fighters, two, three, four people who lay in wait and then launch counter-attacks at iraqi forces' more fixed positions. in the case of the unit we were with today, they spotted three isis fighters who were wearing uniforms similar to theirs. we were with the elite counter-terrorism unit. but then they noticed that the guns they were carrying were ak-47s and that's not something their own troops would ever carry. then the firefight broke out. eventually the isis position, the house that they were holed up in, was taken out by a rocket. later on in the afternoon, we did have this sizable sand storm begin to kick up, significantly reducing visibility and adding yet another challenge to this battlefield. one of the main reasons why the counter-terrorism forces were pushing through the village fairly slowly is because it still has a population of some