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(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Danny Hall is an Army Ranger, Green Beret, & Silver-Star Awardee. He served many tours of duty on multiple continents over the span of 3 decades. Ryan Tate is a former Recon Marine who served in Iraq & Afghanistan before retiring to become founder of VETPAW, a military-led anti-poaching organization in Africa.

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***TIMESTAMPS***

0:00 - Origins of Iraq War; Saddam’s WMD (Evidence?); Sarin Gas

8:11 - CIA WMD Spy Jim Lawler & Iraq Nukes; Saddam’s Terror

16:12 - Danny first invades Iraq Story; The “Purple Heart Plane” Story; Staging in Romania

21:36 - Bags of CIA Cash; The Kurdish Peshmerga; Erbil Citadel

28:58 - Iraqis Lives Pre Invasion vs. Post Invasion

31:16 - What happened when first Special Forces hit Iraq; Battle of Dubeka Pass

41:16 - Bush “Mission Accomplished” was wrong; Dropping Bombs; Iraqis Surrendering

46:13 - Vibes in Iraq early on; Al-Zarqawi; “We got a problem”

51:09 -  Special Forces working w/ CIA; Al-Zarqawi was a “ghost”; Danny talks w/ Iraqis

57:38 - The Iraqi Child story; Creating t3rrorists

1:01:55 - When Danny knew Iraq went bad; Burning w33d field; “Patriot” movie scene & toy drop

1:07:58 - The days before Danny’s Silver Star Fire Fight

1:15:57 - The Battle that earned Danny his Silver Star

1:40:58 - PT*D Dreams & True Crime; Danny’s daughter’s “shot”

1:53:32 - How Danny got Silver Star

2:02:06 - Al Zarqawi’s Death; 2007 Iraq; Fear of engagement; Blackwater 4, Politics & Military

2:10:51 - Danny’s last combat tour in Iraq; Bosrah; Working w/ British SAS

2:25:41 - Danny decides to retire from Special Forces; Osama Bin Laden; Scumbag politicians

2:38:18 - Danny gets into military government contracting

2:45:02 - How Danny started working w/ VETPAW; Anti-poaching is dangerous warfare

2:51:33 - Forever War; Danny’s faith; What God thinks of War

2:58:13 - Danny’s regrets

3:01:32 - Danny’s story is now out there

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Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 217 - Danny Hall

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