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| Afghanistan |
| Telemark Battalion in new combat with Taliban |
| 2008-05-27 |
| Norwegian soldiers have been engaged in heated battles against the Taliban in northern Afghanistan this month. Military officials claim 13 Taliban soldiers were killed. Around 250 Norwegian soldiers were involved in the mid-May battles in Afghanistan's Badghis Province, the defense ministry reported. It's the second time Norwegian forces have been in armed conflict in Afghanistan in the past six months. "We had a gathering to get ready for the evening," one soldier told Forsvarsnett, the militaryÂ’s own official web site, while recalling the evening of May 13. "Suddenly there were explosions. They were firing all over." The soldier said he and his colleagues "could hear the bullets... and a rocket landed 40 meters from where we were standing." The Norwegians started firing back. Major Rune Wenneberg said the Taliban rebels conducted "a well-coordinated assault" from a distance of about 1,200 meters against Norway's Telemark Battalion. "The only dramatic moments were the first few seconds," Wenneberg claimed. "Then we did what we've been training to do at Rena, seize the initiative and respond with massive, precise fire." The battle went on for several hours, with more in the days following. None of the Norwegian or allied soldiers were killed or wounded, claimed the military. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #10 Then we did what we've been training to do at Rena, seize the initiative and respond with massive, precise fire. Amen. That is how you fucking win. Not by "negotiating". Not by "Understanding" your enemy. You win by killing them. End. Of. Fucking. Story. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-05-27 23:13 |
| #9 Thank God they let them fight, unlike the |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-05-27 19:08 |
| #8 The displaced Picts were forced to move into a cave with a few hundred small furry animals. It's all good tho, they grooved. |
| Posted by: George Smiley 2008-05-27 18:56 |
| #7 Tusand tak! |
| Posted by: Harald HardRede7711 2008-05-27 18:44 |
| #6 Gratulerer! Lykke til! (Congratulations! Good luck!) |
| Posted by: Grenter Protector of the Geats4975 2008-05-27 16:05 |
| #5 Actually, I think it was the Picts that painted their bodies blue, A5089. It was done as part of their worship of the full moon. The Picts were more or less displaced by the Celts, although there are still some of us around. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-05-27 14:11 |
| #4 TW, actually, that was a reference to Ye Olde berserkers, who did that a lot, they were supposedly impervious to harm while in transe (or drunk, or high with mushrooms); both celts and vikings (from where the name comes) had that type of behavior IIRC (and celts often painted their naked body blue, they were smurfs with swords, if you wish). |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-05-27 13:44 |
| #3 The Telemark Battalion -- named after the "heroes of Telemark" from WW2? If not, it should be. |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-05-27 13:11 |
| #2 Hold tight to your dreams, anonymous5089, they may yet come true. In the meantime, the reality will certainly do. Besides, I thought only riot police carry shields these days? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-05-27 13:10 |
| #1 Damn, this is great news, but, still, I'm somehow disappointed, I would have hoped they would have charged the taliban, running naked, foaming at the mouth and biting their shields... |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-05-27 12:47 |