1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: The Michael Berry Show. It is our Saturday Bonus podcast. 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: Delighted you've joined us, and by now you know the rules, 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: but I also i'll make it quick or the programming details. 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: We started the Saturday podcast because a number of you said, 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: no of you listened to the show live during the week, 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: either the morning or the evening in some cases both, 7 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: and some of you listened to the podcast that day 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: or maybe the next morning because your schedule works out 9 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: that way. And some of you said, hey, you know, Michael, 10 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: you and your team have become part of our lives 11 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: and we like something on the weekend. So we started 12 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: the Saturday podcast and it really took off more than 13 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: we ever expected. And I think my team was hating 14 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: you for that because then it just loaded more work 15 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 1: on them. But they've been great sports about it. I mean, 16 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: we love what we do. We get to create content 17 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: and you folks listen to it and you respond, you 18 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: say the nicest things. 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All Right with 57 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: that our Saturday Bonus podcast, You're going to hear the 58 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: powerful story of a native Iraqi who risked everything to 59 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 1: help America by fighting alongside our Navy seals after the 60 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: United States invaded I Rock in two thousand and three. 61 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: He goes by the pseudonym Johnny Walker to protect his identity, 62 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:33,679 Speaker 1: but his bravery not only changed his own destiny, but 63 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: also secured an unlikely future for his family. In the 64 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: United States. 65 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 2: What I what Americans? I saved one thousand Iraqi honocent people. 66 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 2: I'm proud. It's my legacy. My name is Johnny Wacko 67 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 2: and this is my study. Grew up in Iraq, north 68 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,839 Speaker 2: of that beautiful city nineteen sixty four. My real name 69 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 2: is rialv Ahmed Alahmedi. We are poor family and we 70 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 2: have a masic relationship. I have three brothers, one diet 71 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 2: when he is ten years old and another brother killed 72 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 2: by Kaida because he supported the Iraqi army. And they 73 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 2: still have only one now and three sisters who are 74 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 2: with a lot of I don't call it violent, but 75 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 2: I call it like kind of trouble maker. Have my slingshot. 76 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 2: Everywhere I go in my neighbor there is like tough kids. 77 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 2: Like one time they surround me and another neighbor and 78 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 2: they put me in the wall. It's like like assassination 79 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 2: wall and they start beating me with slingshot. It's painful 80 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 2: and it's helped me so bad. You build hostile environment 81 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:01,679 Speaker 2: around you everywhere you go. When you born and race 82 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 2: in a hostile environment, you have to start to proven 83 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 2: yourself and find yourself. My family asked my cousin who's 84 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 2: playing basketball. It's like, hey, can you take Johnny? Maybe 85 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: he can't find himself through the basketball. When you play 86 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,679 Speaker 2: basketball in my time in Iraq, you follow the American 87 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 2: dream without you think about it. Because when you play basketball, 88 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 2: you have to watch Harlem team from Harlem team, you 89 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 2: have to listen to country music Kenny Roger. And this 90 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 2: is kind of establish positive feeling inside you. And I 91 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 2: remember I have my New York tea shirt, jeans and 92 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 2: live the American dream. I build my own word away 93 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 2: from everything. I think. This is what has saved me 94 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 2: and make me who I am right now by release 95 00:05:55,040 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 2: all the anger through the basketball. Nineteen seventy, when Iraq 96 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 2: started to stabilize people, they started have good job and 97 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 2: western life. They start have open minded for Western culture 98 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 2: to come. But after nineteen eighty and Sad Dams and 99 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 2: I at Allah when the war comes in has destroyed 100 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 2: everything and go war in nineteen ninety one of the 101 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 2: beautiful things happened un as they lead the world to 102 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 2: liberate Kuwait, which is beautiful things and this is match 103 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 2: my personality, kick the bad guy away to protect the 104 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 2: week and as a people. In two thousand and three, 105 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 2: when American they came, I didn't feel there my enemy. 106 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 2: I feel those people they give us future. That's why 107 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 2: I worked so hard to have opportunity work with Americans. 108 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 2: I went to the I help American infantry with my 109 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 2: basic English language. I help him out, and they says, hey, 110 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 2: you want to work with us, Like yeah, So I 111 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 2: started working with the American Military police as translator and 112 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 2: we did a lot of amazing things. We trained the 113 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 2: Iraqi police. I went to the jail. I stay in 114 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 2: the jail undercover, just to find if there is any 115 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,559 Speaker 2: corrupt police or judge. One time we were going after 116 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 2: a bad guy the jackpot. The jackpot is the target 117 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 2: and this is from the major military police. He says, 118 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 2: all the Iraqi police they can wear white hat like 119 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 2: I raist my hand. It's like, buddy, this is stupid. 120 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 2: F I'm selling weapon and I saw that I'm gonna 121 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 2: run away. Says no, no, no, you don't know. Okay, 122 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 2: maybe they know something. I don't know. I am translated. 123 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 2: I'm not officer. And the Iraqi police they go to 124 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 2: the coffee shop and they found a big guy inside. 125 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 2: So I went with them and I just hear, hey, 126 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 2: there's something weird white had I think they are undercover cops. 127 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 2: Run run run, it's not kids situation. I don't have whopping, 128 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 2: I don't have pistol, I don't have anything. And the 129 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 2: guy the jackpot in front of me, and I paunched him, 130 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 2: capt him and I took a taxi and we went 131 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 2: to the police headquarter and I went to the briefing 132 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 2: with the guy the jack pot, and I told, hey, 133 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 2: he's the guy we're looking for. And the major he's 134 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 2: so happy, and he says, we can announce this a 135 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 2: brave soldier, Cup, and we can promote him to be 136 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 2: an officer. I told him, so, I'm a Cup, I 137 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 2: am translator. So he's kind of surprised. So this is 138 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 2: how build my name on my reputation. And I think 139 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 2: that's how my name came to the Seals. The sergeant, 140 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 2: he says, hey, there's unit called seals. They want you 141 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 2: to work with them. I went back home and I 142 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 2: find the big Dictionary, so I start opening it to 143 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 2: find what does seal mean? Seal animal ce military police. 144 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 2: They pay me one handred, but they told me they 145 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 2: can pay me five hundred. It's like, you know what, 146 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 2: they pay me five hundreds. I work with Seal, I 147 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 2: work with well, I will voice shark. I don't care. 148 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 2: So I go to work with the Seals, and this 149 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 2: is weird. They have beard. No one call anyone sir 150 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 2: on the mission. We don't have boss. Everyone doing his 151 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 2: job and all of us family. And I think this 152 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 2: is why we have lost casualty in any other branch, 153 00:09:54,400 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 2: because each one of the Seals is leader. One of 154 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 2: the things about Seals community humble. If you ask me, 155 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 2: are you proud when you work with the Seals? Yeah, 156 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 2: it's my legacy. I feel I did something. Maybe it's 157 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 2: not going to happen in every day. The way how 158 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 2: I work with them, the positive impact we made, the 159 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 2: Seal community, how they impact my life, it's so beautiful. 160 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 2: I have at least thousand missions. I'm proud when I 161 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 2: try to protect my family from struggling by work with Americans. 162 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 2: I became traitor, thinks getting worse, like they put my 163 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 2: name on the mask enemy of Islam. For me, I 164 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 2: will stay fight for my country because this is my desire, 165 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 2: this is my passion. Mission safe do the right things. 166 00:10:56,679 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 2: But what is killing me is my kiss. They have 167 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 2: no life. They cannot go to the school. They cannot 168 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 2: go anywhere. While they live in Mossole area. They live 169 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 2: with shame, fake shame because they're dead, enemy of Islam 170 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 2: and trader. But if you look at it, to the 171 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 2: fact I save thousand and thousand Iraqi andcent people, but 172 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 2: they cannot says anything about it. My daughter Vina, she 173 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 2: saw a lot of bloody things. It got so dangerous. 174 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:33,959 Speaker 2: We had to leave. So my family is the main 175 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 2: reason why I have to move them and we have 176 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 2: to find home. And we find home in the United 177 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 2: States or when we land. First thing I did, I 178 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 2: took most stuff out my son and he's like I 179 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 2: think forty years old. It's like, let's go. He says, 180 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 2: where are we going? This is my dream to take 181 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 2: my son and just walk in the street like normal, 182 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 2: without anyone to throw them his life. And we walk 183 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 2: and we went to the target and I remember I 184 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 2: bought three X large jeans T shirt. I never wear 185 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 2: it so big, and I give the money. I just 186 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 2: want to feel I'm not dreaming. This is reality. And 187 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 2: when we flew next day to San Diego, there's seals 188 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 2: with uniform in San Diego airport. They waiting us. Is 189 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 2: so crazy, like you feel somehow you belong here. Every day. 190 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 2: One of the Seals came to my house JT. He 191 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 2: bought me under a court, crisp by electricity Bill and everyone. 192 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 2: He do his thing until like six months I found 193 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 2: a job. Why just living in an estate is the 194 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 2: best things happen to me? I change generation destiny. My 195 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 2: daughter Vina, she's so proud. She moved to the next 196 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 2: level of proud of our dad, from shame to proud. 197 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 2: That's so beautiful legacy through my kid's eyes. Hope is everything. 198 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 2: Hope is why we make us survive and face any 199 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 2: struggle in our life. I know there is a lot 200 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 2: of obstacle we're facing now. People they start losing hope 201 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 2: in this country, but we need to work our self 202 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 2: help to protect that hope. Weeah in the best country 203 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 2: in the world. Enjoy the freedom. 204 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: If your life to Michael Berry Show and Podcast, Please 205 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: tell one friend and if you're so inclined, write a 206 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: nice review of our podcast. Comments, suggestions, questions, and interest 207 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,239 Speaker 1: in being a corporate sponsor and partner can be communicated 208 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: directly to the show at our email address Michael at 209 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,719 Speaker 1: Michael Berryshow dot com, or simply by clicking on our 210 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: website michaelshow dot com. 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