The Free Burma Rangers in Iraq

May 03, 2018 00:38:00
The Free Burma Rangers in Iraq
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The Free Burma Rangers in Iraq

May 03 2018 | 00:38:00

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Show Notes

Dave Eubank is a former US Army special forces officer and the founder of the Free Burma Rangers, an aid organization that works extensively in conflict zones. At the height of the fight against ISIS, he and members of his organization were in Iraq. They were there to provide help, but in that environment, they also regularly found themselves as participants in the fighting that raged all around.

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