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Get up, Dad. Go to sleep.

Look what you found in our house.

Dad, 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 get a new phone?

Yes.

Where's the house?

It's fine.

It's fine.

Did you talk to Dad about returning the house?

No, Mom.

Mom, where is he?

He can't be with me.

He only cries at night. And 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?

Here it is.

They're playing, Adi.

I didn't think anything would happen.

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

What is it?

Cut the water again.

It looks like her.

Where's Eddie?

He's with her.

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.

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

come from?

What can we do about it? Let's forget about the marriage.

It's a matter of time.

You found Ali, you're going to kill him today.

No, I won't. I'm not going to kill him.

I'm going to say hi to him.

Is it done? Yes, it's done.

Is the factory still open?

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's wrong with you?

It's not safe to go back home.

What do you mean it's not safe? Is it safe to meet here?

Baghdad is on fire. It's better to die at home than die here. Enough.

Please. I won't talk about it anymore.

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

Yes. I can't sleep.

Where are you going?

I'm going up to 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.

Don't you have anything else?

No, I only have this one.

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

Come on, brother.

Come on, come on.

Take it away.

No, I don't want to.

Where did you get them?

Up there, there's nothing left.

OK,

so what should

we

do?

OK.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

What's her name?

Tell her, tell her, Abosha. What's her name? Abosha.

Where did you go?

I went for a walk.

I don't have a headache.

How long will it take me?

My love, how are you with him? Now he won't listen to anything.

He might lose everything.

The whole factory.

Leave yourself alone.

If we fight in the war...

This is enough.

Did you turn off the electricity?

I heard you.

Let's go back home.

What's all this?

Ready?

Coming after you.

Where are we?

The kitchen.

Let's go.

It's not safe.

Get up.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Is everything okay?

Thank God, nothing happened.

You go in front of us.

Stay on the public street. Stay with us.

I'll tell you. Okay.

Goodbye.

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

Can you hear me?

Yes, yes.

I'm behind

you.

Yes, he's behind us. Okay,

Yabeh, okay.

Thank you.

He's my son.

He's my baby boy.

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, that's the best day of my life.

Solid, Pappy.

Unit dismounted, proceeding on foot northbound on Lake Chicano.

Out.

Hey, Marines, listen up.

We're going to ditch 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!

Yes, sir, boys.

Hello.

Hello. What happened?

What happened?

Yeah. I just made a raid.

My name is Larray. Right. Yes.

Luke.

Yeah, Luke.

I got to piss.

Now?

Home!

The fuck is your problem?

One at a time.

One at a time. One at a time.

Hold

on.

Hold on. Hold on. Sir.

Bathroom?

Yeah, OK.

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.

Fox 2, Fox 2.

We're on the side street on Sheik. Two blocks from the 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.

Move in. Move in.

We got a man down. We're taking effective fire. Man down?

On both of you. All units to the southeast corner. Check it. You're going

to start in the leg right now.

Gonzo, get over here. I need a hand.

Gonzo, fucking right now.

100 meters south of the police compound.

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 keeping cars back. Go! Move! I need guys on that

intersection. Make sure we're not getting flanked.

Fire!

Keep firing!

Keep firing!

Hey! Hey!

Copy?

Shh.

Shh.

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

What do we do? Do we continue or stop?

We won't stop, Noura. You have K-1 to get home. Just wait a bit.

I have to open the door.

How are you?

What did he say?

Rami, we're going to take him to the hospital.

I don't know.

Stop, stop, Rami.

Okay.

There's a guy in the balcony with a red boots now.

About 15 meters from the left side.

Taking a second line from the northeast.

We got a guy popping out of the balcony with a red boots now.

Can't get a clear shot?

I can't hear anything.

I can't see anything.

I can't hear anything.

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

Where?

Where?

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!

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 cover.

Going up.

Shut up, Pat.

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.

On three.

One, two, three.

Go,

go, go.

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

Three o'clock.

Is there someone here to tell me about what happened last week when you were

here?

Hi.

Were you here during this?

How long you had the store?

Many, many, many.

When they started all of... Daughters of America.

Ask if he'll talk to us.

Mark Reed?

Yeah. You're the reporter?

Yeah. Hi, New York Times.

Yes, sir, I'm a surgeon here.

Come with me.

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

There was a fight in Baladiat last week.

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

But these are the lucky ones they still alive

There's a tragic

case that sticks in my mind I'll show you

This is the case I told you.

How old is she?

She's 43 years old.

Let me check with her.

I just

want to piece this

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

the afternoon at their home.

Getting background now.

I'll send a piece from the hotel tonight.

Were you guys part of the company that was engaged at Bella D.F.? You

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 the woman with the baby?

She's fine. And 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?

Pete.

Actually, wait. He's here.

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 they 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 Reba of 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 going to come up and get you now.

Get out!

Hey!

Fuck!

Hey!

Come here!

Hey, we got a fucking problem.

All right, Lou, you do it. That's the deal. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.

Let him go, Lou.

Shut up.

Shut up.

That was fine.

See me before you leave, okay?

Who made it here?

Hello? Hello?

Marcy? Marcy Blue.

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.

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.

One, two. One, two, slip.

One, two, slip.

Again.

Again. Move.

One.

One. One, two.

One, two.

One, two.

One, two.

One, two. One,

two. Slip.

Slip.

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

the door's closed.

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

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

some... Welfare cleaners and invader they hear drugs your 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 sister,

what'd you say nothing I'm 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.

It's close.

What, you're not gonna tell me where you live now?

Oh, 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've 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 don't 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 10-1?

Who in the fuck is this?

Lou.

It's Vic.

Vic, you?

Either one has been calling me. Hey, can you talk right now?

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?

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?

Hey, it's me.

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 bad? No.

I don't know.

Something's wrong with me.

I don't know what to do.

I love you, Anna.

Period. Oh, here he 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, I can't figure this out.

I can't keep fucking hating myself.

No, you're okay. You're going to be okay.

I keep seeing her face.

I don't know.

I don't know. I keep seeing her face. I got to go. I got to 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. Oh, my gosh.

I mean, cufflinks?

So mortified, just here, taken.

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 and I know it seems really selfish and I 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 have 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, 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 the family.

Do you mind if I step out 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.

Yeah,

hi, I'm Michael come on

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 In law school

now, so did you Actually Go add one

more device into the mix before we before you 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 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...

police force or the mafia or something that 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 second.

Sure.

Michael, you smoke?

Do, uh...

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

Really? Why? What's that?

I don't really know her, Steve. 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.

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.

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 to cover her 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 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, Luke.

But 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 is a hole. Ah, I didn't see it. Hi.

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

Asad.

Come.

Hello.

Hello.

Good to see you.

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

Married, yeah.

Ten since we were in Iraq.

So before then, and she multiplied.

Yes, we have two children there inside.

Ah, congratulations.

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

How did you two meet?

Oh.

We met at the hospital.

As'ad 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 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, 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.

It went from bad to worse.

It's okay.

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.

I'm getting 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, 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.

Oh.

Yeah.

Excuse me.

Sorry.

Um, sorry.

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

Okay, I'll be in touch.

See you. Bye.

so silent.

I used to like this.

Silence is the language of God.

Someone said this.

You ready?

Ready.

Where is it now?

It's just down here on the right.

Is that it?

Yep.

Jesus.

Sorry.

Ready? Yeah.

Good morning. Good morning.

You have your own life.

Mom! Mom!

Mom! Mom!

Did you sleep well last night?

Not at all.

I didn't sleep because of the street noise.

What's wrong with our bread?

Where are we making noise from?

He's the one who makes noise.

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

He's the one who makes noise. Don't you know that? I'm going to make him happy.

That's enough for me today.

Just let him wait for me. Okay.

Next time...

It's hard for me.

I'm going to go to the bathroom and come back. When you come back, go to the

bathroom. Okay? Okay.

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...

Hello Thank you

Hi

Okay,

okay, okay

Nice to meet you.

Hi, I'm Nora.

This is my husband, Asad.

Thank you for having us.

Sit down.

No.

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 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, 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 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.

They 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 will kill 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 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 amount of feet of you and your children.

That's right. I mean, TBJ 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 you go.

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.

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 to 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 on 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.

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, although this is 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.

I won't take that 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.

Got it.

This is the shed for the sherry to be.

Yeah,

I have here.

Maybe, actually, maybe just a tiny, yeah, nice.

Okay, here we go.

That was nice.

Let me just... Please, 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 5.

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.

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 with Michael? Probably

a two and a half, three hours drive.

Well, that'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 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.

Let me see if I can work my way through this.

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?

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.