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2011-04-16 Afghanistan
Brit Soldier Takes Down Top Taliban Bomb Maker With His Fists
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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-04-16 08:32|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 Perhaps Private Stephens has Richard Sharpe as an ancestor...
Posted by Steve White 2011-04-16 10:00||   2011-04-16 10:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Thats just ..... Kick Ass!
Posted by newc 2011-04-16 10:23||   2011-04-16 10:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Human Rights Watch shall hear of this!
Posted by tu3031 2011-04-16 10:27||   2011-04-16 10:27|| Front Page Top

#4 When they got there one of the Afghans was claiming the detainee had killed his brother. He said he would die before leaving without him.

TRANSLATION: This fellow and his boss will see that we are paid several thousand USD for his release.
Posted by Besoeker 2011-04-16 10:40||   2011-04-16 10:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Great story and I enjoyed the language-"a bit gobsmacked" and "My muckers were getting shot at"
Posted by Dale 2011-04-16 11:22||   2011-04-16 11:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Smart bombs and Drones are great. But nothing like opening up a can of whoop-ass on your enemy. You let them live to remember something that they will never forget, an experience of righteous indignity in human form.
Posted by Craviting Ghibelline4060 2011-04-16 11:56||   2011-04-16 11:56|| Front Page Top

#7 In another universe, IF the US forces had an ROE that allowed such common sense John Waynery ( a term I just made up), you can bet that not only would that unit's C.O. be 'transferred', but Bambi would embark on a sequel to his WAT (World Apology Tour)
Posted by USN,Ret 2011-04-16 12:07||   2011-04-16 12:07|| Front Page Top

#8 When I saw the headline, my first thought was that the MOD's cuts had become so severe that fists were the only weapons available.
Posted by Matt 2011-04-16 14:21||   2011-04-16 14:21|| Front Page Top

#9 I still have hope for Britain and the west when I hear stories like this.

Good on ya!
Posted by DarthVader 2011-04-16 14:36||   2011-04-16 14:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Shame that Britain's balls are divided between the military and the soccer mobs.
Posted by Richard Aubrey 2011-04-16 22:34||   2011-04-16 22:34|| Front Page Top

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