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British sniper in Afghanistan kills six Taliban with one bullet
 
04/01/2014 8:00:01 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 5 replies
The Telegraph ^ | 04/01/2014 | By Holly Watt
A British sniper in Afghanistan killed six insurgents with a single bullet after hitting the trigger switch of a suicide bomber whose device then exploded, The Telegraph has learnt. The 20-year-old marksman, a Lance Corporal in the Coldstream Guards, hit his target from 930 yards (850 metres) away, killing the suicide bomber and five others around him caught in the blast. The incident in Kakaran in southern Afghanistan happened in December but has only now been disclosed as Britain moves towards the withdrawal of all combat soldiers by the end of the year. Lt Col Richard Slack, commanding officer of...
 

British sniper in Afghanistan kills six Taliban with one bullet
 
04/01/2014 8:00:01 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 5 replies
The Telegraph ^ | 04/01/2014 | By Holly Watt
A British sniper in Afghanistan killed six insurgents with a single bullet after hitting the trigger switch of a suicide bomber whose device then exploded, The Telegraph has learnt. The 20-year-old marksman, a Lance Corporal in the Coldstream Guards, hit his target from 930 yards (850 metres) away, killing the suicide bomber and five others around him caught in the blast. The incident in Kakaran in southern Afghanistan happened in December but has only now been disclosed as Britain moves towards the withdrawal of all combat soldiers by the end of the year. Lt Col Richard Slack, commanding officer of...
 

British sniper in Afghanistan kills six Taliban with one bullet
 
04/01/2014 12:58:46 AM PDT · by kingattax · 37 replies
Telegraph UK ^ | 31 Mar 2014 | Holly Watt
A British sniper in Afghanistan killed six insurgents with a single bullet after hitting the trigger switch of a suicide bomber whose device then exploded, The Telegraph has learnt. The 20-year-old marksman, a Lance Corporal in the Coldstream Guards, hit his target from 930 yards (850 metres) away, killing the suicide bomber and five others around him caught in the blast. The incident in Kakaran in southern Afghanistan happened in December but has only now been disclosed as Britain moves towards the withdrawal of all combat soldiers by the end of the year. Lt Col Richard Slack, commanding officer of...
 

British sniper in Afghanistan kills six Taliban with one bullet
 
03/31/2014 3:00:21 PM PDT · by Sub-Driver · 78 replies
telegraph.co.uk ^
British sniper in Afghanistan kills six Taliban with one bullet Lance Corporal in the Coldstream Guards hit trigger switch of suicide bomber whose device then exploded, Telegraph learns By Holly Watt, Sterga 2, Helmand province, Afghanistan 10:15PM BST 31 Mar 2014 A British sniper in Afghanistan killed six insurgents with a single bullet after hitting the trigger switch of a suicide bomber whose device then exploded, The Telegraph has learnt. The 20-year-old marksman, a Lance Corporal in the Coldstream Guards, hit his target from 930 yards (850 metres) away, killing the suicide bomber and five others around him caught in...
 
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4 posted on 04/02/2014 1:44:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("A man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; a man who respects it has earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Story that good has to be posted six times.


9 posted on 04/02/2014 1:53:39 PM PDT by henkster (I don't like bossy women telling me what words I can't use.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

he’s killed 24 now!


14 posted on 04/02/2014 2:12:16 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Maybe comment on the second story here? Or not.


15 posted on 04/02/2014 4:36:47 PM PDT by Smartisan
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