Afghanistan: Our Boys blitz Taliban bash (Royal Marines spoil celebration of Bhutto assassination)

The Sun (U.K.) ^ | December 31, 2007 | JEROME STARKEY

[Stoat]

 

Our Boys blitz Taliban bash

 

On patrol ... British soldier in Helmand province

 

By JEROME STARKEY
with Our Boys in Helmand
 

Published: Today

 

 

BRITISH commandos launched a devastating blitz on the Taliban – as the evil terrorists held a party to celebrate Benazir Bhutto’s murder.

The dawn raid was staged after messages were intercepted about the sick knees-up in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.

Royal Marines crept into position as the fanatics partied the night away just hours after Ms Bhutto was killed in Pakistan.

The bash was being held in ruined compounds a few hundred yards from Our Boys’ remote base in Kajaki.

Ragtag Taliban sentries tried to hit back with machine gun fire – but stood no chance against the heroes of 40 Commando’s Charlie Company.

 

Bloodthirsty

 

The terrorists were pounded with mortars, rockets and heavy machine guns.

Two bloodthirsty revellers trying to creep towards Our Boys in a trench were spotted by thermal-imaging equipment – and targeted with a Javelin heat-seeking missile.

The £65,000 rocket – designed to stop Soviet tanks – locked on to their body heat and tore more than a kilometer across the desert in seconds.

Troop Sergeant Dominic Conway, 32 – who directed mortar rounds – grinned: “It must have had quite a detrimental effect on their morale.”

Sgt Conway, from Whitley Bay, Tyneside, said of the Taliban lair: “It used to be their backyard and now we’ve made it ours.”

[Stoat]

The Javelin missile, with a range of 2,500m, has been selected by the UK Army for the Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon System (LFATGWS) requirement. - Army Technology

The Javelin missile, with a range of 2,500m, has been selected by the UK Army for the Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon System (LFATGWS) requirement.

 

Party poopers!  :-)

[Travis McGee]

Get some!

[Bahbah]

LOL.

Good on ‘em.

[Godzilla]

Troop Sergeant Dominic Conway, 32 – who directed mortar rounds – grinned: “It must have had quite a detrimental effect on their morale.”

You think! LOL, best quote.

[UKTory]

“The £65,000 rocket – designed to stop Soviet tanks – locked on to their body heat and tore more than a kilometer across the desert in seconds.

Troop Sergeant Dominic Conway, 32 – who directed mortar rounds – grinned: “It must have had quite a detrimental effect on their morale.” “

Ahahaha! British Army kicking ass and taking names bump!

[OKIEDOC]

Excellent read.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“the sick knees-up”
? What does this mean, exactly?

[GAB-1955]

Knees up, Mullah Jones,
Knees up, Mullah Jones,
You can party all night long,
Javelins will stop your song,
Watching all your bones,
Fly up, Mullah Jones
Here’s a missile up your whistle
Knees up Mullah Jones!

[Texas Eagle]

Jolly good show, lads.

[wastedyears]

Tuck your knees and kiss your arse goodbye.

[G8 Diplomat]

[Moose4]

Never bring an AK-47 to an anti-tank guided missile fight.

}:-)4

[vladimir998]

A knees-up is a party (i.e. dancing at a party).

So, the author is calling it a sick party because it celebrated a woman’s murder.

[John Jorsett]

“the sick knees-up”
? What does this mean, exactly?

"Knees-up" is Brit slang for a lively party.

[Travis McGee]

“It must have had quite a detrimental effect on their morale.”

Love that dry British stiff-upper-lippy humor!

[USNBandit]

Not sure that was the most cost effective way of dealing with a couple bad guys.

[Texas Termite]

WTG!!! Hope they find a few more parties to go to!!

Blessing to them and prayers to keep them safe.

Many thanks......

Nana

[Enterprise]

"Two bloodthirsty revellers trying to creep towards Our Boys in a trench were spotted by thermal-imaging equipment – and targeted with a Javelin heat-seeking missile."

Sounds like a good time was had by all.

[wideawake]

When there is lively dancing at a party, knees are up on the dancefloor.

The joint is jumping, so to speak.

[Squantos]

Jolly Good !