He tried to flag down the soldiers' Iraqi interpreter, to no avail.
Among the killed was also an Iraqi civilian interpreter.
Six of Weeren s colleagues and their Iraqi interpreter died that day.
The sergeant turned to an Iraqi interpreter who had accompanied a visitor to the scene.
The ban on Iraqi interpreters wearing masks has been lifted.
They talked to local residents, through an Iraqi interpreter who always accompanies them.
American units were augmented by Iraqi interpreters to assist them in the planned fight.
An Iraqi civilian interpreter working with the marines was also killed in the blast.
But the captain's Iraqi interpreter said the papers referred to homes in another neighborhood.
Iraqi interpreters were offered a new life in the UK for their help.