Karso Awat Mahmood: Communications in Iraq

Today I spoke with Karso Awat Mahmood, the general manager of Citadel Strategic Communications in Kirkuk, Iraq. Mr. Mahmood has worked in communications in Iraq since before the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Since that time he has been a translator for the Public Information Office in Kirkuk for the US Army and has founded his communications business. Our conversation covers the media landscape of Iraq both before and after 2003, as well as some details of Mr. Mahmood’s work translating for the US Army in Kirkuk.