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2015-03-07 Europe

'To Valhalla!': Crack Norwegian 'Punisher' troops sent to Iraq to help take on fanatical ISIS army

[DailyMail] Lutefisk farts are nothing to sneeze at either!
o Telemark Battalion is an elite mechanised Norwegian Army infantry unit
o Soldiers known for wearing patches with Marvel character's skull emblem
o Antihero from comic series is vigilante who slaughters criminals
o Patches honour comrade killed by Taliban roadside bomb in Afghanistan
o Fifty fighters will travel to Irbil in northern Iraq to help Kurdish forces
o Peshmerga troops are locked in bitter armed struggle with Islamic State

Good for Norway. Bring lots of ammunition, gentlemen. You'll be sure to find use for it... or the Peshmergas will.

Posted by Hupineger Glomomp52169 2015-03-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Eldest son, on his first tour of Afghan with the 173rd, told me Norwegian SF guys he met there were some of the hardest dudes going. Things like packing a wetsuit into the mountains, so as to hide out in a water hole (glacier water runoff), to wait for whoever might come by.

Posted by ed in texas 2015-03-07 12:34|| 2015-03-07 12:34|| Front Page Top

#2 agreed, leave the skis at home and pack more ammo....

Posted by Threatle and Tenille6802 2015-03-07 12:47|| 2015-03-07 12:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Have you ever seen the freaking Norwegians in the Olympics with their obsession with the 10, 20, and 100 km cross country ski races?

If those are the athletes, and I have been told, long distance ski racing is a national "pass time" in Norway, can you imagine how tough the fully trained soldiers would be? I think they might be as tough as the ~~Speznatz~~ French Foreign Legion.

If you are a good shot and able to move effectively at night with stealth, any where the ISIS are is a target rich environment. I don't believe they get much training in cover and concealment AND besides, I sincerely believe that many of those enlisting in ISIS are less interested in winning than they are in 72 virgins and paradise. Sort of a conundrum for their leaders, how can you attain victory if most of your troops are only interested in getting killed?

Posted by Bill Clinton 2015-03-07 12:48|| 2015-03-07 12:48|| Front Page Top

#4 The muzzies die to go to paradise to lounge around. The vikings die to go to Valhalla to await the last great battle in Ragnarok.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-03-07 13:17|| 2015-03-07 13:17|| Front Page Top

#5 And the mead

Posted by Shipman 2015-03-07 14:59|| 2015-03-07 14:59|| Front Page Top

Posted by Frank G 2015-03-07 21:14|| 2015-03-07 21:14|| Front Page Top

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