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2008-02-23 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2008-02-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 Love the bit about a 'copter dropping off interdiction teams!

Be afraid Talibs be so afraid!

Posted by RD">RD 2008-02-23 00:29|| 2008-02-23 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2 "Always room in the Conga Line"

I don't know much about how the Special Boat Service works (is it like the SEALS?) but something about it/them being dropped in the desert gave me a smirk. Nice hunting.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-02-23 01:32|| 2008-02-23 01:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Again with the offensive picture. Can this please stop?

Posted by gromky 2008-02-23 03:07|| 2008-02-23 03:07|| Front Page Top

#4 You're just going to encourage him, Gromky! :-)

Posted by gorb 2008-02-23 03:45|| 2008-02-23 03:45|| Front Page Top

#5 It's not funny. It's not only in bad taste, but it's NSFW and can very likely land someone in hot water at work.

Posted by gromky 2008-02-23 05:24|| 2008-02-23 05:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, use firefox, install RIP extension, right click on pic - RIP advanced - Remove from this website. Right click on pic - Remove this permanently.

Posted by Glolurong Jones1696">Glolurong Jones1696 2008-02-23 08:40|| 2008-02-23 08:40|| Front Page Top

#7 "Hello, this is Mullah Matin! I am caught in an ambush and need helo evac immediately! Alert the Talib Air Force. What's that? We don't have an Air Force? No helos? Aiiiigggghheeee!" *bam*

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-23 08:50|| 2008-02-23 08:50|| Front Page Top

#8 How long before the one-eyed Mullah Omar becomes the late Mullah Omar?

Posted by doc 2008-02-23 11:17|| 2008-02-23 11:17|| Front Page Top

#9 I don't know much about how the Special Boat Service works...

Kinda like SEALs, only without the PR office.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2008-02-23 12:26|| 2008-02-23 12:26|| Front Page Top

#10 LOL. That sums it up nicely Steve.
Not by strength, by guile
"The SBS is secretive, with no public media exposure like that which followed the SAS raid on the Iranian embassy in London, but in 1972 the service was in the spotlight after parachuting SBS troops onto the QEII in the mid-Atlantic in response to a bomb threat. The event formed the basis for a movie called 'Assault Force' in 1980.
Also a Wikipedia link.

Posted by GK 2008-02-23 12:57|| 2008-02-23 12:57|| Front Page Top

#11 Mods I like to submit Mullah Abdul Matin's Dead pic for RB's Rogues Gallery. [Inshallah asshole]

Source Link: Mullah Abdul Matin

Photo: Taken shortly after Matin's death by British soldiers.
/Cudos! job well done men!

Posted by RD">RD 2008-02-23 17:18|| 2008-02-23 17:18|| Front Page Top

#12 Great idea rd!

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2008-02-23 18:59|| 2008-02-23 18:59|| Front Page Top

#13 Seeing as a Hellfire would have been effective, dropping SBS of a helicopter appears that the primary goal was an intelligence capture, not just termination.

Posted by Skunky Glins5285">Skunky Glins5285 2008-02-23 21:18|| 2008-02-23 21:18|| Front Page Top

#14 Said asshole must have gotten his ~~Virginians~~ virgins, RD - he's smiling.

I, on the other hand, am laughing out loud.

So long, suckah - enjoy your time with your buddies in HELL.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-02-23 22:36|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-02-23 22:36|| Front Page Top

#15 Thanks for the pic. He's now in the Rogues' Gallery, properly toe-tagged.

Posted by Fred 2008-02-23 23:03|| 2008-02-23 23:03|| Front Page Top

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