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Abandoned in Baghdad

February 7, 2008

“Betrayed,” a play by the staff writer George Packer, based on his 2007 article of the same title, opened February 6th at the Culture Project, in New York City. The play follows the lives of three Iraqis working as translators at the American Embassy in Baghdad as they deal with the dangers of their new affiliation.

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Betrayed

From March, 2007, George Packer on the Iraqis who trusted America the most.

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