For the first few moments, confronted by an Iraqi colonel who had his soldiers loot our vehicle in front of us, it seemed as if our lives hung by a precarious thread.

• 遭遇伊拉克上校的最初片刻，目睹他令士兵在我们面前劫掠我们车里的物件，我们的生命似乎危在旦夕。