Those Who Face Death - Mark Grdovic

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Spring, 2003.

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.

The mission sounds simple. The reality is anything but.

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.

The Peshmerga, which translates to those who face death, have risen up several times in the recent past, only to be abandoned by the US and subsequently slaughtered by the Iraqi army.

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.

The details of the invasion are classified. The clock is ticking, and time is running out.

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.

Those Who Face Death 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.

MEET THE AUTHOR:

Mark spent over two decades in service—23 years in the U.S. Army, with 19 of those years in the Special Forces. Mark has been a commander, an instructor, and an operational leader on some of our nation’s most sensitive missions. One of the most significant roles he ever held was as the Operations Officer during a mission in Northern Iraq that very few people even know happened.

Mark wrote this book to fulfill a professional and personal responsibility. As the operations officer, he was part of the inception of the concept, personally oversaw the planning and preparations and participated in its execution. He watched it come together—and witnessed the bravery, the tension, the setbacks, and the breakthroughs that defined it.