Do you know any good songs?
* chicken clucking sounds *
* laughter *
♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫
Alright, I'm here in Iraq with my friend here.
And we're gonna videotape stuff outside.
We're stuck in this little tower here.
It's probably about 30 feet up in the air here.
He's got his....uh...Kalashnikov.
and I've got my M4.
We're ready for Ali Baba if he comes by.
Somebody's coming up the ladder right now, so...
Somebody's coming up the ladder right now.
Yeah, somebody's coming up the ladder.
That is... down...
* in Arabic *
Hello.
in Arabic "Hello habibi (friend!)"
Hello, habibi!
Come up here! C'mon!
Do you want me to hold that?
Hello!
in Arabic "Hello sedeeqi (friend)"
We were hoping you could sing.
Hey!
"How are you?"
Good! How are you?
What are you doing?
"You good?"
Yeah, I'm good!
We were just recording some stuff.
Can you sing?
"falafel?"
No!
Last time I ate a falafel I had to take a shit.
"tower"
"tower"
"me...……."
"...……. and the friends."
"me and friend..."
"...you go...going, you go..."
" my friend......falafel.""
Yeah, remember, cause I was...
We had to go to Tarmiyah.
Cause I was up in the tower and you said you were going to go get some falafel...
"yeah"
sergeant came up (and said)
"WE NEED TO GO, WE NEED TO GO!"
so I took off, and you brought all the food up but I wasn't there to eat it with you.
yeah
Tell ya what, if you get falafels...
Ten falafels?!
How much?
$10?
"My friend."
Yeah?
"ah...food!"
How much for the falafels?
How much money?
"Ah, how much money?"
yeah
"One dollar? Two falafel?"
* in Arabic *
"Five dollar. Five dollar."
$5 for 10 falafels?
"yeah"
Later?
For dinner....tonight.
Ok
There goes a Stryker.
Hey! Can you sing a song?
* in Arabic *
Sing a song.
"My friend..."
"me.....out."
You're leaving?
"yeah"
Alright. You gonna sing?
Sing a song before you leave.
We got more Iraqis coming up? Iraqi Army?
Iraqi Army coming?
"My friend, Zayd...Zayd, my friend."
He sings?
"ZAYD"
* in Arabic *
Oh man, this guy's got everything on!
Who's that?
Hello!
Hey, you're on video.
* in Arabic *
Yeah!....Hi!
Good?
* laughter *
Could you tell him to sing a song for the camera?
"me back here."
You're coming back?
"yeah"
OK, see ya later.
* in Arabic *
Ok, if I put this camera down, people are gonna be singing all day long.
And I know YOU sing. I've heard you sing.
* in Arabic *
I don't trust this ladder....ever!
I've never trusted it. It always feels like it's gonna break when I get on it.
* in Arabic *
Hey you!
Hey you.
Who's that guy?
* in Arabic *
You!.....Sing!
Sing a song.
♫ Ha, la,... hamburger... ♫
SING!
* in Arabic *
Sing a song!
♫ singing in Arabic ♫
* in Arabic *
OK, yes....
Later on we will have dinner.
Ok, take it easy, ok?
"Huh?"
We'll see each other later. We'll have dinner.
"yeah."
We'll have some falafels...
"oh, no...no"
WHAT??
"no money."
No money for falafels?
"No money...…...ME...…...me (pay for) falafel."
You sure?
"yeah"
Alright.
I'll bring some Gatorades.
* in Arabic *
Hey!
* in Arabic *
Hey!
* in Arabic *
Hey!
Hey! salam alaikum
* in Arabic *
shonak? zien? (How am I? Good.)
* in Arabic *
Shaku Maku (what's up)
"Shaku Maku!"
Yes!
"Good!"
Good!...ok
Oh, it's recording. Here. Recording.
* in Arabic *
"Your video."
Yeah, my video.
He wants it probably, doesn't he?
Oh, he wants to WATCH the video
Alright, that concludes the Iraqi Army interview.
He sang the song and this is my good buddy right here.
See you later.
* in Arabic! *
You wanna watch it, I know!
I'm just saying goodbye. I'm making film...
* in Arabic *
"Meow!"
Meow!
* laughter *
* in Arabic *
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