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2019-03-20 -Land of the Free
Iraqi Navy SEAL Interpreter 'Code Name Johnny Walker' to Gain Citizenship, Reveal His Real Name
Happy ending story
In a PJ Media exclusive, the Iraqi native turned Navy SEAL interpreter and bestselling author who goes by the code name "Johnny Walker" told his story and made a huge announcement: he will receive his U.S. citizenship on Wednesday morning! At that time, he will also reveal his real name. (This article will be updated with that name when it becomes public.)

"It's a big honor," Walker told PJ Media. He is looking forward to posting videos of the ceremony and predicted a beautiful moment where "people from different backgrounds and different religions" will be united by loyalty to the United States.

Walker was born and grew up in Iraq and he started working with the U.S. military after the invasion began in 2003. He worked as an interpreter ‐ called a "terp" ‐ until 2009. That year, the military finally cleared him and his family to come to America.

While he lived in Iraq, he kept his work for the U.S. military a secret. If he had been exposed, it could have cost him his life. Since he will receive his citizenship Wednesday, however, Walker and his family will finally be safe, so he can go public with his name. (The Johnny Walker code name came from the Iraqi-American's love for Johnnie Walker whiskey.)

In 2014, Johnny Walker released a bestselling book, Code Name: Johnny Walker: The Extraordinary Story of the Iraqi Who Risked Everything to Fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs.

In his interview with PJ Media on Tuesday, Walker explained how the American dream entered his imagination. When he was a kid, his parents encouraged him to play basketball to let out some of his youthful energy. "I started to love it," Walker told PJ Media. "I started watching the Harlem team [the Globetrotters], listened to Country music, watched John Wayne movies."

"It gave me the American dream in my mind, built it in my imagination," the Iraqi-American said. When the U.S. military came to Iraq in 2003, he saw Americans as a liberating force.

"The SEALS were targeting bad guys in my city I didn't know about. They came thousands of miles to clean my city and I was born in this city," Walker told PJ Media. "I was disappointed in myself."

He suggested he didn't take sides. "I didn't support American or Iraqi or anyone, I supported the good side versus the bad side," the Iraqi-American said. He saw the damage Al Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS) left behind. "They will destroy us. They are the enemy of human beings."
Rest at PJ Media link
Posted by DarthVader 2019-03-20 09:38|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 Now all we have to do is improve his taste in Scotch. Balvenie or Dalmore will do, or more appropriately introduce him to some good Bourbon.
Posted by AlanC 2019-03-20 10:30||   2019-03-20 10:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Heh. Not a big Scotch guy but my daughter got me a Balvenie 17 yr old. Might have just turned me...
Posted by Frank G 2019-03-20 10:50||   2019-03-20 10:50|| Front Page Top

#3 The Iraqis love Scotch.
It is literally impossible to get anything except Scotch and Raqqa in Baghdad.
I should know my driver and I spent an afternoon looking for one bottle of bourbon.
I finally settled on a mediocre bottle of Spanish brandy.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2019-03-20 13:34||   2019-03-20 13:34|| Front Page Top

#4 
Posted by gorb 2019-03-20 13:42||   2019-03-20 13:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Democracy, Whiskey, Sexy!
Posted by SteveS 2019-03-20 13:54||   2019-03-20 13:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Raqqa qualifies as a combustible that doubles as a potable
Posted by Rex Mundi 2019-03-20 15:52||   2019-03-20 15:52|| Front Page Top

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