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I shot 7 Taliban fighters in a day
newsoftheworld.co.uk ^ | Jan. 1, 2010 | Douglas Wight

Posted on 01/02/2010 7:54:24 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

The army's best shot watched in delight down the sights of his L96A1 rifle as the launcher bobbed along for 20 yards behind the wall... and paused.

The point of the rocket dipped and aimed towards him. The enemy's face bobbed up into the crosshair. And Steve squeezed the trigger.

He saw the face wobble with the impact. Half of it blew away. The grenade launcher fell back over the wall and disappeared... but only briefly.

Seconds later it was back up, bobbing along the wall. Steve watched it until it stopped, and fired again as a second Taliban face appeared. "Looked like someone bounced a football off his head, the way it snapped backwards," says the L Cpl. Throughout that day Steve shot dead another five insurgents from the snipers' nest he shared with fellow crackshot Frank "The Yank" Ward.

Steve, 29, says it's their "job to kill people and there's no other way of saying it".

And award-winning writer Sam Kiley, who followed their exploits, believes the pair epitomise the desire of the British Army to get the job done. "Afghanistan is in many ways a sniper's war," he says. "Most insurgent attacks are conducted by up to a dozen men who can tie up a whole company.

"If a sniper can kill or injure two or three, he drives down the ability of the Taliban to suck energy out of the British."

In their snipers' nest on the roof of forward operating base Gibraltar, Steve and Frank used a bizarre decoy to draw the Taliban from cover... a blow-sex doll in uniform.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsoftheworld.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: blowsexdoll; headshots; sniper; superiorfirepower; talibunnies; victory
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1 posted on 01/02/2010 7:54:24 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"He saw the face wobble with the impact. Half of it blew away. The grenade launcher fell back over the wall and disappeared... but only briefly.

Seconds later it was back up, bobbing along the wall. Steve watched it until it stopped, and fired again as a second Taliban face appeared. "Looked like someone bounced a football off his head, the way it snapped backwards,"

What we call here, "slow learners"

2 posted on 01/02/2010 7:58:22 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Obama: The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Thanks for the article. There was a show on the History channel the other week on snipers. Some famous sniper from Vietnam had this same attitude. He said he’s asked once-in-awhile if any of the enemy faces come back to haunt him at night.

He replies “Only one. And I do have nightmares of him. I took a shot - but missed. After it missed he looked right at me through the crosshairs - then jumped into the jungle. I have always wondered how many of our boys he went on to kill or what kind of damage he did.”


3 posted on 01/02/2010 8:00:37 PM PST by 21twelve
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Those Taliban are suckers for blow-sex.


4 posted on 01/02/2010 8:01:59 PM PST by smokingfrog (Don't mess with the mocking bird! - http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What’s that british assault rifle called that’s basically a bullpup version of the m16 shooting about a 20 caliber bullet? Maybe a 19 caliber.


5 posted on 01/02/2010 8:02:23 PM PST by mamelukesabre (Veni, Vidi, Vicki: "I came, I saw, and I'm like, Omigod!")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Great story, but I hope the identity of these snipers is being protected by the press.


6 posted on 01/02/2010 8:02:57 PM PST by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 393)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

sniff....I love a happy ending...but I also note the author couldn’t avoid getting in a political dig at the end...God Bless the Brits...and save the Queen...


7 posted on 01/02/2010 8:03:37 PM PST by Crapgame (What should be taught in our schools? American Exceptionalism, not cultural Marxism...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

It’s great when you love your job.


8 posted on 01/02/2010 8:03:54 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier whose wife is expecting twins SONS.)
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To: muir_redwoods

Yup. Couldn’t have happened to a bigger loser. I’m glad we have such soldiers on our side. As one of the US Army cadences goes, such soldiers “aim with the hand, shoot with the mind, and kill with a heart of arctic ice.” May this soldier help make these Taliban jihadists an endangered species.


9 posted on 01/02/2010 8:05:27 PM PST by RochesterFan
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Steve and Frank used a bizarre decoy to draw the Taliban from cover... a blow-sex doll in uniform.

No doubt hoping it's one of their 72 virgins.

10 posted on 01/02/2010 8:05:53 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: 21twelve
"here was a show on the History channel the other week on snipers."

I saw that show too, and it was incredible what some of those guys could do with a rifle!

11 posted on 01/02/2010 8:06:54 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He says: “They were getting to play the most dangerous and exhilarating game man has ever invented. And their determination “has meant that they have managed to survive the poor political decisions that have taken them to Helmand under- equipped and under-manned.

“This has been their desperate glory.”


12 posted on 01/02/2010 8:07:30 PM PST by Uncle Miltie ("Free" Healthcare + Citizenship for Lawbreakers = Democrats Forever! Buenos Dias!)
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Ah the blow up sex doll decoy trick. There just HAVE to be some Scottish soldiers in the mix here. Its so typical of them to use this ploy, the Scottish style and humour is so evident.

And if it takes a round, a patch will suffice.LOL.

13 posted on 01/02/2010 8:09:46 PM PST by Candor7 ((The effective weapons Against Fascism are ridicule, derision , truth (.Member NRA))
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Ex-garbage guy. Or maybe I shouldn’t say “ex”. Outstanding.

I’d like to suggest a vendor if the boys want to change up decoys:

http://www.muttonbone.com/


14 posted on 01/02/2010 8:12:25 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is a story that warms the cockles of my heart!


15 posted on 01/02/2010 8:13:11 PM PST by RichardW
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I shot 7 Taliban fighters in a day

I'd call that a Jolly Good start. :)

16 posted on 01/02/2010 8:14:56 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: bitterohiogunclinger

Protected by the press or from it? :)


17 posted on 01/02/2010 8:15:25 PM PST by Dragonspirit (Always remember President Token won only by defecting on his CFR pledge.)
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To: muir_redwoods; SandRat; ASOC; Squantos

Feel story of the year.


18 posted on 01/02/2010 8:16:28 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: muir_redwoods; SandRat; ASOC; Squantos

Feel good.

correction.


19 posted on 01/02/2010 8:17:38 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: mamelukesabre

I think the Limeys have their own version of Barret’s sniper rifle...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Marines_snipers_displaying_their_L115A1_rifles.jpg


20 posted on 01/02/2010 8:19:30 PM PST by chadwimc (Proud to be an infidel ! Allah fubar !!!)
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