{"id":117219,"date":"2023-08-29T17:01:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=117219"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:01:05","slug":"real-life-john-wick-single-handedly-took-down-26-terrorists-and-survived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/real-life-john-wick-single-handedly-took-down-26-terrorists-and-survived\/","title":{"rendered":"Real-life John Wick single-handedly took down 26 terrorists \u2013 and survived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former US Army Green Beret took down 26 Iraqi terrorists in a bloody two-hour running gun battle like a scene straight out of John Wick.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran special forces operative Tony Cowden served over eight years and had 28 deployments in Afghanistan, Iraq and other Central Asian and African countries.<\/p>\n<p>But he was always trained to fight as part of a unit. In summer 2011, he had to fight the fight of his life alone.<\/p>\n<p><b> READ MORE: Ukraine&apos;s elite &apos;Shaman&apos; special forces &apos;always shoot Russians in the balls&apos;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tony was ambushed as he was driving through Mosul, Northern Iraq in an unmarked civilian vehicle with a military buddy named Ben.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30813929.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_ny_cowden__347285792_18366553423037890_2922742787155556103_n.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>They were trying to keep a low profile, he told podcaster Shawn Ryan, but were spotted by a local insurgent.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We made a U-turn and this dude comes running out with an RPG,&quot; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m already on the gas I was driving and um probably 55, 65 miles an hour\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the getaway wasn\u2019t quite fast enough and the rocket-propelled grenade slammed into the car\u2019s engine. <\/p>\n<p>He recalled: \u201cThat made the steering not work and we went into one of those big metal light poles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30813933.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_tony_cowden__324392615_157962067028262_5699975610835291121_n.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30752305.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/1_killlller.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Terrifying night entire village dropped dead \u2013\u00a0with even flies falling victim<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tony was dazed by the impact, but Ben shook him and told him to get out of the car. He did so, but then realised his friend wasn\u2019t following him.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI could see his legs still in the car his door was open so I ran around there and\u2026 he was he was done. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;The round that went through him hit me in the back. The only reason I know it was that round is because I had blood on my back and I had no other time in this fight that I could have gotten blood on my back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30813931.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/2_tony_cowden__353773410_617132927037695_8025554075022396540_n.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30731829.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_Spacecraft-designer-and-astronaut-saw-five-UFOs-like-nothing-weve-ever-seen.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> NASA scientist\u00a0and astronaut &apos;saw five orange UFOs hovering over Texas&apos;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tony dragged his mortally wounded pal across a motorway, and took cover in a shop.<\/p>\n<p>He had a pistol, an assault rifle, and a SAW [light machine gun]. Massively outnumbered, he decided to try to even the odds with a long burst from the formidable SAW.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI pulled up the SAW and went on a 200 round burst\u2026 I used almost an entire drum with three bursts \u2026 and that was very helpful because now these dudes have got a couple of their buddies that ain&apos;t fighting any more,\u201d Tony said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30813937.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_US-marines-of-the-35-Lima-company-carry.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30724723.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_Mafia-hitman-put-a-gun-in-my-mouth-and-told-me-I-had-to-work-for-them.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> &apos;Mafia sent hitman to my house for running world&apos;s most exclusive poker tournament&apos;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But he had some problems too. He had left his phone in the car and his radio had stopped a bullet, so he had no way of calling for backup.<\/p>\n<p>Making his way into a shop, he rolled his mate\u2019s body up in a carpet and stashed it in a stairwell, before planting a booby-trap in the doorway and making for the roof.<\/p>\n<p>But he soon started taking fire there too, and with no available cover he decided to jump to lower roof next door.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30813934.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_ny_cowden__347582624_18368864857037890_2250257654185491462_n.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30710150.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_MBP_CHP_150823Journalist-Shares-the-Story-of-a-14-Year-Old-Sicario-Hitman-Who-Beheaded-4-People_16856.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Cartel hitman aged just 14 beheaded four victims as Mexico&apos;s lawlessness exposed<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That was Tony\u2019s next problem. \u201cThat part of the roof didn&apos;t exist so I went running and jumped off thinking I was going to land on it and missed, falling all the way to the dirt,&quot; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Two stories. God, that hurt!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There he ran into two more of his pursuers. The first one didn\u2019t see him, but then \u201chis buddy runs up behind him, and keeps keeps going past a little alleyway and I hear him hitting the brakes&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Tony went on: \u201cHe saw me out of peripheral vision and he came back and put his head around the corner so I dumped him his buddy sees it happening and I start to move to the corner and we almost run into each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30813939.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Soldiers-from-the-first-battalion-24th-r.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30708718.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_MAIN-Untitled-3.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Bouncer reveals chilling reason he always wear same black T-shirt on job<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He shot that man too. One by one, he was whittling down the terrorists\u2019 numbers, but Tony was still cornered.<\/p>\n<p>With no way of calling for help, and dwindling supplies of ammo, he was planning to fight his way down to the river and swim to safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was managing my ammo,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI was using my pistol inside and switching a rifle outside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI threw two PDMs [booby traps] both of them went off I and I just laughed. I thought \u2018um like y&apos;all are gonna kill me today but I ain&apos;t going alone\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30813938.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_IRAQ-US-ARMY-ATTACK.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30697648.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_I-should-have-died-on-911-suicide-flight-but-was-saved-by-a-story.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> &apos;Terrorist put AK-47 to my head on flight but I survived \u2013\u00a0years later he told me why&apos;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He had nine bullets left for his pistol when the first search helicopter flew overhead.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, more reinforcements arrived and the remaining attackers made themselves scarce.<\/p>\n<p>The rescuers identified the bodies of 26 terrorists that had died in the gunfight with Tony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was nuts,\u201d he said. &quot;That day made me think I was immortal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/real-life-john-wick-single-30813892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former US Army Green Beret took down 26 Iraqi terrorists in a bloody two-hour running gun battle like a scene straight out of John Wick. 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