He was of course murdered. But if she is fluent in Arabic, why the need for a translator to begin with?
"He was of course murdered. But if she is fluent in Arabic, why the need for a translator to begin with?"
I doubt she was actually fluent in Arabic. More likely, she had taken classes in Arabic, and could get along OK in the language. That would be much more likely.
I'm holding off on any comments about her until she is somewhere out of Iraq and able to speak for herself freely.
The speculations here are way out of line, given how little we actually know at this point.
Well the article doesn't say she was "fluent." Fluency would be a very high standard for a language like Arabic (or for any foreign language).