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As a Gurkha is disciplined for beheading a Taliban
www.dailymail.co.uk ^
| 07/20/2010
| Robert Hardman
Posted on 03/25/2011 10:00:57 AM PDT by ThinkingBuddha
Just picture the scene as a soldier returns from hunting an arch-enemy. Commanding officer: 'Did you get him?' Soldier: 'Yes, sir.' Commanding officer: 'Are you sure?' Soldier: 'Yes, sir.' Soldier reaches into rucksack and places severed head on table.
Commanding officer: ' ****!' If it happened in a Hollywood movie, the audience would either laugh or applaud. But there was no laughter the other day when this happened for real in Babaji, Afghanistan, current posting for the 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles. The precise circumstances will not be determined until an official report has been completed, but reliable military sources have confirmed that a Gurkha patrol was sent out with orders to track down a Taliban warlord described as a 'high-value target'.
Having identified their target, a fierce battle ensued during which the warlord was killed. To prove that they had got their man, the Gurkhas attempted to remove the body for identification. Further enemy fire necessitated a fast exit minus corpse. So, an unnamed soldier drew his kukri - the standard-issue Gurkha knife - removed the man's head and legged it. Ten out of ten for initiative. Nought out of ten for diplomacy.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; gurkha; pakistan; unitedkingdom; waronterror
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I found this as a link in a response to another post below; I think it is interesting enough to be posted as a seperate post!
To: ThinkingBuddha
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:04:53 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: ThinkingBuddha
Ten out of 10 for “Fear Factor”!!!
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:05:55 AM PDT
by
catman67
To: ThinkingBuddha
Ten out of 10 for “Fear Factor”!!!
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:06:03 AM PDT
by
catman67
To: ThinkingBuddha
Lessee how his 72 virgins like him now.
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:08:27 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: ThinkingBuddha
Chuck Norris wears Gurkha pajamas...
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:09:18 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Laz would hit it!)
To: ThinkingBuddha
Ten out of ten for initiative. Nought out of ten for diplomacy.There is a time and a place for diplomacy, and combat ain't it!
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:11:03 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: ThinkingBuddha
And away from Whitehall, among the broader Gurkha family, the general response which I encountered yesterday could be summed up as follows: 'What's all the fuss about?'
that was my first thought too.
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:11:06 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(2x divorced tattooed pierced harley hatin meghan mccain luvin' REAL beer drinkin' smoker ..what?)
To: JRios1968
Aren’t Gurkhas supposed to cut of the bad guys heads? What’s the big deal.
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:11:12 AM PDT
by
Mandingo Conservative
(Satan was like the first "community organizer", just ask Eve, the first liberal useful idiot!)
To: ThinkingBuddha
Nought out of ten for diplomacy.
If soldiers are being sent in to kill a "high-value target", the time for diplomacy is over. I don't see the problem.
To: ThinkingBuddha
What the heck? Why have a Gurkha if you are going to discourage that?
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:17:45 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(The first casualty of Liberalism is The Truth...)
To: Mandingo Conservative
Aren’t Gurkhas supposed to cut of the bad guys heads? What’s the big deal.Remember, we're not supposed to judge them as "bad" guys...maybe they simply have grievances against the West.
Trying to think like a libtard gives me a headache...
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:18:00 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Laz would hit it!)
To: Mandingo Conservative
Definitive “This is who we are” moment.
Promote him.
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:18:11 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(I think I need some rest......but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.)
To: Salamander
Put him in charge of the whole operation.
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:24:40 AM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
To: ThinkingBuddha
Best proof of death ever. Love the Gurkhas.
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:28:06 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(As often as I look upon the cross, so often will I forgive with all my heart.)
To: hoosierham
I’m good with that.
Who do we petition?
:)
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:28:06 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(I think I need some rest......but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.)
To: ThinkingBuddha
Whopppi Goldberg says: “We didn’t want you to kill-kill him. Just kill him.”
To: ThinkingBuddha
To: Mandingo Conservative
At least he didn’t kill the HVT by beheading - Sounds like he field-dressed him for proof of mission accomplished.
Works for me.
Colonel, USAFR
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:37:12 AM PDT
by
jagusafr
("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
To: ThinkingBuddha
I’ve been saying for years that we should have recruited Gurkha and Sikh provisional regiments soon after 9/11. This is just one more reminder of a missed opportunity.
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posted on
03/25/2011 10:41:20 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
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