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Sniping the Taliban

POSTED BY: KPO
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 01:49
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Monday, August 2, 2010 11:33 AM

Sometimes you own the libs. Sometimes, the libs own you.

Interesting video:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7422208/Ins
ide-Afghanistan-the-snipers-tale.html

It's not personal. It's just war.

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Monday, August 2, 2010 4:53 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

There are some videos online if you do a Google search of "sniping the taliban". Pretty graphic, pretty grisly. Don't know if anyone got video of Canadian soldier Rob Furlong's 2430-meter (1.51 mile) head shot of a Taliban soldier in Afghanistan, but it was a record-breaker. Ruined the Taliban's day, too. Which was rather the point...

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Friday, May 28, 2010 - 20:32 To AnthonyT:
Go fuck yourself.
On this matter, make no mistake. I want you to go fuck yourself long and hard, as well as anyone who agrees with you. I got no use for you.

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Mr. President, you're a god damn, mother fucking liar.
Fuck you, you cock sucking community activist piece of shit.
... go fuck yourself, Mr. President.

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Monday, August 2, 2010 5:35 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

British sniper sues Army over error which put him in danger of being kidnapped by al-Qaeda
Written by Tactical-Life.com. Author Archive »

Police feared the soldier and his family could face retaliatory attacks by British-based Islamists after it was disclosed to the media that he had shot dead several Taliban gunmen at a range of 1.5 miles during during a tour in Helmand.

The soldier and his family were forced to leave the country amid fears that he was a possible target of a kidnap plot.

He has now lodged a “letter of claim” with the MoD, accusing it of failing in its duty of care to the soldier by allowing his identity to become public.

The document, a copy of which has been passed to The Sunday Telegraph by a military source, also states that:

– Police were forced to conduct an assessment of the threat to the soldier and his family.
– He was advised there could be a real and immediate risk to his and his family’s lives.
– The family were told to leave the country while a new Army quarter was found.
– The soldier’s wife had to give up her job after the family moved.
– His daughter was taken out of school in the run up to her GCSEs.
– Panic alarms have been fitted in the soldier’s new house.

The letter also states that since his identity was disclosed, the soldier, who The Sunday Telegraph is not naming, he has been “medically downgraded” by the Army, and is unable to deploy on operations.

Under the MoD’s own operational security procedures, snipers’ identities are kept confidential for fear that they may be targeted for retribution.

Source: Sean Rayment Telegraph.co.uk.

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010 1:49 AM

KWICKO

Yup, he had the record until the Canadian sniper took out a guy at a range 130m greater.

Ironically, the Canadian ran out of standard-issue ammo, and had to use hotter American .50 loads, which gave him the ability to make the longer shot, according to him. And he's not been shy in the least in giving interviews. History Channel even did a 2-hour special on snipers and some of their amazing feats.

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