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  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • This is the SHOCKING brutal moment two 9 year old Muay Thai boxers knock each other out in brutal fight in Thailand's sex capital Pattaya. <br />
<br />
Tourist Jack Ryan, 41, from Manchester took the footage while on his way to walking street, Pattaya's sex capital hotspot where thousands of prostitutes work.<br />
<br />
He decided to walk into a group of beer bars just before the famous walking street after seeing a huge boxing ring with young kids fighting in the middle of these small bars where prostitutes sit and wait for foreign customers, "you can buy sex here for as little as 20" Jack said.<br />
<br />
The shocking footage shows two young kids aged around 9 years old fighting brutally, the child in the black shorts punches his opponent giving him left and right hooks, he then elbows and kicks his opponent, pushing him to the corner were he releases a flurry of punches.<br />
<br />
The young opponent in the red and gold shorts then fights back with four hard kicks to the head and then the 5th kick knocks the child in black shorts to the floor. You can hear women in the background scream with emotion.<br />
<br />
After the ref briefly checks on the young boy, the fight starts again. The boy with the red and black shorts un leashes many punches and knees his opponent in a shocking fight which knocks the young boy out once again.<br />
<br />
Jack who watched the fight said "I spotted the young boys fighting so went to look and saw up close that these were kids not older than 9 years old beating each other hard"<br />
<br />
He continues "I was surprised to see how brutal this was and took a short clip before one of the adult fighters begin to shout at me, so I quickly left"<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_SHOCKING_moment_9_year_old_Tha...jpg
  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
<br />
Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Pillow_Fight_To_Release...jpg
  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
<br />
Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Pillow_Fight_To_Release...jpg
  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
<br />
Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Pillow_Fight_To_Release...jpg
  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
<br />
Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Pillow_Fight_To_Release...jpg
  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
<br />
Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Pillow_Fight_To_Release...jpg
  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
<br />
Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Pillow_Fight_To_Release...jpg
  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
<br />
Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Pillow_Fight_To_Release...jpg
  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
<br />
Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Pillow_Fight_To_Release...jpg
  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
<br />
Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Pillow_Fight_To_Release...jpg
  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
<br />
Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Pillow_Fight_To_Release...jpg
  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
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Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
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  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
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Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
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  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
<br />
Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Pillow_Fight_To_Release...jpg
  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
<br />
Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Pillow_Fight_To_Release...jpg
  • NANTONG, CHINA - DECEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Young People Enjoy Pillow Fight To Release Pressure<br />
<br />
Young people enjoy pillow fight at an old factory on December 20, 2015 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China. Young people used pillows fight with each other to release pressure at the Reply Culture space in an old factory ahead of Christmas in Nantong. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Pillow_Fight_To_Release...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • The Dads' Army fighting Isis: One-eyed veterans forced to fight jihadis with nothing but rusty AK47s from 1960 and wearing cast-offs from US army<br />
<br />
<br />
*The veterans have taken up arms in Iraqi towns threatened by ISIS <br />
<br />
*Among dysfunctional army are grandfathers and Gulf War soldiers <br />
<br />
*Rusty AK47s and second-hand grenades are their only weaponry  <br />
<br />
Weathered and war-weary, these are the Dad's Army warriors fighting to free a country for which many have fought before.<br />
They are the Kurdish volunteers on the battlefield of Iraq's bloody war against the Islamic State jihadis ravaging their homeland. <br />
And while many look like they'd better belong in line for a free bus pass than on the frontline, their advancing years belie their bravery.<br />
<br />
<br />
I meet them in the Iraqi town of Taza Kharmatho, just south of Kirkuk city, where war is raging. <br />
Dressed proudly in handed-down uniforms, they yield weapons leftover from bygone wars, including AK47s dating from the 1960s.<br />
One day, alongside a tank, Russian grenade launcher and a handful of machine guns, these were all they had to fight with.  <br />
<br />
By contrast, the ISIS fighters are armed with state-of-the-art weaponry stolen from the Iraqi army or seized from wayward U.S. airdrops meant for Peshmerga Kurds.<br />
<br />
Where these seasoned soldiers negotiate the muddy roads (we saw heavy rain for five days here) in four-wheel-drives, ISIS have hummers.<br />
Nevertheless, they have no choice but to fight with what they have - despite hollow promises from the U.S. and Europe to arm them adequately.<br />
One, who did not want to give his name but has returned to Iraq from London where he has lived for many years, told me his AK47 is indeed from the 1960s.<br />
'My weapon is an AK47 that I saved up my own money for and bought on the black market to fight ISIS to save my country,' he tells me proudly, holding his rattling rifle with both hands. <br />
<br />
'Of course we want better guns but we have no choice.<br />
'Yes, we desperately need modern guns, any type would be bet
    Exclusivepix_Dads_Army_fighting_Isis...jpg
  • TAIYUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 07: China Out- Finland out<br />
<br />
Pillow Fight Games To Make Friends<br />
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People hit each other with pillows as they take part in a pillow fight to make friends on January 7, 2014 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China.<br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Games_To_Make_Friends3.jpg
  • TAIYUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 07: China Out- Finland out<br />
<br />
Pillow Fight Games To Make Friends<br />
<br />
People hit each other with pillows as they take part in a pillow fight to make friends on January 7, 2014 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China.<br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Games_To_Make_Friends5.jpg
  • TAIYUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 07: China Out- Finland out<br />
<br />
Pillow Fight Games To Make Friends<br />
<br />
People hit each other with pillows as they take part in a pillow fight to make friends on January 7, 2014 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China.<br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Games_To_Make_Friends6.jpg
  • TAIYUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 07: China Out- Finland out<br />
<br />
Pillow Fight Games To Make Friends<br />
<br />
People hit each other with pillows as they take part in a pillow fight to make friends on January 7, 2014 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China.<br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Games_To_Make_Friends7.jpg
  • TAIYUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 07: China Out- Finland out<br />
<br />
Pillow Fight Games To Make Friends<br />
<br />
People hit each other with pillows as they take part in a pillow fight to make friends on January 7, 2014 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China.<br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Games_To_Make_Friends2.jpg
  • TAIYUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 07: China Out- Finland out<br />
<br />
Pillow Fight Games To Make Friends<br />
<br />
People hit each other with pillows as they take part in a pillow fight to make friends on January 7, 2014 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China.<br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Games_To_Make_Friends4.jpg
  • TAIYUAN, CHINA - JANUARY 07: China Out- Finland out<br />
<br />
Pillow Fight Games To Make Friends<br />
<br />
People hit each other with pillows as they take part in a pillow fight to make friends on January 7, 2014 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China.<br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Games_To_Make_Friends1.jpg
  • JINHUA, CHINA - NOVEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
 Bull Fighting To Pray For Harvest<br />
<br />
Villagers and visitors crowd to watch as two bulls fight during a praying for harvest activity in Wuyi County on November 17, 2015 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Villagers held temple fair to pray for harvest in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bull_Fighting5.jpg
  • JINHUA, CHINA - NOVEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
 Bull Fighting To Pray For Harvest<br />
<br />
Villagers and visitors crowd to watch as two bulls fight during a praying for harvest activity in Wuyi County on November 17, 2015 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Villagers held temple fair to pray for harvest in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bull_Fighting9.jpg
  • JINHUA, CHINA - NOVEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
 Bull Fighting To Pray For Harvest<br />
<br />
Villagers and visitors crowd to watch as two bulls fight during a praying for harvest activity in Wuyi County on November 17, 2015 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Villagers held temple fair to pray for harvest in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bull_Fighting2.jpg
  • JINHUA, CHINA - NOVEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
 Bull Fighting To Pray For Harvest<br />
<br />
Villagers and visitors crowd to watch as two bulls fight during a praying for harvest activity in Wuyi County on November 17, 2015 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Villagers held temple fair to pray for harvest in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bull_Fighting3.jpg
  • JINHUA, CHINA - NOVEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
 Bull Fighting To Pray For Harvest<br />
<br />
Villagers and visitors crowd to watch as two bulls fight during a praying for harvest activity in Wuyi County on November 17, 2015 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Villagers held temple fair to pray for harvest in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bull_Fighting4.jpg
  • JINHUA, CHINA - NOVEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
 Bull Fighting To Pray For Harvest<br />
<br />
Villagers and visitors crowd to watch as two bulls fight during a praying for harvest activity in Wuyi County on November 17, 2015 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Villagers held temple fair to pray for harvest in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bull_Fighting6.jpg
  • JINHUA, CHINA - NOVEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
 Bull Fighting To Pray For Harvest<br />
<br />
Villagers and visitors crowd to watch as two bulls fight during a praying for harvest activity in Wuyi County on November 17, 2015 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Villagers held temple fair to pray for harvest in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bull_Fighting1.jpg
  • JINHUA, CHINA - NOVEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
 Bull Fighting To Pray For Harvest<br />
<br />
Villagers and visitors crowd to watch as two bulls fight during a praying for harvest activity in Wuyi County on November 17, 2015 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Villagers held temple fair to pray for harvest in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bull_Fighting7.jpg
  • JINHUA, CHINA - NOVEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
 Bull Fighting To Pray For Harvest<br />
<br />
Villagers and visitors crowd to watch as two bulls fight during a praying for harvest activity in Wuyi County on November 17, 2015 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Villagers held temple fair to pray for harvest in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bull_Fighting8.jpg
  • JINHUA, CHINA - NOVEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
 Bull Fighting To Pray For Harvest<br />
<br />
Villagers and visitors crowd to watch as two bulls fight during a praying for harvest activity in Wuyi County on November 17, 2015 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Villagers held temple fair to pray for harvest in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bull_Fighting10.jpg
  • JINHUA, CHINA - NOVEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
 Bull Fighting To Pray For Harvest<br />
<br />
Villagers and visitors crowd to watch as two bulls fight during a praying for harvest activity in Wuyi County on November 17, 2015 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Villagers held temple fair to pray for harvest in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bull_Fighting11.jpg
  • JINHUA, CHINA - NOVEMBER 17: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
 Bull Fighting To Pray For Harvest<br />
<br />
Villagers and visitors crowd to watch as two bulls fight during a praying for harvest activity in Wuyi County on November 17, 2015 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Villagers held temple fair to pray for harvest in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bull_Fighting12.jpg
  • (Note: Best image available the golfer who took the image did not want to get to close)<br />
<br />
Battle of the beasts: Stunned golfer captures incredible photo of alligator and Burmese python fighting at Florida course<br />
<br />
Most golfers would be shocked to see an enormous, deadly predator on the course.<br />
<br />
So, imagine how one man felt when he came across not one - but two - during play.<br />
<br />
Pat Aydellot was golfing at Fiddler's Creek in Florida last week when he apparently spotted an alligator battling with a large Burmese python on the edge of a pond just a few feet away from him.<br />
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Although the fight could have gone either way, the gator was clearly winning this one despite still being half-submerged in the murky water - with its strong jaws clamped tightly around the python.<br />
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Mr Aydellot, a member of The Classics Country Club at Lely Resort in Naples, captured a photo of the incredible encounter while staying a safe distance away from the reptiles<br />
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The grainy snap was later posted on the club's Facebook page, along with the humorous caption: 'Our Member, Pat Aydelott took this great shot while playing Fiddlers Creek down the street from us.<br />
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'Pat - can you get closer next time so the photo isn't so grainy? Thank you!' <br />
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  • Galicia, Spain -  <br />
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Taming of The Beasts<br />
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On the first weekend of July, hundreds of wild horses are rounded up during the 'Rapa Das Bestas' (taming of the beasts) in different villages in the Spanish northwestern region of Galicia. The more than 400-year-old festival lasts four-days, during which the horses are wrestled to the ground by hand to have their manes and tails sheared. The festival sees horses herded down from the mountains by Aloitadores, or fighters, who work in teams of three to overpower them. Thousands of visitors descended on the small village to watch the fighters man-handle the wild animals into submission. The horses used in the festival live in a semi-feral state in the nearby mountains. Wrestling the animals, which can weigh several hundred kilograms, is seen as a test of strength and will<br />
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Two horses fight during the Rapa das Bestas traditional event in the Spanish northwestern village of Sabucedo<br />
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Amazing Image showing how an Owl swoops down and Captures a Domestic Cat <br />
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This amazing image captured on camera showing a domestic cat being captured by a Owl, An owl and a cat would be a fair fight on even ground, to give the Owl an advantage the owls pick the cats up high in the air and drop them repeatedly till they cant run away, then they eat them, still alive. this amazing capture happened in Minnesota USA.<br />
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