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2010-08-04 Afghanistan

New Zealand suffers first combat death in Afghanistan

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Posted by tu3031 2010-08-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I hate to say it, but I didn't even know they were over there.

Posted by tu3031 2010-08-04 00:11|| 2010-08-04 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 They were also in Vietnam but the legacy media, the academic history establishment, and various other VC propagandists and agitprop outlets would prefer that you not know that either.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2010-08-04 02:56|| 2010-08-04 02:56|| Front Page Top

#3 I knew they were in Vietnam, along with the Aussies, the ROKs and the Thais.

Posted by tu3031 2010-08-04 03:30|| 2010-08-04 03:30|| Front Page Top

#4 We had a handful of New Zealand intelligence people come to our compound at Tan Son Nhut for a week to become familiar with the Ho Chi Minh trail road network. Our unit also had a handful of Australians working in our building (ran into one of them online a couple of years ago - GOOD people!). MSgt Han would never forgive me if I left him (ROK Marine) out. Their compound was right next to ours. Only saw the Thais occasionally - they liked our BX. From what I've read at Rantburg, as many as 80 countries are represented in either Afghanistan or Iraq. Quite a "unilateral" effort on old George's part.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-08-04 20:40|| 2010-08-04 20:40|| Front Page Top

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