GRP 146-A Wise Man Does His Own Work: The Story of a British Volunteer in The Fight Against ISIS
Global Recon
John Hendricks
4.8 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2020
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Joining me for this week’s podcast is author and veteran of the war in Syria Ed Nash. Ed, is a civilian from the United Kingdom who spent his early 20’s traveling the world. He would eventually go on to work with the Free Burma Rangers(FBR). The FBR is a volunteer organization led by a former American Special Forces Officer which provides aid to civilians in war zones around the globe.
After a few stints with the FBR as an information officer Ed went on to join up with the Kurds in the fight against ISIS in Syria. Initially he was to work in an information/media role. One thing led to another and he went on to deploy into combat as a Designated Marksmen or as some of the Kurds called it the Sniper unit. We discussed his time in Syria, what it was like returning home to the U.K. and much more. Enjoy.
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| 0:00.0 | U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces poured into the last ISIS stronghold for a final assault tonight to defeat the Islamic State. |
| 0:09.0 | They reigned mortars on ISIS's only remaining territory. |
| 0:13.0 | The Syrian village of Baguze is now in ruins. |
| 0:17.0 | So is the ISIS dream of a caliphate. |
| 0:20.0 | One of the top Kurdish commanders took us to the front |
| 0:23.7 | lines here. You can hear the coalition aircraft above, staying in a single file to avoid stepping on |
| 0:30.4 | ISIS mines. He's saying that all of the houses around here have been booby-tracked, have been set up with mines. |
| 0:39.2 | Only a few places that they have cleared are safe to go into. |
| 0:43.4 | This is one of them. |
| 0:44.7 | Inside, we headed for the roof. |
| 0:47.2 | This was an old ISIS field clinic. |
| 0:49.9 | Now, the Kurdish forces have taken it it over and it's their most advanced position. |
| 0:55.0 | The commanders showed me how ISIS was completely surrounded. |
| 0:58.0 | They say the final push will be over soon. |
| 1:02.0 | The assault had been delayed while the Kurdish-led forces allowed the wives and children of ISIS fighters to leave. |
| 1:09.0 | 15,000 did. These tonight were the last to leave, |
| 1:12.6 | escaping the Islamic State |
| 1:14.6 | before it's wiped out completely. |
| 1:16.6 | Kurdish commanders here tell us |
| 1:18.6 | the remaining ISIS fighters are dug in in tunnels, |
| 1:21.6 | but that they should be able to root them out |
| 1:24.6 | within two days. Welcome to the Global Recon Podcast. I'm your host, John Hendricks. This is an interesting |
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