GRP 131: Thorns and Roses grow on the same tree: The story of a female Kurdish fighter

Global Recon

John Hendricks

Government

4.8 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

This week’s podcast was recorded in July 2017 with Kurdish fighter Joanna Palani. Joanna is currently in prison in Denmark due to their laws against Danish citizens traveling to Syria to fight. Joanna’s family is from the western region of Iran. She was born in a U.N refugee camp in the desert of Ramadi, Iraq.   Growing up there were sections of the road her brother and his peers traversed en route to school that was littered with IED’s. During a commute to school, he was killed by a roadside bomb. Eventually, her immediate family moved to Denmark where she spent several years living before dropping out of college to go join the uprising in Syria. If you want to hear from a woman on the ground this is a must listen.    This episode is sponsored by War Dragons. War Dragons is a 3D, real time, strategy video game – right on your phone. For the month of July, War Dragons are partnering with Stack Up, an organization dedicated to bringing military personnel, veterans and civilian supporters together through a shared love of video gaming. War Dragons will match all donations made through the link in the game between July 4th through July 31st, up to a maximum of $10,000. Donors will also get an exclusive, in-game portrait. Can’t donate but want to support Stack Up’s work? Breeding your dragons in-game can also help contribute an additional $10,000 donation by War Dragons.  Visit www.podcast.wardragons.com/recon       0:00-News reports on the fighting in Syria  5:00-Introduction to Joanna Palani, a Kurdish female fighter with the YPJ   Follow Global Recon below:   www.Globalrecon.net https://www.instagram.com/igrecon https://www.instagram.com/blackopsmatter www.twitter.com/igrecon https://www.facebook.com/GlobalReconPodcast/   Chantel Taylor:  https://www.instagram.com/mission_critical https://www.instagram.com/altern8rv  Tim Kolczak: www.thevetsproject.com www.instagram.com/theveteransproject  Music provided by Caspian:  www.caspianmusic.net  .

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0:00.0	The terror group that aspired to be an empire is now making its final stand in Syria.
0:13.0	Along the Euphrates River in the east, the remnants of ISIS, once a formidable force,
0:18.9	is besieged by Kurdish and Arab forces on the ground and US-led coalition
0:23.5	warplanes from the air. Freelands cameraman Gabriel Shaheen filmed this exclusive and dramatic
0:30.4	footage you'll see only on CNN and we want to warn you first some of it is graphic.
0:35.6	Our Ben Weideman has the story.
0:45.4	They're planning their next move in the final showdown with the last remnants of ISIS.
0:52.1	Commander Havel Simcove, the Syrian Democratic Forces, is leading his men on a night operation.
1:00.0	Their progress lit by flares into the last stronghold of what was the so-called Islamic State, now reduced to a remote and ever-shinking sliver of land along the Euphrates River in eastern Syria.
1:07.0	At first light, coalition aircraft begin to bond.
1:11.6	As troops venture into the town of Sousa, or what's left of it.
1:16.6	With the help of artillery and airplanes, we were able to take control of this place,
1:23.6	the soldier tells cameraman Gabriel Shai, who shot this exclusive video for CNN,
1:30.3	the soldier vows, within 10 days God willing, and the finish.
1:36.3	It may take longer than that, ISIS isn't giving ground easily.
1:41.3	They counterattacked. Heavy machine gun fire didn't stop them.
1:52.0	The troops had to retreat.
2:01.6	By day's end, reinforcements arrived, and they were back on the offensive.
2:08.6	Not, however, without cost.
2:12.6	The next day starts with a mortar bombardment.
2:18.3	The adjacent town of Marashta, the objective.
2:23.3	On the edge of town, a soldier carries a baby.
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