Recent interrogation of an ISTS extremists that was picked up from an ISTS command tent at the historic castle (047244) on top hillside overlooking the main city of Al Quisa revealed that there are sought to be over a thousand ISTS extremists in the City of Al Quisa. Local village men have stated that the extremists have stopped civilians leaving the city, which means, effectively, they have more than 1 million human shields to help defend the city.
Alpha Company with deploy from FOB Sami in support of liberating Al Quisa. With the chance of heavy civilian deaths soldiers must maintain an high level of PID and check fire at all times. ISTS extremists will not show the same and will have no issues killing the local people. To think about 75 or 80 percent of the people in Al Quisa, they will support the US Military and want liberated but that means about 20 percent of the population in the sprawling city could still back ISTS -- and ISTS Leader Abu Bakr al-Hussin knows it.