food and supplies to the residents at the sunni village south of tikrit. "we've been holed up for ten months," he says. his village is home to around 30 families and since last summer was caught in the middle between isis to the north and iraqi forces to the south. "isis never came here," he says "but they fired rockets over our heads." it's the sort of place many drive by but rarely stop at. a peaceful little oasis by the normally busy road linking tikrit with baghdad. for now it seems hearts and minds here have been won. "they're good," says the village leader of the shia fighters "if someone is sick, they'll take them to the doctor even at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. if it weren't for them, isis would have slaughtered us." further north in a hospital at