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2019-04-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

New Zealand special forces in Syria search for nurse held hostage by IS

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-04-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 Everybody wants to get inta da act.
Valuable experience, both in action and in working with others.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2019-04-15 00:48|| 2019-04-15 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Good hunting!

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-04-15 07:54|| 2019-04-15 07:54|| Front Page Top

#3 NZ Special Forces? Does their gov't allow them to have guns?

Posted by Heriberto Stalin6917 2019-04-15 08:36|| 2019-04-15 08:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Does their gov't allow them to have guns?

Does there gummint allow them to "be mean" to muzz?

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-04-15 08:52|| 2019-04-15 08:52|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder if they are in-theater to get some experience for when things start happening back in the home country. The five year-old kidnapping story sounds thin.

Posted by SteveS 2019-04-15 09:45|| 2019-04-15 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Does their gov't allow them to have guns?

Only for its personnel, not its law abiding subjects.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-04-15 13:49|| 2019-04-15 13:49|| Front Page Top

#7 "This non-combat team was specifically focused on locating Louisa and identifying opportunities to recover her."

It sounds like no guns. And "recover her" makes it sound like they think she is already dead.

Posted by The peanut gallery 2019-04-15 14:11|| 2019-04-15 14:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Everybody likes nurses.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-04-15 22:47|| 2019-04-15 22:47|| Front Page Top

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