After the ground offensive to retake Mosul from ISIS was launched in mid-October, Islamic State terrorists attacked Kirkuk, Iraq.
Nearly 90 civilians and Peshmerga were killed by ISIS in the surprise counterattack Oct. 21, which included suicide bombers and gunmen targeting police stations and a city power plant.
But the death toll could have been higher if one Kurd and his armored BMW hadn’t stepped in.
Ako Rahman, a member of the Peshmerga’s 116th Brigade in Tuz, volunteered to plunge into the fighting to save more than 70 people who had been wounded by ISIS, putting them in his own bulletproof car and rushing them to the hospital.
“My aim was to prevent any captives, wounded or martyrs falling into ISIS’ hands,” he told Rudaw news. “What really made me sad… many of the wounded, we reached them too late and they bled to death.”
From: This Badass Kurd Plunged His Bulletproof BMW Into ISIS Snipers to Save 70 Lives | PJ MediaImage by Abode of Chaos 
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I notice that this was put in the gallery, but it looks like it belonged in Linkage. Should another editor believe I was wrong, it won’t hurt my ego a bit if they move it back.
And, agree with the guy or not, like his faction or not — yeah, this is some pretty badass stuff. Plus it’s being done directly against Daesh, which is inherently pleasing.Report
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Definitely a badass. I just question the choice of make. For a bulletproof car, you want a Mercedes, not a BMW. BMWs are all about performance, and the armor plays hell with weight distribution, and bulletproof tires are possibly the only thing worse for handling than the standard run-flat abominations. Mercedes gives you power, which you need to lug around the extra weight, and luxury, which you want in a car you might be stuck inside for the better part of a day waiting for Seal Team Six to arrive.Report