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The room exploded into arm waving and excited jabbering and the terp was overwhelmed.
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The terp looked at me, disgusted, resigned, or maybe just plain tired.
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Bill and I, along with one interpreter (or terp, as we called them), jumped into the old Mercedes jeep that served as our "get around town" car and followed two jeeploads of our Afghan officers up to the castle.
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And it became glaringly apparent that Bill and I had made a serious error before we'd come to the castle we'd brought only one terp, who was huddled next to Bill on the couch translating snatches of the conversation.
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"General Audin says that they do not know who these people are, but if they find them, then they would gladly torture them for you, " the terp said affably, while trying to keep up with the six men who were all speaking to him at once.
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