Chapter FiveIt was daybreak when the sentries along the perimeter of the camp Colonel Hussein's platoon sounded the alarm. They were situated around ten miles west of Tal Afar and found themselves under attack by a platoon of ISIL soldiers. The enemy used the cover of darkness to surround the camp, having them pinned in on four sides. Hussein's squads set up defensive positions using their armored personnel carriers as cover. What they did not know was that ISIL had summoned a tank from a nearby encampment to assist in routing the Kurds.
William and Jessica had been encouraged to remain in the rear with the gear as Hussein's squads broke out to confront the attackers. The riflemen holding down the northeast position were forcing the guerillas to take cover behind nearby sand dunes within
