AP: Guilty Plea by Former Army Translator

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Guilty Plea by Former Army Translator

By TOM HAYS
The Associated Press
Wednesday, February 14, 2007; 11:52 PM

NEW YORK -- A former Arabic translator for the Army in Iraq pleaded guilty
Wednesday to illegally possessing secret documents detailing the 82nd Airborne
Division's mission against insurgents.

Among the documents was a report with precise information about U.S. weaponry
and targets, court papers said. Another document contained "information about
82nd Airborne strategies for interfacing with various tribal groups in Iraq,"
the court papers added.

The defendant, who goes by the name Noureddine Malki, also pleaded guilty in
2005 to using an alias, Almaliki Nour, while becoming a U.S. citizen. Authorities
say his true identity remains unknown.

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Using his false identity, the defendant was hired in 2003 by a contractor as a
translator and interpreter for an intelligence unit of the 82nd Airborne stationed
in the Sunni Triangle, authorities said. After he returned to the United States,
authorities discovered the documents _ some marked "secret" _ during a 2005
raid on his New York apartment.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/14/AR2007021402140.html