiers on patrol and during you can be an escalating presence or a de escalating said Anne an interpreter who worked in Iraq for five months w there is so much room for misinterpretation and it can be discs it can be it is difficult to recruit iraqis As interpret ers because being labelled a Collaborator can be a death soldiers often com Plain about the Lack of interpreters or interpreters who barely speak the local dialect and can barely speak English that can be a dangerous a mistake can Range from a slight mis communication that offends someone All the Way to being targeted or said who was born in Egypt and spent Many years in Kuwait before moving to Detroit As a the average pay for a citizen work ing As a translator in Iraq is said Walla director of recruiting for Torres advanced Enterprise a Virginia company with a contract to provide interpreters to the Green card holders May also but they must be their salaries average a it is unclear exactly How Many contracted interpreters Are working in Titan another Virginia based com has about translators on their payroll in the a spokesman language service contractors require that applicants pass standardized language aptitude Raouf said the tests dont go far there is such a desperate need for linguists that the vetting process is somewhat said she said the tests focus heavily on straight but do not examine an applicants cultural flu Gen expect More deaths in next 90 Days by Liz sly Chicago Tribune Baghdad eight servicemen Bers were killed six in a single As a general warned that Ameri can casualties Are expected to increase in the months in tandem with the surge of forces dispatched to Iraq to support president Bush strategy to secure the deaths came amid a fresh surge of violence across Iraq in which at least 95 iraqis were reported killed in bombings and including 30 in a car bomb ing at a Market in the southwestern Bagh dad neighbourhood of Rick commander of the 3rd infantry division whose troops Are among those arriving in Iraq to support the predicted growing casualties As the troops take on intensified combat oper were taking the fight to him the enemy and As a result of that theres going to be additional he said at a briefing with Western reporters in Bagh All of us believe that in the next 90 Days were going to see an increase in Casu with four of the extra combat Bri Gades scheduled for deployment in the upturn in casualties is already becom ing april was the bloodiest month of the year for with 104 deaths sundays deaths brought to 22 the number killed in the first six Days of 17 of them in Roadside of the latest american casualties report eight died including six in a Roadside bombing against their vehicle in troubled Dyala Northeast of an unnamed journalist also died and two soldiers were wounded in the at the worst since nine americans died in an april 23 bombing also in which has seen a Sharp escalation of Vio Lence As forces attempt to wrest control of the area Back from Alzaida affiliate de officials attribute some of the recent increase in casualties to the heightened presence of forces on the streets of Bagh where an 11weekold Security plan to wrest Back control of the capital from Mili Tias and insurgents is under under the american troops Are Tak ing up positions in combat outposts in putting them at greater exposure to attacks than in their fortified the weeks ahead will also witness intensified combat activity As troops try to Root out said who com mands task Force Marne in the provinces of Kerala and wait South of the fifth and final of the extra brigades is expected to arrive by june and it is slated to deploy in wait an area bordering Iran that had been under polish control and has so far seen no military Lynch Lynch the military Effort will focus on controlling the iranian Border in an area known As a stronghold for shiite its going to be he its going to be a theres going to be red Cross to increase Iraq operations amid failing Security the associated press Geneva the International red Cross will scale up its operations in Iraq to provide water and medical treatment for hundreds of thousands of people Strug gling to survive amid the Security situation in the the organization said Mon this conflict is inflicting immense suf Fering on All said Beatrice Negev head of Middle East operations for the International committee of the red people directly affected by the crisis Are finding it increasingly difficult to the Geneva based humanitarian organization said it was seeking million to fund the expansion of its Relief bring ing its total 2007 budget for Iraq to More than the new funds will be used to improve health care and provide clean water and sanitation services for the growing num Bers of iraqis being uprooted from their particularly the the Dis orphans and households headed by the i arc said in a the Money will also go to the communities where displaced people Are fleeing the i arc adding that its new target of reaching destitute households or some people is twice what it originally had aimed for this last the Neutral body issued a re port that went beyond its usual appeals for All sides to protect civilians As required by the Geneva the 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