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	Podcast:		Mike Drop
	Episode:		The Secret Northern Front of the Iraq War: Special Forces & Kurdish Fighters \| Ep. 281 \| Pt. 2
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		01:09:32
	Publish Date:		2026-03-05 09:00:00
	Description:		In Part 2 of Episode 281 of the Mike Drop Podcast, I sit down with Special Forces veteran Mark Grecovich to break down the planning and execution behind Operation Viking Hammer. We get into working with Kurdish forces, the complications with Turkey backing out, and how Green Berets adapted on the fly to launch a high-risk mission against an Al-Qaeda–affiliated group in the mountains of northern Iraq. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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