A military contractor has abruptly laid off most of the Iraqi interpreters who served alongside the U.S. — forcing some into hiding in fear of retaliation from ISIS and Iran-backed militias.
An Iraqi soldier stands guard near a U.S. military air carrier at the Qayyarah Airfield West, before the U.S. transferred the base to Iraqi forces in March.Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images
It did not respond to a question about whether it shared the interpreters' concerns about retaliation by Iran-backed militias or ISIS elements.wrote to the Combined Joint Task Force to express fears that the move has left many of them in danger and unable to safely seek other employment. It added:"CJTF-OIR has neither policy nor recommendations for linguists regarding how to deal with threats associated with their Coalition workMany of the interpreters worked with U.S. and coalition personnel at training centers for Iraqi Kurdish and Arab forces, but also went on missions with Iraqi forces and coalition advisors. Iran-backed militias opposed to the U.S. presence in Iraq now form a significant part of Iraqi security forces.
"They have a copy of my national ID, my passport number, everything," says an interpreter in central Iraq — laid off, he says, after eight years of almost continuous contracts with the U.S. military. The interpreters tell NPR that those laid off were given no explanation as to why they'd been selected. As far as they could tell, language test scores and recommendations from coalition advisors did not appear to have been factors in the layoff decisions.
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