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Bayonet Brits kill 35 rebels (Brits Go Hand To Hand 5 to 1)
The Sun ^
| 5-19-04
Posted on 05/19/2004 6:53:59 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
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To: My Favorite Headache
This is like Aragon, Gimli, and Legolas taking on 100's of Orcs. Way too cool!
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posted on
05/19/2004 9:09:48 PM PDT
by
bethelgrad
(for God, country, and the Corps OOH RAH!)
To: steveegg
"3 wounded while killing 35 and capturing 9 is definitely "intense".
Okay! Somebody explain this! Why were 9 captured?
To: My Favorite Headache
Despite being outnumbered five to one, they suffered only three minor wounds in the hand-to-hand fighting near the city of Amara. My father was stationed in England during WWII told me that the Brits are REAL fighters.
I'm not surprised by any of this.
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posted on
05/19/2004 9:11:38 PM PDT
by
Jorge
To: MinuteGal
"I can hear the skirl of the bagpipes..."My thoughts as well.
Well done by our British Band of Brothers.
To: My Favorite Headache; Travis McGee; Squantos
Badass mofos.
Glad they are with us.
I'd do a Rourkes Drift "We Salute You" if I knew how.
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posted on
05/19/2004 9:20:06 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(This is it. We either win and prevail or we lose and get tossed into that dustbin W mentioned!)
To: wardaddy
The Pipes have an awesome sound...I hope they were able to play a nice tune while the blades were getting down to business...like the Ride Of The Valakries playing out of the choppers in Apocolypse Now.
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posted on
05/19/2004 9:31:44 PM PDT
by
FlashBack
(USA...USA...USA...USA...USA...USA...USA...USA...USA...USA..USA...USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: FlashBack
The pipes are ethereal....I love them.
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posted on
05/19/2004 9:35:35 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(This is it. We either win and prevail or we lose and get tossed into that dustbin W mentioned!)
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To: My Favorite Headache
Damnnnnn, I hate to be prissy, but I thought only the cavalry charged. I believe the Infantry assaults.
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posted on
05/19/2004 9:55:24 PM PDT
by
x1stcav
(Remember Pat Tillman)
To: wardaddy
Wedding party ?....................:o) Did ya hear that Camel Crap today ? Wedding Party at Oh Dark Thirty......BTW this was a great story about the bayonet.
Hope yer well WD !! Come to think of it your probably in better shape than most of us here but I will wish ya well anyway my Friend !
Stay Safe !
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posted on
05/19/2004 9:55:28 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Squantos
Thanks.
yeah, the wedding party....hell ABC radio news was quoating Al Jazeera as a reliable source.
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posted on
05/19/2004 9:59:40 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(This is it. We either win and prevail or we lose and get tossed into that dustbin W mentioned!)
To: wardaddy
Sad aint it............:o)
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:09:27 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: wardaddy
The soumd of the pipes is an earie sound is it not...every year at Brainerd during the races a guy wanders around playing a few tunes...on a foggy morning it is a very bizzare experience.
"During the operation,Coalition forces came under hostile fire,and close air support was provided.
Troops recovered numerous weapons,2 million Iraqi and Syrian dinars,foreign passports,and a SATCOM radio."
Very strange wedding reception these people were having wasn't it???
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:13:33 PM PDT
by
FlashBack
(USA...USA...USA...USA...USA...USA...USA...USA...USA...USA..USA...USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: My Favorite Headache
SCOTLAND THE BRAVE.
Aye Laddie a man's a man for a that.
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:18:36 PM PDT
by
Pompah
(The price of greatness is responsibility)
To: FlashBack
They always claim it's some sort of family affair and it may be to a degree.
The moon rock terrs always hide amongst women and children...it's their MO.
What kind of wedding party fires on coalition forces at night?...aside from being stupid.
I heard VMI's Pipes Band just a few weeks ago in Lexington....inspiring.
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:21:17 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(This is it. We either win and prevail or we lose and get tossed into that dustbin W mentioned!)
To: Leisler
that Scottish skirt thingMakes 'em fight like hell!
To: My Favorite Headache
The fearless Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders stormed rebel positions after being ambushed and pinned down. God bless every one of these soldiers...and their loved ones!
To: Chong
"Thank you England"??????
You may find yourself on the end of one of those bayonets
118
posted on
05/19/2004 11:13:10 PM PDT
by
weegie
To: navyblue
"Okay! Somebody explain this! Why were 9 captured?"
Uh, they surrendered?
Qwinn
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:31:31 PM PDT
by
Qwinn
To: My Favorite Headache
Good for them- kicking ass and taking names...but has anyone read that they BAYONETED the guys that got killed? That' implied...but it would seem to be very unusual- even back in WWI where the bayonet charge was much esteemed, bayonet casualties were something lik 0.001% of all casualties.
Not taking away from the excellent job...just wondering if our assumptions are correct.
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