SBS HERO DIES IN AL QAEDA BATTLE (in IRAQ)

Daily Mirror ^ | Nov 5 2003 | Tom Newton Dunn, Defence Correspondent, And Nathan Yates

[astounded]

Exactly. I am sure that the boys from Task Force 20 have been very active in Iraq behnd the scenes, maybe even in this action. The most effective stuff we will not hear about, until much, much later.

[KiaKaha]

The SBS are the closest equivalent British Force to the SEAL's While DELTA, is actually modelled on the SAS.

[Rocky Mountain High]

I meant in terms of mission profiles, not capabilities or fortitude.

Take it easy on the caffeine, podna.

[Travis McGee]

Yes, they have similar mission profiles, but in reality both SEALs ane SBS are superbly trained in desert, arctic, urban and mountain warfare and so on. It's a huge error to think they only work around water.

[Rocky Mountain High]

Hence SEa, Air and Land. Wow...I never thought of that.

[Grampa Dave]

Amen to this powerful statement of yours. Our civilization is up for grabs, and the liberals around the world want the Islamofascists/Kazis to win.

God bless him and the US-UK-Australian defense of civilization.

[Grampa Dave]

I wonder if this raid even happened in Iraq.

My bets would be in Syria and a raid against al Qaeda camps in Syria.

[Khurkris]

God Speed Good Lad. Rest Well.

[kq4ok]

God bless this brave Gentleman; and God be with his family,
and his friends and brother servicemen.

[Sir_Ed]

You think we're conducting raids into Syria?

Gutsy move...

Ed

[Grampa Dave]

We were raiding Iraq and gathering intel months before we dropped the bombs on Saddam and his group.

Within weeks after 9/11, our spec ops were in Afghanistan before we started that action officially.

What are Syria and Iran going to say when their training sites and lodging sites for al Qaeda get sterilized?

[britishtim]

Thanks for the post archy, we must remember all our fallen heroes, and for the previous one on Flanders Field, one of may favorite World War I poems. I once wrote a World War I style poem myself. Tell me what you think.

Their Loved Ones Slowly Die

Brave men heard the bugle call
And soldiers made reply
And died in war but never saw
Their loved ones slowly die.

They died not on the battlefield
In attack or stern defence;
Their blood filled not the trenches
Nor flowed from the wire fence.

They died in tears of silence
As the mailman called each day;
Once more they died when the vicar cried
It is time for us to pray.

Their platforms were the graveyards
From which the trooptrains pulled away
To borderlines and guns and mines
And piles of rotting clay.

Men still hear the bugle call,
And soldiers still reply,
And leave once more to die in war
While their loved ones slowly die.

[archy]

Thanks for the post archy, we must remember all our fallen heroes, and for the previous one on Flanders Field, one of may favorite World War I poems. I once wrote a World War I style poem myself. Tell me what you think.

Their Loved Ones Slowly Die

Rather nice.

Reminiscent of Ernest Dobson.

Ever read Don Marquis?

[archy]

This is an excellent photo of the Special Forces Team hit by the "friendly fire" (what a term) by the JDAM in December 2001. Some of these guys are no longer here with us. Many are still trying to heal. Next time you hear described as a "hero" someone who plays sports or donates some of his Wall Street fortune to a cause, tell them no, that's not a hero, these are the kind of guys who are heroes.

Front Row: SSgt. Yashida; Major Don Bolduc (WIA, shrapnel wounds, walking wounded, RTD); SFC Mike McElhiney (WIA, right arm amputated below the elbow, guest at President Bush's State of the Union address); SFC Magnellanes (severe head trauma); SFC Dan Petithory (KIA)

Second Row: SFC Ronny Raikes (WIA, severe nerve damage ot right arm, multiple shrapnel wounds); SFC Kennedy; Hamid Karsai (see CNN); Lt. Col. Dave Fox (WIA, shrapnel wounds, walking wounded, RTD); CPT Jason Amerine (WIA, ear trauma); MSG Jeff Davis (KIA)

Rear Row: SSG McGirr (WIA a day or two before the "friendly fire" - gunshot wound to the neck as a result of enemy fire); SSG Vaughn Bernston (WIA, multiple shrapnel wounds); SSG Brad Brad Flowers (WIA, multiple shrapnel wounds); [Last man unidentified.]

[britishtim]

I didn't check my new posts section until recently. Sorry to take so long to get back to you. No, I haven't read Don Marquis. Tell me about him. By the way, it was great today to see Iraqis waving British and American flags.