Fighting ISIS - Softcover

Locks, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 150982443X ISBN 13: 9781509824434

Verlag: Pan, 2017

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In February 2015, Tim Locks headed to Kurdistan to fight ISIS. After watching images of the Yazidi people being slaughtered, he couldn't sit back and do nothing. Having worked as a prison officer and a bouncer, he knew how to handle himself - and had a huge protective streak. He sold his house to raise money, put himself through arms training and bought his equipment on eBay.

In this gripping book he reveals what it is like to fight alongside the Kurds as well as British and American ex-military. He has cleared the enemy from occupied villages, come under mortar and small-arms fire, and witnessed the horrific atrocities committed by ISIS. He also describes how WiFi on the front line allows today's soldiers to communicate, how they always find time for selfies, even when under attack, and how the Kurds are so used to this way of life they stop mid-firefight to have a cup of chai and play Candy Crush while manning the mortars. As cultures clash, and the bullets start flying, Tim shares his adventures with honesty and black humour.

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Tim Locks is a former bouncer and prison guard. In February 2015, he sold his home in West London, shut down his construction business and flew to Iraq to join a Kurdish militia group in the fight against Islamic State. He is believed to be the first British civilian without a military background to head out to the front line. His time in Iraq is chronicled in his book, Fighting ISIS.

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Machine-gun fire started to ring out and I flattened myself into the soil. But despite the bullets flying overhead, I couldn’t help a smile. This is what I had wanted for so long – to get to the front line and defend innocent people.

In 2015, civilian Tim Locks headed to Kurdistan to fight ISIS. He sold his house to raise money, put himself through arms training, sourced his equipment on eBay and found a group of volunteers to join. But things didn’t exactly go according to plan.

In Fighting ISIS Tim takes us onto the front line, with the enemy on the horizon and mortar rounds thudding down. He introduces us to some of the oddballs who came to join the war, as well as the British and American ex-soldiers he was proud to fight alongside. He describes clearing occupied villages, being almost killed by friendly fire, and trying to come to terms with the Kurds’ laidback attitude to warfare. Honest and funny, this is the gripping adventure of one man determined to make a difference.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 150982443X
• ISBN 13: 9781509824434
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
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