Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 07/17/2010 7:43:45 PM PDT by csvset
A Gurkha soldier has been flown back to the UK after hacking the head off a dead Taliban commander with his ceremonial knife to prove the dead man’s identity.
The private, from 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles, was involved in a fierce firefight with insurgents in the Babaji area of central Helmand Province when the incident took place earlier this month.
His unit had been told that they were seeking a ‘high value target,’ a Taliban commander, and that they must prove they had killed the right man. Deadly: A platoon of Gurkhas demonstrate their skill with their kukri knives in a training exercise, after it is revealed that one of their regiment chopped off the head of a Taliban fighter in order to find proof of ID
Deadly: A platoon of Gurkhas demonstrate their skill with their kukri knives in a training exercise, after it is revealed that one of their regiment chopped off the head of a Taliban fighter in order to find proof of ID
The Gurkhas had intended to remove the Taliban leader’s body from the battlefield for identification purposes.
But they came under heavy fire as their tried to do so. Military sources said that in the heat of battle, the Gurkha took out his curved kukri knife and beheaded the dead insurgent.
He is understood to have removed the man’s head from the area, leaving the rest of his body on the battlefield.
This is considered a gross insult to the Muslims of Afghanistan, who bury the entire body of their dead even if parts have to be retrieved.
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Gurkhas, only people the Japanese of WWII admitted that they feared.
I know I shouldn’t laugh, but they did want verification.
The private..
At least a promotion, eh?
Britain should just ask the Gurkha involved to fetch the rest of the body (on the Q.T.) and return it to the Taliban. As mincemeat, in a jar.
The next thing ya know the Taliban will start behind people to get even.
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Promote this man.
Screw the Muslims of Afghanistan!
Throw some bacon in for good measure.
They didn’t say how, so retrieving the head sounds reasonable to me. After all a photograph could be faked but this could not!
“This is considered a gross insult to the Muslims of Afghanistan, who bury the entire body of their dead even if parts have to be retrieved.”
Ok leave a pig head.
Right!
How many LIVE decaptitations have we witnessed performed by ROP followers? How many beheadings has the ROP been responsible for in the last 1200 years?
Exactly who should be offended?
He probably should have also taken a hand for fingerprints.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Yea. its wrong to fight fire with fire. Right! Need more pig blood put into use.
My step dad was behind enemy lines in Burma/India in WW2 and talked of Gurkhas stripping down naked and sneaking out into the jungles at night to kill the Japanese snipers...one of the few things I ever heard him say about the war.
Truth.
That was Gen.John J.”Blackjack” Pershing that did that.After that there wasn’t a muslim attack for 42 years.
Murdered by beheading..
Leave it to some panty waste Leftist to complain about Muslim burial rights not being respected.
Hell, I'd give the kid a medal for taking the initiative.
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