[Lin:] Every week we like to bring you the more personal stories from the front lines and today we're going to tell you the story of a young Iraqi woman. She's small in stature but big on courage, and doing one of the most dangerous jobs in Iraq. Our Michael Holmes has her story.
[Michael Holmes, Cnn Correspondent:] There are no shortages of war stories in Iraq, nor close calls. Take this one. "
[Sarah", Translator:] They start shooting, and they were shooting mortars at us, I got injured from mortars, I got scars. You want to see scars?
[Holmes:] She's on patrol with the U.S. military except Sarah is no soldier. In a country full of dangerous jobs, one of the riskiest is hers, being an Iraqi translating for American soldiers.
[Sarah:] I live this life three years, this become my life. I can't just leave it.
[Holmes:] Most Iraqi translators like ODB here cover their faces, recognition on television or indeed on the streets could mean death for them or their families, but they say it's worth it. The diminutive Sarah might be short on height but she is long on courage say her U.S. friends who asked us to hide her face, even if she won't.
[Sarah:] I'm serving my country, I'm serving the U.S. Army, it's fun, but dangerous at the same time, but I like it.
[Unidentified Male:] For lack of a better way to put, it she's got more guts than a lot of the men interpreters we got. Stay here.
[Holmes:] There are at least 4,000 Iraqi translators working for the U.S., military, up to 150 have died doing so. Sarah stands out for all kinds of reasons. Just 19 years old, she's been doing this three years already, and has braved too many encounters with insurgents to count. 1
[St Lt. William Phillips, U.s. Army:] I admire her courage, it's hard to say you're scared of something when you have a 19-year-old girl half your size who is unafraid of anything that is going on.
[Holmes:] This is a crucial job, these people are not only dealing in words but people's lives, American and Iraqi. For example, Iraqis have died because they have not understood orders shouted to them in English or because their actions have been misunderstood.
[Sarah:] I feel like I'm responsible because one word from me, a guy can live or can get shot.
[Holmes:] On this patrol, one of hundreds Sarah has been on, house searchers, Sarah explaining to locals why and what to do. Part of Sarah's popularity is not just the way she does her job, but the way she can make these guys laugh, even in the back of a Bradley fighting vehicle in an area infamous for roadside bombs.
[Spec. Gerard Calloway, U.s. Army:] She's the best there is, she does good on questioning people and she knows when the dirty man's around, she's a big help and a big asset to the team. That's what she is. She's a part of our team.
[Holmes:] Sarah says her unit, her military base is her home now. She says she can't go back to her old life, and that life isn't important now.
[Sarah:] I'm not scared. Only God can take my soul.
[Holmes:] Michael Holmes, CNN near Baghdad.
[Lin:] And the hunt for al Qaeda leaders. What does the government do to track terror suspects in some of the world's most remote regions?
[Shannon Cook, Cnn Anchor:] Hi, I'm Shannon Cook, I'll tell you why doctors are slightly optimistic about Ariel Sharon's latest test results. Carol?
[Lin:] And exercising isn't the only thing need to take off the holiday pounds, one doctor tells us what we need to eat to whittle that waist away. You're watching CNN LIVE SATURDAY. Happening right now in the news, there is still no word on the fate of Ayman al Zawahiri. U.S. sources say Osama bin Laden's number two was the target of a CIA air strike in a village in Pakistan. And Pakistan has lodged a protest against the attack which killed 18 people. Nic Robertson is going to have more on this in just a moment. In the meantime, the brother of the boy who took a classmate hostage yesterday tells CNN the 15-year-old is dead. The A.P. is reporting, however, that Penley is brain-dead, but is being kept alive while his organs are harvested. Police shot the eighth grader when he pointed a gun at officers who didn't know it was a pellet gun. Bad news for flu sufferers this year. The Centers for Disease Control say two drugs, commonly used to treat symptoms, will not work on this year's flu. Two other drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, do work. A NASA probe has been gathering dust for seven years, that's a good thing. The Stardust spacecraft is expected to land in Utah early tomorrow, carrying dust it collected from a comet and other parts of space. More now on the air strike believed to have targeted Ayman al Zawahiri. The number two leader in al Qaeda. CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson with more on this air strike. First of all, we don't know if it was the number two man in al Qaeda, do we yet?
[Nic Robertson, Senior International Correspondent:] Pakistani officials are indicating it doesn't appear to be him from the bodies they've looked at. They say the investigation is still going on, there say the indications are there were foreigners in the area, but no, it doesn't look as if it was him.
[Lin:] If it was him, how did the CIA track him down?
[Robertson:] Again, that's very, very difficult to know. There have been reports from people, locals in the area, local Pakistanis in the area they heard spy aircraft flying overhead for the last three days. Perhaps he was being tracked by Predator aircraft, having a visual lock on him. Perhaps Pakistani intelligence officials have been able to bribe somebody in the area that perhaps knew Zawahiri was in the area. Bribe someone to tell them where he was staying. Perhaps from some of these videotapes that Zawahiri's been releasing, one just over a week ago.
[Lin:] Does it show that the reward, there is a $25 million reward on his head, that money will go a long way anywhere in the world. Does it prove that that reward incentive might be working?
[Robertson:] It's very, very difficult to say. One of the things that reward incentive has to work against in that area Pakistan are these very strong tribal loyalties. So while you might get that $25 million and you might take your family who knows where, out of the country, somewhere else, start a new life. Your extended family, your tribe could come under attack, could come under threat, what would happen to them? there are a lot of big implications. So while it's a large amount of money, there are some other very strong bonds that has to work again. But, yes, money certainly talks in the area and certainly talks for some people. But Zawahiri, bin Laden, very, very careful, we understand, about who is in their inner circle, who really knows where they are.
[Lin:] If the tapes provided information, do you think we're likely to see another tape or not?
[Robertson:] What's Zawahiri going to take away from all of this? Did he realize that there is somebody in the inner circle he can't trust. Did somebody burn him say, he's going to be in this village on this day the go look for him. If that was the case, perhaps he may lay off for a while. Perhaps, he may realize that somebody has been able to track this tape handoff. People familiar with how this works and the type of investigation, trying to track down such waves of people hand off videotapes, they say it's motorcycles on a busy street, somebody passes it off, you lose the trail breaks.
[Lin:] And secrets are kept in that part of the world.
[Robertson:] Very busy town, if you're following somebody on foot, they make a quick move, gone.
[Lin:] Nic, are we safer as a result of this air strike, or are we as Americans in more danger?
[Robertson:] I think with every air strike that impacts and kills Pakistanis without a positive result it's hard for United States ally President Musharraf to continue to allow this type of activity in his country. He doesn't broadcast it, but essentially he does. It does make it harder for that effort to find Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri in this area. It makes it kind of politically harder. Are we safer? Very, very difficult to tell. The ideology is out, and that's what really the fight against terrorist is fighting against, the ideology. Perhaps Zawahiri and bin Laden are not effected in getting operations off the ground on a weekly, daily basis.
[Lin:] We're waiting for DNA testing results and we'll see what happens. Thank you very much, Nic. On the terror watch in Afghanistan, the Taliban killed one of their own. A former Taliban government official was shot and killed in Kandahar today. The Taliban claimed responsibility, pointing to his support of the U.S. backed government in Afghanistan. And in Spain, a judge releases an Islamic terror suspect, while keeping seven others in jail. They are part of a group arrested this week, linked to al Qaeda. They're charged with recruiting an Algerian suicide bomber who killed 19 Italians in Iraq. Twelve other suspects will be arraigned tomorrow. Other stories make headlines around the world. Ten days after suffering a massive stroke, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains comatose. For more we're going to turn to Shannon Cook. Still no signs that Sharon might wake up.
[Shannon Cook, Cnn Correspondent:] That's right. Doctors today say Sharon has shown no signs of emerging from his coma even though they began reducing his sedatives early this week. Doctors do say that tests show activity in both sides of Sharon's brain, so that's encouraging. The 77-year-old remains in serious condition in Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Sharon has undergone 13 hours of surgery to reduce bleeding in his brain. One doctor says his recovery could take months. Let's turn our attention to Haiti, actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie paid a visit to the country Friday. They were there to celebrate the anniversary of a charity that supports food and scholarship distribution. Jolie, who's a goodwill ambassador for the U.N., has helped raise money for this charity in the past. The couple recently, by the way, announced they are expecting a baby this summer. And speaking of babies, in Spain, a special baptism for a special little girl, two-month-old Princess Leonor. She is the first born from Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia. The royal baby was baptized at the king's palace in Madrid today. The archbishop of Madrid performed the ceremony. Apparently the baby flinched but she didn't cry. Princess Leonor is second in line to inherit the throne after her father. Now, Carol, I have an interesting animal story. We all like an animal story on a Saturday.
[Lin:] Bring it on.
[Cook:] You are familiar with the phrase pigs might fly? We know it hasn't happened yet. Three pigs in Taiwan glow in the dark.
[Lin:] Glow in the dark?
[Cook:] How about that. Taiwanese researchers have bred pigs that are tinted fluorescent green, their eyes mouths and feet are particularly green. How do you make a pig green? We're told researchers injected the animal's embryos with fluro green protein taken from jellyfish.
[Lin:] Why would they do something like this? Why do they need to make a pig glow and be green?
[Cook:] That is such a good question. It's all in the name of stem cell research. Pigs are commonly used to help in research with human diseases. In this case researchers say they're going to monitor tissue changes overtime, and being green apparently helps that. I should point out, there are partially green pigs elsewhere. This is a unique pig, because it's not only green on the outside, but researchers say it's green on the inside. All the organs, totally green. Hot green.
[Lin:] My gosh. Not hard to find in the dark.
[Cook:] Gives new meaning to green eggs and ham.
[Lin:] You read that book too?
[Cook:] Yes.
[Lin:] Thanks, Shannon.
[Cook:] Thanks, Carol.
[Lin:] What can middle America learn from Park Avenue when it comes to losing weight. I'm going to talk with a diet doctor to find out how the rich lose all those pounds. And she's in the running for a Golden Globe, what Shirley Maclaine thinks about her nomination and acting and what she wants to do next. First, here's what's coming up at the top of the hour on CNN's "
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