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The local inhabitant of Al Tafar gives the Americans information about Murph’s whereabouts and shows sincere surprise at the young man’s state, as he proves unable to understand why Murph would choose to walk around naked and alone in such a dangerous area. His honesty about what he has seen is meant to defend the truth as much as to protect Iraqis from the Americans’ aggressive searching techniques.
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The Iraqi Man Character Timeline in The Yellow Birds
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Chapter 10: October 2004 – Al Tafar, Nineveh Province, Iraq
...dangers, such as being attacked or having to search for Murph for days. Suddenly, an Iraqi man emerges from a house, his arms raised, begging not to be shot and explaining that...
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The Iraqi man pauses, confusedly asking the soldiers why Murph was naked, as though they knew the answer....
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The soldiers follow the direction the Iraqi man indicated, seeing local inhabitants run away with fear at their approach. The soldiers look for...
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