At times, he listened without benefit of the Arabic interpreter sitting next to him.

"People back home have this idea that we're Rambos, hard-core killers," said a weapons sergeant who doubles as the team's Arabic interpreter.

Each step of the already complicated trial will also have to include an Arabic interpreter, since several of the suspects speak limited English.

An Arabic interpreter was present, they said.

Speaking through an Arabic interpreter, the convicted man said softly: "There are many issues that have not been addressed by the Government or myself.

Some of the defendants listened to the proceedings through an Arabic interpreter as their family members watched from the spectators' gallery.

But after a five-month investigation, the Marines charged him with taking an unauthorized leave from the unit, where he worked as an Arabic interpreter.

The marines had rounded them up with others taken in the area, and without an Arabic interpreter present, they were not able to ask them any questions.

He should hire an Arabic interpreter and listen to some of the regular preaching in mosques around the world.

He served as staff chaplain and Arabic interpreter to the force in the Anglo-Persian War.