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Rough Translation

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🗓️ 10 July 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Marla kept a detailed account of Iraqi civilians harmed by war. How did she recruit people in the U.S. military to help them? And what toll did it take on her?

Part 2 of the story of Marla Ruzicka. You can find Part 1 here.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Rough Translation from NPR.
0:03.9	In April of 2003, a few weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Mark Grelasco arrived
0:09.4	in Iraq on a mission to investigate war crimes for human rights watch.
0:13.9	And kind of as soon as he gets there.
0:16.3	You know, people kept speaking about this one person.
0:18.5	They were saying, oh, you've got to meet Marla.
0:21.5	You've got to meet Marla.
0:22.5	Can't wait till you meet Marla.
0:24.1	And it was funny because you know, I have no conception who this person is.
0:29.8	I don't know if she's, you know, some big wig or if she's some state department person
0:35.0	who it is.
0:36.0	They keep talking about her in the vein of, you know, always feeling casualty.
0:38.2	He's like, oh, yeah, yeah, she's really important.
0:39.7	You need to meet her.
0:41.0	And then one night, he's at a party.
0:45.4	And all of a sudden, this California blonde, incredibly young, just flips across the room,
0:56.6	meeting everyone, speaking to everyone.
1:00.0	And at some point she comes up to me.
1:03.2	And it wasn't high.
1:04.2	I'm Marla.
1:05.2	High.
1:06.2	Nice to meet you.
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