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| Troops Rescue Five in Afghanistan |
| 2007-04-13 |
| KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. and Afghan troops rescued five civilian contractors pinned down by insurgents in central Afghanistan after their helicopter made an emergency landing due to mechanical failure, a statement from the U.S.-led coalition said Friday. The helicopter made a distress call before it landed near the village of Oaleh-e Ghafur in Ghazni province on Thursday evening before troops, including U.S. special forces, came to the rescue, the statement said. "The civilian contractors began receiving small arms fire from Taliban extremists, shortly after the helicopter landed," the statement said. A coalition aircraft attacked the militants, leaving three of them dead, it said. The contractors were evacuated to a nearby coalition base, where they were treated for minor injuries, the statement said. The coalition did not identify the company or the nationalities of those rescued. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 If serving, I CERTAINLY wouldn't want one of those weaseling cowards behind me with a weapon. Better to leave them unarmed and home |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-04-13 19:06 |
| #3 Now OP why would you want to do that to our good officers and NCOs. If it is one thing we learned from the reforms that finally got into gear in the 80s, its far better to have fewer men [and women] who are motivated for the unit than stick in three or four malcontents who eat up the NCOs' time and effort better spent on training and people who want to be there. The only thing that works for those type of people is exactly what was done to the Crown loyalist who were encouraged to seek homesteads among the more friendlier parts of the Empire after American independence. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-04-13 18:51 |
| #2 I think the KOS Kids need to be drafted, along with all the idiots at DU, trained as Army grunts, and sent to Afghanistan - for the duration. Add any others that seem to be light-years away from a clue, such as Sean Penn, Rosie O'Dipstick, Nancy Peelooseli, and Edward ("the VIII") Kennedy. I'm sure that will expand their view of the situation quite significantly. I doubt Kennedy or Pelosi could make it through basic, but what the heck - you really don't need basic or AIT to be cannon fodder, now do you? |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-04-13 15:13 |
| #1 Screw 'em. |
| Posted by: Kos 2007-04-13 11:28 |