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| Afghanistan |
| U.S. soldier in stable condition following sniper attack |
| 2002-08-08 |
| An American soldier was in stable condition Thursday after being shot in the chest in a sniper attack the day before. U.S. soldiers, including both special forces and conventional troops, were on a reconnaissance patrol Wednesday evening near the Pakistani border when they were shot at. There was no information on who fired on the soldiers near the village of Lwara, in Paktika province about 90 miles south of Kabul. Whoever was behind the attack fled before U.S. troops returned fire. That's pretty much standard tactics: Get your shot off, then get the hell out before the AC130s arrive... The wounded paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne Division was wearing a bulletproof vest, but the bullet entered near the armpit, where there is little protection. He was evacuated to Urgun and operated on by a surgical team. He was then moved to Bagram and will likely be evacuated to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. As much bad luck on his part as good shootin' on the Bad Guy's part... It was the third day in a row that U.S. troops have opened fire or been fired upon while patrolling the country for Taliban or al-Qaida. In eastern Kunar province on Monday, soldiers killed two men who fired on them from a hilltop. On Tuesday, in the same area, soldiers killed four men in a passing vehicle. The soldiers said one man had attempted to fire an AK-47 at the troops but his weapon malfunctioned. "Hey, y'all! Look what happens when I do this! Ow." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 If he was by a bullet from a sniper rifle, a vest probably wouldn't stop it. While Israel may have put a lot of effort in developing the most non-lethal sniper rifle possible, most other countries take the other tack. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-08-08 11:21:12 |