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2.03sHe was a little Iraqi street kid.
1.78sI'd befriended him a few months earlier.
1.78sCouldn't have been more than 12 years old.
2.57sI taught him how to crack wise, American style.
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4.84s(ALL SCREAMING) I guess that store's having a fire sale.
3.9s(LAUGHS) KEVIN: I tell you, that kid was strong-headed for his age.
4sSmart, but innocent. And then one day, there was a fire fight.
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2.74sWe bring in this civilian who got killed in the crossfire.
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2.3sI pull back the sheet, and who is it?
4.12sNot the kid, but, like, the kid's dad's, like, coworker's neighbor.
3sHe was 74 and he had actually tried to rape someone.
6.76sBut just looking down at his dead face and knowing that he lived near someone who worked with the dad of the kid whose name I never found out,
3.82sI lost all hope. That's when I knew I had to get out of Iraq.