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Get up, Dad. Go to sleep.

Look what you found in our house.

No, let me sleep. I couldn't sleep last night.

Get up and see what I got you.

Thank you.

Oh, my love.

You're welcome.

Did you get a new phone?

Yes.

Where's the house?

It's fine.

It's okay.

Did you tell Dad to take us home?

No, Mom.

Mom, where is he?

I don't know.

He was crying all night. I felt a bit of heat on him.

Is he all right?

No, he's fine. Thank God he's fine now.

Where's the onion?

He's fine.

He's playing, Adi.

I didn't think anything would happen to him.

No, he's fine. Thank God he's fine.

What's this?

He cut the water again.

It looks like her.

Where's Eddie?

He's with her.

Say hi to mom.

Say hi to Bibi. What's this?

Why did she go out without her blanket?

I'm telling you, the water will be cut again.

And we'll have to wait until we finish cooking.

Niki will go home today.

Your little brother gets married before you and settles down. Where did that

come from?

What are you talking about?

We're not talking about marriage.

It's a matter of time.

If you find Ali, you'll kill him today.

I'm not kidding.

I'm not kidding.

I'm not kidding.

I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding.

Is the factory still here?

Most of the stuff is in the storage room.

But we have to wait.

After the bombing, it didn't reach the factory.

Dad, what are you doing here?

It's not safe to go back to our home.

What do you mean it's not safe? Are we safe here?

All of Baghdad is on fire. At least our house is safe. Noura, enough.

Please. I won't keep talking about this.

How is this room, Rudy? Are you all right?

Yes.

I can't sleep.

Where do you want to go?

We're missing the table.

Don't you have this table?

No, I only have this one. Do you have this one?

No, I only have this one.

Okay.

Uncle, don't you have anything else?

No, uncle, just this one.

I'm going to dig a hole and you follow me.

Come on, brother, come on.

God, God, God, it's up to you.

Take it away from you. No, no, I don't want it.

Where did you get them?

Up there, there's nothing left.

What do you do if you see them?

Okay.

Okay.

What's her name?

Tell her, tell her, Abosha.

Where did she go?

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

If we fight with them, we will be able to hear some of their slogans.

We want to make sure that Iraq has weapons so that this country can fight

in the war.

We want to make sure that this country can fight in the war. We want to make

sure that this country has weapons so that this country can fight in the war.

This is enough.

Did you turn off the electricity?

I heard you.

All over the place.

Let's go

home.

What's all this?

Are you ready?

They're coming after you.

Let's go.

It's not safe.

Get up.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Is everything okay?

Thank God, nothing happened.

Get out of our way.

Stay on the public street. Stay with us.

I'll tell you. Okay, bye.

I'll wait for you on the street, Yabeh.

Can you hear me?

Yes, yes.

Is he behind you?

Yes, he's behind us. Okay,

Yabeh, okay.

You want to get him moving? You got to point a pistol at him.

Saddam used to murder Iraqis with you, dumb hick.

Suck my dick. Suck your dick, huh?

That's this guy's job.

He's my son.

He's my baby boy. He's my baby boy.

Look at him, my baby boy.

Doesn't he look like me? He does.

No, I can't, for real. That's because I fucked his mom, and then he came out,

and I swear to God, it was the best day of my life.

Solid copy.

Unit dismounted. Proceeding on foot, northbound on H.C. Peru.

Out.

Hey, Marines!

Listen up!

We're going to ditch the trucks in about 50 meters. Too much city truck.

We're moving to police compound on foot.

Again, this is a show of force, but take your time. Talk to people.

Keep your eyes wide open.

Good to go?

Yes, sir!

Get ready to dismount! Woo!

Get some, boys.

Spread out, guys. Spread out.

Hello. Hello.

What happened?

What happened?

Yeah.

It's me, LeRae.

My name is LeRae. Right. Yes.

Luke yeah Luke now

What the fuck is your problem?

One at a time.

One at a time.

Hold

on.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Sir.

Bathroom. Yeah, OK.

Hello. Yeah. Photo?

Yeah. OK.

Now to check.

Hey, we're hearing shots.

Hurry up.

Shots? Yeah.

Heard some pops. We don't know where they're coming from.

Is it enemy fire or ours?

I don't know.

Let's go. Let's go.

Nothing hurt on radio. Shit's going down. Let's move. Take your shit and

move out!

Gonzo, get over here, I need a hand!

Gonzo, fuck you right now!

Hey, look, who is that?

Hey, hey, hey, he's fine. He'll be fine. Let's go.

All right, here's what's going on. We got elevated enemy fire coming from

across that roundabout.

Compound and the mosque. We're hijacking cars trying to ram it into our line, so

I need a couple of guys up on the roof.

What?

If it doesn't stop, you fire on it. Take one of these rooms. We need guns on

overwatch.

Is my hand still behind me?

Can you hear Rami's voice?

I don't know, but Rami's voice is very strong.

What should I do? Should I stop?

No, Noura. You have to wait a little. I have to open the door.

How are you?

What did he say?

Rami is behind us.

I don't know.

Stop, stop, Rami.

Come on

Popping out of a balcony of the Great Beach now. Yeah, I've seen him too.

Can't get a clear shot. Fire!

Fire!

You got the rocket over there? Yeah.

Take him the fuck out!

Everybody get down! Fire!

I can't hear anything. Why is he coming?

I can't see anything.

Get in!

What are you doing?

Get in! Get in! Get in! Get in! Get in! Get in! Get in! Get in!

Get in! Get in!

Get in!

I don't see anything.

I got a call coming to the intersection. It's not slowing.

Hey, fire. It's getting too close.

Where? Where are they?

Don't shoot, please!

Nikki! Don't shoot!

Don't shoot, please!

Nikki! Nikki!

What is she saying?

What's the woman saying?

We are the peace people.

We are the peace people.

Oh, God.

What are they doing driving through this intersection?

Couldn't they hear us fucking shooting?

Hey, hey, hey! Stop shooting!

We're fucking firing at them!

Are they fucking nuts?

Hey, we got civilians coming through the intersection.

Need instructions now.

All right, we're going in to retrieve the civilians.

Second floor, prepare to give us...

Shut up

You just killed a baby.

No, you just killed a fucking baby.

Shut up, Pat. Shut the fuck up, Pat.

We shot it. We shot the fucking baby.

It's moving.

We're gonna run to taxi, okay?

We're gonna run to taxi. Do you understand?

All right, get ready.

Yo, on three. My son.

One, two, three.

Go, go, go.

Miss, I'll take care of it. Go, go. I'll get it. Go.

You're all right, you're all right.

Guys, I'm gonna need a medic.

Someone get me a medic. Warm it up!

Is she okay?

Yeah, it's okay. She just hit the floor. Eddie!

Anna! Eddie!

Where Eddie?

Eddie!

It's 3 o'clock.

Is there someone here to tell me about what went on last week in your head?

Hi.

Were you here during this?

How long you had the store?

Many, many, many.

When they started, all of them?

Daughters of America.

Yeah, hi New York Times.

They're still alive

There's a tragic

case that sticks in my mind I'll show you

Um, just wanna piece this together.

I just wanted to ask, uh, was this, uh, was this a familiar route? Was it a

regular journey, or...?

Our neighborhood was targeted because near a police station, my

sister, we went to live with her.

Then a bomb fell on us yesterday.

So we decided to cross town and go back to our house.

What did you do before the war?

I was a teacher for ninth grade.

I taught all three of my kids.

She lost her sons and husband.

How you grave three?

Not one.

Three.

Tell me how.

For family in Iraq, three deaths from moment of confusion.

Yeah, catch it. You're in. Yeah, that's the Iraqi family name. Had just spent

the afternoon at their home.

Getting background now.

I'll send the piece from the hotel tonight.

Were you guys part of the company that was engaged at Bella Diaz?

Tell me what happened.

This was some firefight, yeah?

This is the worst day we had here by far.

I mean, it was really well coordinated on their end, which is rare.

I mean, we lost three of our guys in an hour.

I don't even know how many Iraqis.

You talked to that woman who injured her shoulder?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, she's okay.

Oh, good.

How about that woman with the baby?

She's fine with the baby, too.

And the drivers?

They all died.

Yeah, I knew that. I don't even know why I asked that.

Who was the ones keeping the traffic away from the roadblock? The ones that

were actually shooting at the vehicles?

I mean, we were all shooting, but at that time it was our guys on the roof.

Can I talk to them?

Yo, where's Lou?

O.P.

Oh,

hey,

thanks. I'm Michael. Thanks for taking a minute.

How you doing?

Good. Yeah, good.

So can you tell me what you remember?

Not much, honestly. A lot going on.

Sure, sure.

So, so I guess there were civilian casualties, some deaths, they said.

I don't know about all that. No? We shot on vehicles trying to break our line.

Okay.

Not sure why anyone would drive through that intersection if it didn't mean his

arm. They'd have to have some fucking death wish.

Excuse me.

Not authorized to be here. Yeah.

Thank you. I'm asking a few people about it. I just want to get this story right.

I need you to leave, sir. Yeah, I'm Michael Reed with the New York Times,

and I just really... You're not authorized to talk to my guys. I

appreciate it. Just wanted to get it right, sir. Just wanted to get it right.

So I will... Sir, grab your shit and leave. I will.

That's... It's not a request, sir. I appreciate it. Thank you. What did you

say your name was, sir? Sir, I'm not going to ask again. I appreciate it.

Thank you.

I'm trying to come down, bud.

Hey, I'm going to come up and get you down.

Get down!

We got a fucking problem.

Who made it work?

Who made it work?

Hello? Hello?

There's so many things you can focus on.

They don't focus on everything. They focus on a small number of things, and

that's all.

Thank you. I'm Marcy. Marcy Blue. Nice to meet you. You as well.

I'll give you my transcripts and... Oh, no, no, that's okay. We have all that.

I'll just leave it up there.

Okay. So, your girlfriend and my sister know each other.

Yes. Thank you for squeezing me in.

So, you graduated undergrad last year.

Yeah, so I went into the service right after high school. I wasn't able to get

my bachelor's until I came back.

I did a deployment, so it took a while.

It says you were discharged last year, other than honorably.

Yeah, well, let's skip the appetizer, get right into that. I wrote about it in

my essay.

When I got back, I couldn't get the care that I needed from the VA.

So a lot of guys will go to the black market to get meds to deal with the

physical pain. You're just trying to get through a day, however.

So, yeah, I failed a drug test as a result.

And you're clean now?

Yes, yeah.

I'm just eager to get back into school.

get things on track, keep things on track.

Your LSAT scores are excellent. You're obviously very smart.

But what qualifies you for law school?

Why here?

Again.

Again.

Again.

Again.

Move.

One.

One. One, two.

One, two.

I don't know. It felt like as soon as they heard discharge and drug testing.

Door's closed.

Maybe I'm the sucker bending over these college admission bags.

They don't care that the government would sooner give my medical care to

some fucking welfare cleaner, some invader.

They hear drugs, they hear discharge, and that's it.

I know.

I know, I know.

I know I sound like a fucking scumbag.

Well, they asked about you.

You know, the admissions woman, your friend's sister.

What'd you say?

Nothing.

I'm not gonna tell them that we're not together anymore.

Where's your espresso?

How's your new place?

It's good.

Where are you?

It's close.

Well, you're not going to tell me where you live now?

Well, now you're quiet?

Fucking speed talker a second ago, and now you... Can we talk about something

else? Why'd you even call?

Have you gotten help?

For what?

Are you serious right now?

Your friend kills himself, and then you torched your life, Lou. Me. Out of

nowhere.

I haven't torched anything.

I have to take this.

I got more stuff coming.

Did you just leave?

Fuck.

Hey, where did you go?

Who in the fuck is this?

Hmm?

Hmm? If you call me again, I'm gonna fucking kill you.

You understand me?

Anna! Hey, hey, hey, Anna!

Hey, it's me. Why do you just walk

out like that?

Huh? Call me back.

It's me again.

Hello? Call me back.

I didn't mean for my last message to sound so aggressive.

I just really want to talk, okay? Call me, please.

This is a high-profile event, so

keep it classy, guys, all right? I don't want anyone putting hands on guests.

Thank you.

Hey, Lou's going 10-1.

Who in the fuck is this?

Lou.

It's Vic.

Vic, you?

Either one has been calling me. Hey, can you talk? Not really

Okay,

where's Emily

I'm in San Diego.

That's good, man. That's good.

So I went to Pat's place last month.

What's going on?

I was helping him because it was a mess.

And he was mowing the lawn.

And then all of a sudden, he was just on his hands and knees. And he was

clutching this.

Hey, Vic, I really can't get into this.

with the lawnmower, and yeah, he was beside himself, man.

Did you get the article that Pat sent over before he killed himself?

We killed those people, man.

That woman and her boys. Vic, Vic, Vic, listen to me. I can't get into this

right now.

Is Jordan Digitano still living near you?

Yeah, yeah.

I can't talk right now.

I'm at work right now, and I'll call you tomorrow.

Oh, okay.

Okay? Is that all right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just do me a favor and call him

right now.

Okay.

You promise you'll call him?

What?

Hey, it's me again.

Where are you?

Are you working?

I need to see you.

I'm working, Lou.

What? I don't know.

I don't know.

Are you on something, bud? No.

I don't know.

Something's wrong with me.

I don't know what to do.

I love you, Anna.

Here. Oh, here it comes again.

What's happening? I think I'm having a heart attack.

Can you call the ambulance, please?

No, no, no.

Something's not right.

You're going to be okay.

Call the ambulance.

Colin. You're okay.

You're okay.

I gotta figure this out.

I can't keep fucking hating myself.

No, you're okay. You're gonna be okay.

I keep seeing her face.

I don't know. I don't know. I keep seeing her face. I gotta go. I gotta

go.

Look, it's the big question. Does sending more military support to the

Saudis make us safer?

I think if you ask a lot of people now, the answer would be no. The U.S. would,

of course, like to stop Yemen from becoming a weapons testing ground for

Iran and a channel to al-Qaeda.

But how do you weigh the national security concerns of this administration

against an ongoing humanitarian crisis? That's the nub of this thing.

Well, Michael Reed, I'm really sorry to say we're out of time, but let's talk on

one of your trips back to the U.S. Sure. We appreciate your visits to Fresh Air.

Yeah, thanks, Terry.

Michael Reed is a staff writer for The New Yorker. His new article is titled

Yemen, The Next Battleground.

Hello? Hey, is this Michael Reed?

Sorry, who is this?

Is this Lou D'Alessandro?

Hey, Olivia.

Hey! I mean, cufflinks?

So mortified, just here, take them.

It's just that I've never seen you dress up. Well, I don't know what possesses

me. Whenever I do press, it's like my father dresses me.

Uh-oh.

Are you getting soft in your old age?

Uh, no, I'm not getting soft.

And you freed me, so here, take them. Thank you.

We were talking about your book, though.

No, don't deflect. We're talking about you now.

Seriously, what are you doing here? Are you here on something?

Uh, you know, always a few irons. Um, let's just press this one.

Oh. Well, when'd you get in?

A few days ago... Actually,

there was something interesting came up today, but, um... I mean, we don't have

to... No, please.

Yeah, I have all night.

It's fine.

Tell me.

I think this is you.

Mariam, Nora.

It's taken me a long time to find you.

I've written and rewritten you both so many times, nothing really feels

adequate, so I'm... I'm recording something.

I was there that day in Iraq when you lost.

I was firing at the cars.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

You know, a lot of guys I was with that day, they don't do too well.

And I think...

Talking to you will help me, and I know it seems really selfish, but I hope it

helps you too.

I just can't keep going not trying to say hello to you when we live so close.

I saw on Facebook that you live in California now.

Yeah, I would like to talk to you someday if you let me.

sent this to them to this woman and her daughter? Yeah.

Did they respond?

They wrote back a day later, um, we forgive you.

I mean, I gotta say, I love the idea of a forgiveness story.

Uh, I can get the, uh... What did you, uh...

What did you... What do you make of it?

Well, we don't have to talk about this. No, I want to hear.

I mean, he doesn't actually say he wants

forgiveness.

Yeah, yeah, he doesn't say it.

He says sorry for your loss.

What?

I don't know.

He almost wished you were more sympathetic.

He's kind of a mess. He's just wandering around, talking off the cuff, and...

Sorry, but it is selfish.

This woman and her daughter are supposed to just open up their home, open up

their old wounds, just so he could feel better. It's... Sorry, maybe, maybe you

don't want... No, no, I do, I do, I do, I do.

Why is he reaching out to you?

He wants someone to broker the meeting.

He's already been in touch with them.

So he probably wants the story, Marine seeks reconciliation.

He seems like he's really suffering, huh?

So is this woman.

I'm flying down to San Diego tomorrow to see this guy.

I'll obviously meet him before I make any decisions about whether to introduce

them all.

Well, this is your last night?

You know, I'm supposed to call them, the family.

Do you mind if I step out for one second?

No, go ahead.

I have to go anyway.

You upset?

Should I have called when I got to town?

It's just that the last time we were together, you said that you weren't sure

about things.

You weren't sure about me.

And then you said your book.

And I guess I don't know what we're doing.

I can stay here for a while.

Anna?

Hi. Yeah, hi, Michael.

Come on in. Michael, come on in. Welcome. Thank you very much.

Hi.

Anna, how are you?

Thanks. Have a seat.

Oh, this is just to record our conversation.

It's for myself.

I just want to have a record of what's said.

So I'll just... How long have you two... Oh, sorry.

Go ahead. I was just going to ask how long you've been together.

For about five years.

Yeah, we just got engaged last year.

Congratulations. Thank you.

Are you married?

No. And Lou said you're a reporter for the New Yorker. Mm-hmm.

What do you do?

I'm in school.

Psychology.

College, yeah.

I'm in law school now.

So did you actually go add one more device

into the mix before we dive in?

I'll leave you guys.

Yeah, I'd love to speak with you later, too.

Yeah, of course.

Where are you based?

I'm between places. I'm New York, usually.

So I'd love to talk about the article a second.

If it's possible, I'd like to co-write with you.

Think this might be a good way to do this well first I don't even know

if I'm gonna write anything yet and No, I don't go right

Is that what this is you trying to become a writer No, no

No, I just thought it might be just want to do this, right? I thought they might

Do this to tell this right way?

Yeah, we all want that

Well, maybe just talk first, yeah?

Sure.

Um, how'd you end up in the Marines?

Oh, um, yeah, I was kicking around Vegas after high school.

A cousin went in, and, uh, you know, 9-11 happened.

Your parents didn't serve?

No. My dad died when I was a kid.

And your mom?

You know, I'd rather not talk about her.

if that's okay um i don't want them involved in this sure okay

yeah i think we may have spoken when i was overseas i vaguely remember a

reporter coming by after about yeah i saw so many people i don't yeah i didn't

i didn't put it together until uh i saw the article yeah i surprised to get your

call so i mean i wrote that so long ago Yeah, well, they discouraged us from

reading what people wrote about the war. It wasn't until I was discharged, other

than honorably, that I found it. So you were dishonorably discharged?

That sort of set this into motion. Got me thinking more for myself, I guess.

Kind of like leaving home.

Longer you're gone, clearer you see.

And what did you see with that distance?

Marine Corps is like...

police force or the mafia or something it has its own sort of moral universe

they teach you or give you the permission to kill and then absolve you

of your sins that's interesting uh

but i i heard about your article from a guy in our platoon and just you know i

never thought about that day from another perspective before it never made

sense to me like why were they driven to that intersection

There's so much gunfire.

After reading it, it made more sense of how confusing it was for them.

And I got it in my head that I had to meet them.

See, you track them down, and they responded.

Yeah. To why call me Lou.

Well, Nora responded with this Bible verse in her response

about...

It's part of a larger verse about God being the only judge, and

I just started wondering if that's what they're saying, that God will judge me

in the end, my punishment will be in the next life.

They're pretty religious, huh?

Yeah, I think, yeah, they're Orthodox Christians, I think. Are you religious?

Not exactly.

You got to know them fairly well.

Yeah, I mean, yeah, I guess I did. I just, well, I look them up when I go

back to Baghdad.

I thought they were really good people.

Mm-hmm.

Can I ask you, uh, what are you hoping to get from all of this?

I mean, I want to explain to them what happened. I want to share with them my

side of...

and it just feels wrong not to say hello.

This is a family that has suffered because of something that I did.

Do you want forgiveness?

I mean, the only person that can forgive me is me.

You okay? Sorry, Ash.

It's not Parkinson's or anything. I just shake sometimes.

Excuse me. One sec. Sure.

Michael, you spoke?

I go back to that intersection sometimes when I'm in Baghdad.

Really? Why? What's that?

I don't really know anything about it.

I think she made an impression.

Did it affect you like it does us?

Well, I mean, I guess it affects everybody differently. The people I saw

there, they were there for three days. They had a nervous breakdown. I was

mostly okay.

Like sleep, I can't sleep.

Hmm?

I get a few hours most nights, but I dream about them a lot.

You dream about the Kachaturians?

Mario, mostly.

Could I talk to some of the other guys in your platoon?

Oh, sure, yeah. We actually have a group thing, a support thing. Wives, too.

Happy to come by if you like.

Well, that'd be great. Thanks.

It jumped out of the tree? Passed through the tree.

This was

in 2007.

So I was running security, and I was up on the post, up top in the tower, and a

woman and a child was walking toward us.

And she wasn't swinging her arms at all, so that was like a telltale sign, hey,

something's probably going on with this lady.

uh so she was getting really close we fired warning shots at the feet the kid

got scared and kind of ran off and some other marines picked him up and as she

got closer i was using my acog um i could see like a little bit of a wire

sticking up out of her little dress whatever you want to call what they wear

over there to cover up and she kept coming after we kept telling her to stop

so i shot her in the head and after that we discovered 85 pounds of explosives

strapped to her

that image of her back of her head just exploding like a watermelon, that comes

up frequently.

But that image, it stays with you forever.

I mean, I'm glad the boy ran away, because that would have been even

rougher.

Knowing that I know I did something good, though, because if it was her or

the 30 of us that was standing there, she was going to blow us all up, so... I

feel like a bad person saying this, but...

For a long time, it felt like our lives were revolving around him

and his journey.

And now things are changing.

I think there's more... I think we've had some victories.

I wish there was more support, but people don't want to know the truth.

They don't want to think about when you pick up a gun and shoot.

I think the bullet moves both ways.

And I think that part of Lou I can't understand, and I'll never understand.

How could I?

And that makes me feel all kinds of ways.

I don't know if anyone else feels this way.

Hey. Hey.

Hey, sorry I'm not in there.

Did you get a chance to talk to people? Yeah, I did, yeah. I'm gonna take off.

But, um... I'm headed to Glendale tomorrow to see the Ketcheturians.

You've seen him?

I'll see if, uh...

You know, this is something that they'd be up for.

There's no guarantees But uh, I'll ask them, okay Thank you

Thank you. I really appreciate it. Thank you Get home safe

Stop, stop, stop, stop.

Any further and you will fall in.

There's a hole. Ah, I didn't see it.

Hi.

Hey, nice to meet you. I'm Michael.

Asad.

Hello.

Hello.

Hi.

Good to see you.

And here I know how many years and you're married.

Yeah, ten since we were in Iraq So before then and she multiplied. Yeah.

Yes. We have two children there inside Congratulations.

Thank you. Shall we? Yes. Sure. Thank you How did you meet oh

We met at the hospital

Assad was there with burns and he heard me screaming from pain.

So he bribed the doctor to give me medicine.

Such a romance.

And you all came here together?

Yeah, first to Syria, then here.

And is your sister, is she here?

No, she went to Jordan.

No, no, to Lebanon.

Oh, Lebanon.

And your grandson?

He was an infant, you know?

He's a teenager now.

And what is it like for you to live here in America?

It's nice.

It's good.

It's good.

I mean, children are happy.

It's safe.

So I'm happy.

Good.

I'm going to work for Uber Eats.

Let's talk about that.

No, you will not. No need for that. I have money.

No need? No need. He says this, but I'm going to do it anyways.

How's life for you?

We have the church, the children.

Do you go back to Iraq?

Not for a while.

Twins from bad to worse.

Enough of us.

How are you?

I'm busy with work.

And you, why?

We were divorced years ago during the war. I can't believe that you remember.

I was even married.

We were very surprised to hear from you.

Yeah.

As you know, I was contacted by someone who would like to meet you.

We sent him a message.

I mean, Nora did.

I know that really meant a lot.

But for what it's worth, I think that he would really

like to meet you in person.

You know something?

These two are so nice.

They want to give him peace.

I'd rather kill him than invite him to my house.

Why meet?

What for?

What more to say?

Honestly, when he first reached out, I was afraid.

I think he wants to kill us.

Finish us off.

I sent him a message just so he won't bother us anymore.

But after, I think about him.

I feel he could do something to himself.

You have done enough.

And we talk about that also.

Sorry, it hasn't been easy to move forward.

We don't want to look back.

I don't know.

Hello.

Lou? Hi.

Yeah, um, I'm, uh... I'm headed back, but I just heard from them.

Uh, they said that they'll meet you.

Yeah.

Excuse me.

Sorry.

Um, sorry.

Lou had to step away, but he's glad.

Okay, I'll be in touch.

Okay. Thank you.

See you. Bye.

You ready?

I'm ready.

Where is it now?

It's just down here on the right.

Is that it?

Yep.

Oh, Jesus.

Sorry.

Ready? Yeah.

Good morning.

Good morning.

You have your own life.

Where are you going?

Mom! Mom!

Mom! Mom!

What about yesterday?

Not all of them.

I didn't hear anything from the street.

What's wrong with our bread?

Where do we get our voices from? He's the one who gets the voices.

I'm going to make him happy. Come on, let's go.

He's a great guy, don't you know that? I'm going to make him happy today.

Just wait for me. I'm going.

Next time, it's going to be hard for him.

I'm going to sit down, get up, and come back. When you're back, I'm going to sit

down.

But it also reminds us of the good news that God has made it possible for us to

be reconciled to him through Jesus.

The Bible says those secret pieces are an annual reminder of sins.

It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Therefore...

Hello. Hi. Hi.

Come in. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Well, good to see you.

Nice to see you again. Hi.

Okay.

Okay, okay.

Come in.

Nice to meet you.

Hi, I'm Nora.

This is my husband, Asad.

Thank you for having us.

Sit down.

Where should we sit?

Wherever.

Here?

We will have some tea and cookies.

Thank you.

You have a lovely home.

Thank you.

Have you been here long?

We've been living in this house for the last ten years.

Oh, thank you.

It's very good.

Where do you come from?

San Diego.

It's where I live now. It's just a few hours away.

Mm-hmm.

How did you end up in Glendale?

My husband has family here.

So...

After we left Iraq, we came to sit up with them.

Well, I would like to thank you for allowing me to be here today.

It means a lot.

I just wanted the opportunity to just, yeah, to meet you.

It felt strange not to, you know?

I guess I sort of said a lot of it in that video, but I hadn't been doing

too well after my time and after some especially bad days. I stumbled across

Michael's article about you all.

And I decided I needed to find you so I could explain.

Excuse me.

I guess I just wanted you to know that I had no idea who was driving the cars

that day.

The Iraqi militia had been hijacking cars.

So we were sent to a rooftop and told to fire on any vehicles.

If I had known, I would have never...

I'm

so sorry.

We've cried out all our tears.

We have none left.

Yeah, I understand.

Yes, I'm sorry. I'm just having trouble.

Pulling it together.

Listen.

We want to give you everything you need to move on.

So... We forgive you.

Right, Nora?

We forgive.

We forgive you.

That's what you need from us, right?

Is it better now?

Do you feel better?

We don't want you to suffer over this.

We suffered enough.

No more suffering.

Yeah, I understand.

Um... Um... I know from the story and everything, but I would like to hear

what happened that day for you, if you're open to...

I

lost

my husband and my two sons.

One of them left behind a wife with an infant boy

who will never know his father.

Nora's shoulder was shattered by the bullet, and

she's been taking medications ever since.

And I've been on sleeping pills for the last 15 years.

Otherwise...

I will never sleep again That

is what happened to us

I'm not saying this to make you feel bad.

But that's really what happened to us.

I truly wish I could trade places with your husband and sons.

I wish I could too.

I'm so sorry.

I just need a minute to, um, to pull myself together.

Is there a place where I could smoke?

Yes.

Follow me.

Yep. Uh, excuse me.

Hey.

Are you all right?

Yeah, I Just borrowed the restroom for me. Oh, yeah through there to the right

Sorry about that.

It's okay.

What do you do for work?

I have trucking company.

I drive.

Is that what you did in Iraq?

I work with Reuters.

Pictures.

You?

Oh, I'm in law school.

Baba, leave that alone.

Don't touch it, please.

Yeah?

Such bad boys.

It's great. You got the yard.

More projects that I like.

You building something?

Actually, I'm trying to plant some cherry tomatoes.

We want to give him what he needs to get better.

He's a sad person.

I keep thinking about Nicky.

He reminds me of, I don't know why.

There is something.

He reminds you of your son?

Sometimes, Nicky.

Sometimes the person who killed Nicky.

I suppose that... You okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is the neighbor from next door.

Did he just come by? Was that him?

Yes. He bent on the door.

I think he has a problem with our presence.

Are you happy now?

What is his issue? Are you satisfied?

We don't know.

I mean, he doesn't like us here, I guess.

He's a menace.

Have you, um, considered a restraining order?

What is that?

We don't have this in Iraq.

Um, well, in American courts, if a person is harassing you, you can file a

restraining order, and that means that they're forbidden from coming within a

certain, uh, feet of you and your children.

I mean, Jupiter lives six feet away from us.

Actually, I don't think that matters. It's, uh...

If he breaks the order just to bang on your door, he could be arrested.

Have you done one before?

I haven't, no.

But I could help you with it.

It's very kind of you.

I'll get you some tea.

You're going to sit outside. It's going to be quiet.

There's really lots of good restaurants.

You want more water?

I'm good, thanks. The one with the red

owing, what was it called?

Hunters, yeah.

Hunters, I think, in English.

It's an Iraqi restaurant that does fish.

The street fish in Baghdad is better than any I've eaten in the world. It's

amazing, really.

I miss it so much.

Did you go back to Iraq?

No, not really.

it's gangster the power now they're fighting they're fighting all the time

well i read online that uh iraqi civil activists are starting to call for the

end of um i'm not going to pronounce it correctly it's a little loss yeah i read

that too i mean if they are talking about it online and no one stops them

maybe the revolution will come it's not in his phone yeah do you want the wi-fi

password I can't help you. I leave for Yemen tomorrow.

They're calling about flights. I'm sorry.

I'll do this later.

What are you doing? No, please, leave it.

Is it all right? Sit down, please.

Mayor?

Thank you, thank you.

More tea?

The tea is good.

You don't have to do this. Oh, I'm happy to wash them.

But it's okay.

If it's all right, I'd like to.

Okay.

I won't take them from you.

You can go outside. You don't have to stay.

It's okay, I'll take the moment.

Get some quiet.

Please, don't say anything.

Why don't you go outside?

You don't have to dry.

Yeah, are you sure?

Yeah.

And when's the next flight?

Sure, yeah, I understand. Call me back, thanks.

East to west here.

Joseph, Sam.

Drink yours and one cookie only, okay?

Thank you.

Michael.

This is the shed for the sherry to be.

Yeah.

Yeah. Here.

Maybe. Actually, maybe just a tiny.

Yeah. Okay.

Here we go.

That was nice.

Let me just.

Please.

No more.

Okay.

Can I see the photo?

Well, we have to take the kids to the swimming lesson today.

Yes, take them. I have some work.

Yeah, I'm taking them at five.

So the car with you? Yes, I have the car.

What about you guys? What are you going to do? Well, I guess we'll head out at

some point. Yeah.

Going back to San Diego?

Yep. Are you going with him?

Yeah, we're going to travel back. Travel right back to Michael? Probably two and

a half hours, three hours drive.

Yeah, it's not long.

We've got a couple meetings in the morning.

I want to take you to him. Yeah.

Always nice to see you.

Thank you.

Thank you for having us.

I have your number, you have mine, and I'll be in contact next week about your

neighbor.

Thank you.

Assad, thank you so much for having us. Welcome.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Michael. Be in contact.

Thank you. Sure, sure. We'll keep in touch.

Talk to you very much. Thank you.

I'm just gonna work my way through here.

or take the picture.

Sorry. It must have fallen out somewhere. It was maybe when I pulled my

phone out.

What happened?

He can't find his rental keys. We looked all over the cushions. I don't know.

Come. We'll look for it. Come, guys. Leave this here.

Nothing in the bathroom.

Yeah, it could have been when I pulled my phone out to take the call or take

the picture.

Were you over here, Michael?

Uh, I think I was everywhere. No keys.

What does it look like?

It was like a little fob, a little plastic fob.

Come on, Michael, if you want to stay more just in us. Yeah.