"He made people completely different people." " was a horrible leader, the destroyer of all life, the oppressor of all hope, any word you name it," Salam said. Oftentimes, the two said, conversations within one's home were guarded. Neighbors would vanish, never to be seen again. Personal conversations were hushed, inner feelings restrained, and overall anxiety was limited. Many people feared for their privacy, their well-being and their lives. Life under the late Saddam Hussein's regime took its toll, literally and figuratively, on citizens' daily lives. Salam, who is one of seven children in his family, had a father who was an older man and a well-regarded home builder, and made a decent living to support his sizeable family. "Then a high school friend used to be a carpenter, so he made me his assistant, and that took me all the way through college." "I helped my uncle as a butcher, then I fixed motorcycles and I had to do a couple things on my own, like sell groceries all the way up to high school, where I graduated in 2000," Yaseen said. "Kids play soccer, but I remember when I was in middle school, we used rocks or stones to play," Yaseen said.Įlementary and middle school-aged children often worked laborious jobs to support their families, and Yaseen worked early on a multitude of jobs that would help pay the bills. A childhood in Iraq meant relying on whatever was nearby to entertain a young pack of children. Yaseen was raised about 80 miles south of Baghdad, and said he spent the majority of his life in his hometown.
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Yaseen also asked that his full name not be released due to security concerns.Īlthough the two were raised in different provinces of Iraq, they shared a common upbringing and early life of struggle. Yaseen, who works as a cryptologic linguist in the 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion, the prospect to transform their lives to U.S. The specialist asked that his full name not be released for security reasons.įor Salam and another native-born Iraqi, who served as a coalition forces' interpreter, Sgt. Salam, a Soldier in the 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 504th Military Intelligence Brigade, on Fort Hood, Texas, where he serves as a 35P - cryptologic linguist. Nelson mentions, “now that we have a precedent and techniques established for this study, this process will certainly become easier.Arriving in Seattle in October 2008, Salam began a journey to become a U.S. With the recognition and acceptance that these creatures do indeed speak and understand a complex language, a greater effort will be made to collect voice recordings and our analysis of the language will improve.
Nelson believes that the study of these tapes will never, and should never, end. The analysis is finished, although he is still working on parts of the final write-up such as frequency count tables, morpheme lists, etc. Nelson has put into the study of the Berry/Morehead tapes is finally coming to fruition. Nelson has verified that these creatures use language by the human definition of it. He is currently teaching Russian, Spanish, Persian, Philosophy and Comparative Religions at Wentworth College in Missouri. Navy Cryptologic Voice Transcription School (Russian and Spanish) and has logged thousands of hours of voice transcription in his target languages as well as in Persian. R Scott Nelson is a two time graduate of the U.S. Navy as a Crypto-Linguist with over 30 years experience in Foreign Language and Linguistics, including the collection, transcription, analysis and reporting of voice communications.
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