Mr. DUFFER: (Through translator) We came back because there was no work for us in Syria.

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The room was filled, and my translator and I stood in the back.

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Mr. ALI DAFFUR: (Through translator) We've been back two weeks.

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Mr. MOHAMMED: (Through Translator) The Iraqis were only back-up.

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So I went back to Israel, worked as a waiter, a translator, and a marketing manager for a software company that a friend had started, all the while continuing to think that there had to be a way of solving that big problem of doing more with everything we have.

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Mr. MOHAMMED: (Through translator) I blame also people that have left for not coming back to the village.

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"He would go back to Syria today if it were safe, but the reality is dangerous, " the translator who spoke to the salesman said.

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Mr. ARIZMENDI: (Through Translator) The ...(unintelligible) and they work, and then they get back to the office and they feel that they've won in that area, so they move on to the next place.

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