Iraqi immigrant dies after returning to Iraq to translate for U.S. Army

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By Adrienne Schwisow
ASSOCIATED PRESS
11:53 p.m. April 8, 2004

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – Rita and Emad Mikha were married two weeks after their eyes locked at the Baghdad party where they were introduced in 1988.



Emad Mikha, 44, died in the Iraqi town of Muqdadiyah, about 70 miles northeast of Baghdad. He left his family and job as a supermarket butcher last year to work with U.S. troops in his native country. Before going, he told his co-workers he would be stationed in the desert away from the fighting, and be brought in to assist in prisoner interrogations.

Neither the Defense Department nor the contractor who employed him, Titan National Security Solutions in San Diego, would discuss his death Wednesday. His body is in Denver for an autopsy and could be there until next week, Mikha said she was told.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20040408-2353-iraqtranslatordies.html

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1. Advise from Kenneth Bredemeier Washington Post columnist

Transcript: Thursday, April 8, 11 a.m. ET
On the Job Live

Kenneth Bredemeier
Washington Post columnist
Thursday, April 8, 2004; 11:00 AM


Having problems on the job? Need advice on workplace issues? Ask Washington Post Jobs columnist Kenneth Bredemeier about it.



Bredemeier writes about workplace trends and controversies in his weekly column, and then comes online to engage the audience with questions and new ideas. He reported for The Washington Post for more than 30 years on real estate, politics and the metro area. He now turns his attention to issues "On the Job."


The transcript follows below.

Editor's Note: Washingtonpost.com moderators retain editorial control over Live Online discussions and choose the most relevant questions for guests and hosts; guests and hosts can decline to answer questions.

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Lake Ridge, Va.:

Kenneth: I'm submitting early so I don't get caught chatting while at work!

My brother is currently working contract security in Kuwait. He's coming up on the end of his year long contract in a few months and will be coming home. Needless to say, trying to find a job from Kuwait is hard, especially considering he's thirty and has never had a "career path." He has some college, maybe 1/2 way to a degree, but not close enough. He spent 6 years enlisted in the army with a security clearance doing intelligence work. When he got out, he worked management in a shipping company then in a cell phone sales store.

He's going through a book called "What Color is Your Parachute" and he has come up with the following skills:

Realistic Advisor
Perceptive Leader
Assertive Manager
Decisive Problem Solver
Dependable Expeditor
Charismatic Communicator

His interests are:

National Events/Politics
World Events/Politics
Intelligence Business

Considering his experience and that he also has a wife and three kids to support (though she does work too), what industries should he be looking in for a job and where should he be looking? What is he qualified for that he would also be interested in? Thanks!

Kenneth Bredemeier: Good morning all.

He ought to do what interests him. And there are plenty of defense contractors here who might be interested in him. They key thing you mentioned is that he has a security clearance, a credential many would love to have. He also ought to check about any out-placement services leaving the military.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41946-2004Apr1.html

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2. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=474800