Those Who Face Death

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Spring 2003.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A small group of Special Forces and CIA operatives must establish a second front to tie down the Iraqi Army in the north to support the pending US-led invasion in the south.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The mission sounds simple. The reality is anything but.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The plan is to infiltrate into Iraq ahead of the invasion link up with the Kurdish Peshmerga and coordinate their efforts against the Iraqi Army.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Peshmerga which translates to </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>those who face death</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> have risen up several times in the recent past only to be abandoned by the US and subsequently slaughtered by the Iraqi army.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Before the Special Forces have any chance of posing a viable threat to the Iraqi Army they must first convince the Kurdish factions to put their differences aside resolve the issue of Turkey's wavering support and neutralize an Islamist group that has seized Kurdish territory along the Iraq-Iran border.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The details of the invasion are classified. The clock is ticking and time is running out.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Once in Iraq there will be no extraction medical evacuation or air support until the war begins. The Green Berets will be on their own.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Those Who Face Death </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is the incredible true story of this little-known special operation and a testament to the courage skill and perseverance of the US Special Forces in the face of overwhelming odds.</span></p>