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2016-08-27 Fifth Column

How Anti-Soldier Lawyers Banned a Kind of Ambush

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Posted by badanov 2016-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Armylawyers have defined this tactic as a “baited ambush”

A lot of states allow hunting of wild game over a bait pile. Why should jihadi season be any different?

Posted by SteveS 2016-08-27 02:17|| 2016-08-27 02:17|| Front Page Top

#2 I bet he couldn't specify which law of war was actually violated, and is depending on an examination of a penumbra of a lump of pity the pulled out of his behind.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2016-08-27 08:39|| 2016-08-27 08:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Most of the Army lawyers I know are conservative - Jenks is an fobbit aberraton. Next posting - 9 months of convoy commander duty - front truck.

Posted by Tennessee 2016-08-27 08:49|| 2016-08-27 08:49|| Front Page Top

#4 I witnessed an almost identical situation south of Kandahar. Stay-behind sniper team took out two armed border crosser's on a yes....red honda motorbike.

High-fives, sharing of fotos, and much frivolity in the TOC. Not so much the next day when an 06 helo'd in for a 3 day visit to collect over 30 sworn statements.

That was the last of the stay-behind missions. Sojurs don't like discussing such matters with 06's or signing sworn statements. Both the brigade and battalion commanders clearly got the message.

Spit!

Posted by Besoeker 2016-08-27 08:57|| 2016-08-27 08:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Can you say "politruk"?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-08-27 09:18|| 2016-08-27 09:18|| Front Page Top

Ref #4, a bit of trivia. Type of rifle that made the shots. In excess of 350m on moving targets, in near darkness by the way. (stock photo)

Posted by Besoeker 2016-08-27 09:22|| 2016-08-27 09:22|| Front Page Top

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