View Post ABC ABC News Producer, Hired During Iraq War, Becomes U.S. Citizen By Chris Ariens on Apr. 5, 2014 - 7:06 AM Faisal Sidiq Alkadiri, an ABC NewsOne producer, and his wife Zina are now American citizens. ABC News hired Alkadiri as a translator the day after ABC teams arrived in Baghdad in 2003. “I did six stints in Baghdad and Faisal ...