Twenty-four-year-old Mohammed Majul Hamoud is lucky to be alive.<br /> <br />He survived the worst known massacre during the war with Islamic State militants.<br /> <br />He was among 1,500 soldiers fresh from basic training who walked unarmed on June 12 out of Camp Speicher near Tikrit, where Islamic State fighters had advanced.<br /> <br />The soldiers thought they'd been promised safe passage by an army commander and local Sunni tribesmen.<br /> <br />Instead, they were led into a long line in front of the city's university, and then.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) CAMP SPEICHER MASSACRE SURVIVOR MOHAMMED MAJUL HAMOUD SAYING:<br /> <br />''They killed anyone who lifted his head. I saw women with them ululating (cheering) and cars honking their horns. I saw an elderly woman walk across the street…she came to the tribal chief and said: We know you. You are a good man, but I don't want you to leave any of those Shia alive. Kill them all.''<br /> <br />The soldiers were handed over to Islamic State militants who marched them
