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Get up, Dad. Be careful not to fall asleep.

Look what you found in our house.

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

Get up and see what I found for you.

Thank you.

Oh, my love.

You're welcome.

Did you find anything fresh?

Yes.

Where's the house?

It's fine.

I don't need it.

Did you tell Dad to take me home?

No, I didn't.

Mom, where is he?

He can't get up.

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

Is he okay?

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

Where's the onion?

He's fine.

He's playing, Adi.

He didn't do anything.

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

What's wrong?

He cut the water again.

It looks like her.

Where's Adi?

She's here.

Say hi to mom.

Say hi to baby. What's this?

Why are you going out without a 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.

Do you see what you're

doing?

. .

.

. .

Where are you going?

I'm going to the tower.

Don't you have this tower?

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.

I'm going to dig a hole and you're going to dig a hole.

Come on, brother, come on.

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

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

Where did you get them?

Up there, there's nothing left. Oh, 50.

Come on, come on.

Oh, come on.

The hell is full of flies.

MashaAllah, look at them.

Maman, he needs to leave this for 40 times, and then he'll get them.

OK,

so what do

they

do?

I don't remember.

What do you not remember?

What's your name?

Tell him, tell him, Abos.

Where are you going?

I'm going for a walk.

I don't have time for this. How long do I have to suffer?

My love, how can you be like this? Can't you hear me now?

I might lose everything.

The whole factory.

Leave yourself in its place.

. . . .

.

All over the place.

Let's go home.

Hey, shut up.

What's all this?

This is the one who has the money.

This is the one who lost it.

Come on,

Saad. We have to go.

Ready? They're coming after you.

Where are we?

The kitchen.

Let's go.

Come on.

Let's go.

Is everything okay?

Thank God, no one's hurt.

You go ahead.

Stay on the public street. I'll let you know.

Okay, bye.

Wait for me on the street, Yabe.

Yes.

Can you hear me? Yes, yes.

I'm behind

you.

Yes, he's behind us. Right, right.

Okay, Yabe, okay.

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

Saddam used to murder Iraqis with you, dumb dick.

Suck my dick. Suck your dick, son.

That's this guy's job.

He's my son.

Oh, he's your baby boy. He's my baby boy.

You're driving on my father. He's my baby boy.

Little nanny look like me?

It 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's the best day of my life.

Solid copy.

Unit dismounted, proceeding on foot, northbound on Hoop Street, Peru.

Out.

Hey, Marines, listen up.

We're going to ditch trucks in about 50 meters. Two bus city track.

We're moving to police compound on foot.

Again, this is a show of force, but taking time to talk to people.

Keep your eyes wide open.

Good to go?

Yes, sir!

Get ready to dismount! Woo!

Get some, boys.

Hello.

Hello. What happened?

What happened?

Yeah.

This is Larray.

My name is Larray. Larray. Yes.

Luke. Yeah, Luke.

I gotta piss. Now?

Hold!

What the fuck is your problem?

One at a time.

One at a time.

Hold

on.

Hold on.

Sir.

Well, I gotta go.

Hi, uh, bathroom?

Yeah, okay.

Hello.

Photo?

Hello. Hey, we're hearing shots.

Hurry up.

Shots? Yeah.

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

Enemy fire or ours?

I don't know.

Let's go. Let's go.

Keep eyes over here. Anybody see where that came from?

Fox 2, Fox 2. We're on the side street on Sheik. Two boxes in police compound.

We're ready to move in. How copy?

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

move out.

Moving. Moving.

We got a man down. We're taking effective fire. Man down. On both ends.

All units to the southeast corner. Check. Check up front of the leg right

now, okay?

Gonzo, get over here. I need a hand.

I need to work a treatment on it!

Who is that?

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 Moss are hijacking cars trying to ram it into our line. So I

need a couple of guys up on the roof.

What?

Watch out!

I don't know what to do

I don't know, but the sound of the throwing is very strong.

What do we do? Is it complete or is it stopped? It's not stopped, Noura. We

have a cable that will take us home. Just wait a little.

We have to close the door.

How?

What did he say?

The throwing is behind us.

I don't know.

The throwing stopped.

Come on.

Right.

Go right.

Bottom right.

See the terrorists? Far east side there's a guy in the bathroom.

15 meters from the left side.

Taking a second line to the northeast.

We got a guy popping out of a balcony on the right beach now.

Can't get a clear shot.

Fire!

You got the rocket over there? Yeah.

Take him the fuck out!

I don't see anything.

Come to the intersection, it's not safe.

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, stop shooting! Stop 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 cover.

Shut up

We just killed a baby.

No, we 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 going to run to taxi, okay?

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

All right, get ready.

On three.

One, two, three.

Go,

go, go.

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

Guys, I'm going to need a medic.

No one get me a medic.

Is she okay? Yeah, it's okay.

Help him! Help him!

It's about three o'clock.

Hello. Hello.

Hello. Hello.

Is there someone here to tell me what went on last week when you were here?

Hi.

Were you here during this?

How long you have the store?

Many, many, many.

When they started?

Go to South America.

Can you talk to us?

Michael Reed? Yeah.

You're the reporter?

Yeah. Hi, New York Times.

Yes, I'm a surgeon here. Come with me.

It's been this way ever since the Americans arrived.

There was a fight in Meladiat last week.

Saddam's forces, fires on the Americans, and hell broke loose.

But these are the lucky ones.

They're still alive.

There's a tragic case that sticks in my mind.

I'll show you.

I just want to piece this together. I just wanted to ask, was this a familiar

route? Was it a regular journey?

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, that's the Iraqi family name. I just spent the afternoon at their home.

Getting background now.

I'll send the piece from the hotel tonight.

Are you guys part of the company that was engaged at Bella Diem?

You

coming

with him?

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 talk to that woman who injured her shoulder?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, she's okay.

Oh, good.

How about the woman with the baby?

She's fine with the baby, too.

And the driver?

They all died.

Yeah, I knew that.

Let me 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 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 Lots 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

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

Excuse me.

You're 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. I just wanted to get it right, sir. I just wanted to get it

right. So I will... Sir, grab your shit and leave. No, 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 sorry.

watching.

Hello? Hello?

Call Tony or whoever, but I'm going to be on here 15 minutes ago.

Thanks,

buddy.

Give me my transcripts. 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.

aid 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.

One.

One.

One, two.

One, two.

One, two, three.

One, two, three. Again.

Again. One.

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

doors closed.

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

Care that the government would sooner give my medical care to some fucking

welfare cleaner, some invader.

They hear drugs, they hear discharge, 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 going to tell them that we're not together anymore.

Where's your espresso?

How's your new place?

It's good.

Worry?

It's close.

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, 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 have 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, who's going to turn one?

Who in the fuck is this?

Lou.

It's Vic.

Vic, you?

You're the one who's been calling me.

Hey, can you talk right now?

Not really.

I'm here in South Carolina.

Okay.

Where's Emily?

I'm in San Diego.

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

Um, so I went to... Yeah, I went to Pat's place last month, and... What's

going on?

I was helping him because it was a mess, and he was mowing the lawn, and then all

of a second, he was just on his hands and knees, and he was clutching this...

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

Big,

big, big, 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. Listen, just do me a favor and

call him right now.

Okay.

You promise you'll call him?

What?

Are you working?

I need to see it.

I'm working, Lou.

What? I don't know.

I don't know.

Are you on something bad? No.

I don't know.

Something's wrong with me.

I don't know what to do.

I love you, Anna.

Here he comes again.

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

Call the ambulance, please.

No, no, no.

Something's not right.

You're going to be okay.

Call the ambulance.

Call it. You're okay.

I can't 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

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?

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?

You know, always a few irons.

Let's just press this one.

Oh. Well, when did 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 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. 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.

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 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, 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 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, Marines 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.

This is your last night?

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

Do you mind if I step up for one second?

No, go ahead.

I have to go anyway.

Are 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...

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

I can save her.

Anna? Yeah.

Hi. Yeah, hi, Michael.

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

Hi. Anna, hi.

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. No, 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 you 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.

I think this might be a good way to do this.

Well, first, I don't even know if I'm going to write anything yet.

And no, I don't co-write.

Is that what this is? Are you trying to become a writer?

No. No.

No, I just thought I might be... I just want to do this right. I thought I might

do this to tell it the right way.

Yeah, we all want that.

We'll 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 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.

You were dishonorably discharged?

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

Kind of like leaving home, long you're gone, clear you see.

And what did you see with that distance?

Marine Corps is like...

The police force or the mafia or something 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.

But I heard about your article from a guy in our platoon, and 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 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...

things, 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.

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

Excuse me. One sec. Sure.

Michael, you smoke?

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

Really? Why? What's that?

I don't really know anything.

I think she made an impression.

Did it affect you like it does us?

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.

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

You dream about the catch-terrians?

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.

Did you smell the pine?

No, I smelled burnt hair for like two days.

When I landed.

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.

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.

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 as a 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'm glad the boy ran away because that would have been even rougher.

Knowing that 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.

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 that I can't understand and I'll never

understand.

How could I?

And that makes me feel all kinds of ways.

Hey. Hey.

Hey, sorry I'm not in there.

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

off. But I'm headed to Glendale tomorrow to see the Ketchetorians.

Have you seen them?

I'll see if, you know, this is something that they'd be up for.

There's no guarantees, Lou.

But I'll ask them.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Really appreciate it. Thank you Get home safe

Stop

stop stop stop

Any further and you will fall in. There is a hole. Ah, I didn't see it.

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

Hello.

Good to see you.

And here. I know. How many years have you...

Married, yeah.

Since we were in Iraq.

So before then. And she multiplied.

Yeah. We have two children there inside.

Congratulations.

Thank you. Shall we? Yes, sure. Thank you.

How did you two meet?

Oh.

We met at the hospital.

As I was there with Bern.

And he heard me screaming from pain.

So he bribed the doctor to give me medicine.

Such a wrong man.

And you all came here together?

Yeah, first to Syria, then here.

And your sister, is she here?

No, she went to Jordan.

No, no, to Lebanon.

Oh, Lebanon.

And your grandson, he was an infant, yeah?

He's a teenager now.

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 need for that. I have money.

No need.

No need.

He says this, but I'm going to do it anyway.

How's life for you?

We have the church, the children.

Do you go back to Iraq?

Not for a while.

It went from bad to worse.

Enough of us.

How are you?

I'm busy with work.

And your wife?

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

us being 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 fear he could do something to himself.

You have done enough.

And we talk about that also.

Sorry, hasn't been easy to move forward.

We don't want to look back.

I don't know.

Lou? Hi.

Yeah.

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

They said that they'll meet you.

Oh.

Yeah.

Excuse me.

Sorry.

Sorry.

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

Okay, I'll be in touch.

See you.

Bye.

You ready?

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. Thank you, Nikki.

God bless you.

Mom! Mom!

Are you the same as yesterday?

Not at all.

I'm not like the voices on the street.

What's wrong with our bread?

Where do we make our voices come from?

He's the one who makes our voices come from.

I'm going to make him happy.

Come on, let's sit here.

He's the one who's hiding.

Don't you know that? I'm going to make him happy. That's enough for me today.

Just let him wait for me. Go.

Next time...

It's hard for him.

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 sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.

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

Therefore...

Remember to breathe through your belly.

Remember you're blooming.

Hello. Hi. Hi.

Come in. Thank you.

Hi.

Okay.

Okay, okay.

Come in.

Nice to meet you.

Hi, I'm Noura.

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 10 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 after we left iraq we came to sit up with them

uh

well i would i would like to thank you for allowing us 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.

I know from the story and everything, but I would like to hear what happened

that day for you, if you're open to it.

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 would 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 pull

myself together. Is there a place where I could smoke?

Yes.

Follow me.

Are you alright?

Yep.

They just borrowed the restroom from me. Oh.

Yeah, through there to the right.

Sorry about that.

It's okay.

What do you do for work?

I have fucking 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 him. I don't know why.

There is something.

He reminds you of your son?

Sometimes, Nicky.

Sometimes the person will kill Nicky.

I suppose that... Are you okay?

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

Did he just come by? Was that him?

Yes. He banged 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.

Asad, let's go.

Have you considered a restraining order?

What is that?

We don't have this in Iraq.

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 feet of you and your children.

That's right. I mean, Jupiter lives six feet away from us.

Actually, I don't think that matters.

It's...

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.

There's really lots of good restaurants.

You want more water?

I'm good, thanks. She's small.

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 gangsta, the power now.

They're fighting. They're fighting all the time.

I read online that...

Iraqi civil activists are starting to call for the end of a... I'm not going

to pronounce it correctly.

It's... 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.

Do you want the Wi-Fi password?

I can help you. I leave for Yemen tomorrow.

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

A few days later.

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

Is it all right? It's done.

Thank you, thank you.

More tea?

The tea is good, but this is really just... You don't have to do

this. I'm happy to wash them.

But it's okay.

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

Okay.

I won't take anything from you.

You can go aside. 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.

Okay,

here we go.

That was nice.

Let me just... Please, please, no more.

Okay.

Can I see the photo?

Oh, 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. Do you have a ride back to Michael? Probably

two and a half hours, three hours drive.

That's not long.

We've got a couple of 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. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Michael. Be in contact.

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

Appreciate your visit.

and she kind of rocked my face.

...fall 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 key. We looked all over the cushion.

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?

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.