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2004-11-16 Africa: Subsaharan

Gurkhas to rescue British from Ivory Coast

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-11-16 3:41:31 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hmm....it sounds like the party is about to get broken up in a serious way. Don't pull the pin on the the short brown guys . . . you will never hear the end of it . . . well, not you. Once they are done redecorating with your body then we will see the end of it. These are some of the most serious soldiers on the planet, getting chosen for one of the regiments is an objective for most young men from the province and they work hard to qualify.

Look out Ivorians . . .

Posted by Jame Retief 2004-11-16 8:27:36 AM|| 2004-11-16 8:27:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Here is the history of the BRIGADE OF GURKHAS.

Posted by Dragon Fly 2004-11-16 8:33:57 AM|| 2004-11-16 8:33:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 No eat Gurkhas. Too bitter!

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-11-16 8:34:24 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-11-16 8:34:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I was struck by this:
There was little respite after the First World War, with fighting in the Third Afghan War in 1919 followed by numerous campaigns on the North-West Frontier, particularly in Waziristan.
Those damn wazibillies have been a pain in the ass for a long time, lol.

Posted by Spot 2004-11-16 8:59:27 AM|| 2004-11-16 8:59:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Fact is Tony Blair should pull the French out of the fire on this one, and in the process yank French West Africa out of the French sphere of influence.

The US should provide Tony Blair with any and all support we can for such a move. With those "down with the French" and "US invade us" signs in the region a year or so ago I think the British might not have to fight to hard.

Posted by rjschwarz 2004-11-16 11:02:28 AM|| [http://politicaljunky.blogspot.com] 2004-11-16 11:02:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Hey Spot, let's go back a bit more:

In the 4th century B.C., Alexander the Great fell afoul of Pashtun tribesmen in today's Malakand Agency, where he took an arrow in the leg and almost lost his life. Two millennia later the founder of the Mogul empire, Babur, described the tribesmen of the area now known as Waziristan as unmanageable...

Some things never change!

Posted by RN 2004-11-16 11:11:46 AM|| 2004-11-16 11:11:46 AM|| Front Page Top

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