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FBI fights terror – but can’t speak Arabic
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Published: 11.10.06, 17:29
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1. One of the huge mistakes in Iraq, too
Steve G ,   Kew Gardens, NY, USA   (10.11.06)
The Americans who are both for and against the Iraq involvement always miss this very important fact. One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to send in troops for an occupation when they don't have the lsightest idea of what the population around them is saying. It's the biggest intelligence failure of them all.
2. i think it would be much better if they learn hebrew... much
fadi ,   lebanon   (10.11.06)
better for their national security !!!
3. well if u read Noam Chomsky's books .. you can easily
fadi ,   lenbanon   (10.11.06)
lear out that they dont need to learn arabic at all ... english is more than enough as the people who planned and facilitated the attacks are within the american terrorsit administration of Bush and his gang.
4. Foolish
Paul ,   Austin, TX   (10.11.06)
It's terrible that this bullheaded, ignorant practice is gospel. They invest millions in contracted translators with ZERO oversight. It's no wonder they're still bumbling around, harassing professors and peace protestors instead of honing in on the real deal. They should stick to investigating check fraud. (Fadi- don't be so shallow: the FBI is fully versed in Hebrew.)
5. Sephardic Jews need not apply
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (10.11.06)
Many Arabic-speaking Sephardic Jews who applied for FBI jobs were turned down because, many who had Israeli connections were considered "security risk" and others were turned down to avoid offending the Muslims. Read the book "Terrorist Hunter" by Iraqi Jew Rita Katz.
6. LOL
david p ,   santa cruz, usa   (10.11.06)
7. fadi
joe   (10.11.06)
They do understand Hebrew.....they get all their instructions in Hebrew!
8. israel is the problem
American ,   USA   (10.11.06)
the question to ask is did the USA have any problems with muslims before the USA started to welfare israel?
9. #7 lol ... sorry i missed that point ...My appologies
fadi ,   lebanon   (10.11.06)
10. number 8/ the answer is yes...
patek philippe ,   switzerland   (10.11.06)
it all started at bronx zoo (nyc) way back in august 1901. the new manager , (a baptist called elmer arafat) swore to god he would never keep feeding on the sole camel there with EXCLUSIVELY halal leaves. the arab-islamic people( no gasoline involved at that time) went wild. shortly after: nine-eleven.
11. they dont must speak arabic!
schulz ,   bad germany   (10.11.06)
12. FBI: Just use Google
Ray ,   Houston   (10.11.06)
13. « Too long have I lived
Marcel Abel ,   (France)   (10.11.06)
among those who hate peace I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war. » (Psalms 120, 6-7) Perhaps the reason why Mr President Bush wanted so much France to get involved. Now what is to be hoped of close nuclear imbroglio. Bravo, warmongers of all countries, you are accelerating coming of doomsday. My Lord, even Einstein they would not listen to, so me ! Please my Lord, only you have the right answer. « Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow. » (2 Chronicles 25, 8)
15. F.B.I.=Fumbling Bunch of Idiots
jason white ,   afula,israel   (10.11.06)
or fadi's big idiot!
16. Re #8: Actually, the USA did
Steve ,   USA   (10.11.06)
B"H There were pirate attacks on US naval ships off the coast of Libyia that prompted the "high crimes at sea" clause in the United States Constituion. This struggle has been going on long before Israel declared recent independence becoming a relatively new state. Study your history better, and you will see this struggle is much older than the modern State of Israel.
17. 7
Darek ,   Mount Prospect, USA   (10.12.06)
You are a fool. Thank God the price of oil is going down. Pretty soon all you muslim pigs will go back to your holes broke.
18. FBI foreign language Lack-of-Proficiency
Samuel G. Waite ,   Choctaw, OK. USA   (10.13.06)
The FBI has the same problem the DoD has. They both quite paying non-Linguist occupation coded Federal Civilians for Foreign Language Proficiency Pay (FLPP). Federal Civilians outnumber Special Agents and Uniformed Military. We already have high security clearances and many are former military. But we are capitalists! When the Generals and the Washington IDIOTS cut FLPP for Federal Civilians to save a few million dollars. Everyone quite listing FLP on our personnel papers and we don't volunteer for duty that will hurt our careers. Because Linguist jobs are low grades and low pay compared to what we normally do. The Brass skulled IDIOTS at FBI HQ Washington DC are dumber than Pentagon Generals who cannot understand why legions of Federal DoD Civilians are not volunteering for duty in Iraq. How about this, "You get what you pay for and if you do not pay for it, do not expect to get it."
19. education
patrick ,   daytona beach fl   (10.13.06)
i want to learn Arabic will the US gov train you?
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