Discovery Channel: Combat Zone

Battle of Tal Afar (Iraq, 2005) (1x6)

Air date: Mar 03, 2007

For centuries, the city of Tal Afar served as a trading post linking East and West. By 2005, Al-Qaeda's brutal reign turned it into a ghost town. In May, the US Army moves in to wipe them out, restoring Iraqi government control to the city.