Fred (Apr 2003): I thank Coalition forces to liberate Iraqi people and to put us agreed conditions after the war

I hired "Fred" - not his real name - as a translator in April 2003.

To assess candidate translators' understanding of English, I asked them to write, both in Arabic and in English, their feelings about the Coalition's actions, and to express their hopes for the future of Iraq.

In his own words, these are Fred's hopes from four and a half years ago.