Or a whacky minor league coach ...
Posted on 06/06/2007 5:50:35 AM PDT by RDTF
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 5 — The Afghan Defense Ministry said Tuesday that a boat full of fleeing Taliban fighters had been fired upon by NATO helicopters and sunk in the Helmand River, in southern Afghanistan. All on board, between 20 and 30 guerrillas, drowned, said Gen. Zaher Azimi, a ministry spokesman.
It was the second sinking on the river reported in recent days. Another boat, carrying about 60 people, sank Saturday in the same area, although there were conflicting reports as to whether those aboard had been civilians or Taliban fighters.
General Azimi said that in Tuesday’s episode, NATO helicopters had fired on the boat after receiving fire from gunmen on the vessel.
He also reported heavy fighting elsewhere. Afghan troops were ambushed in Kandahar Province, also in southern Afghanistan. The soldiers called in airstrikes that killed an estimated 20 to 40 of the Taliban, General Azimi said. Two Afghan soldiers were killed and three others wounded over 24 hours, he added.
A member of the Taliban said one of five Afghan health workers kidnapped two months ago had been beheaded because Afghan officials refused to hand over the body of the Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah, who was killed last month. His body was shown to journalists in Kandahar and he was then buried in a secret location in the city, said Asadullah Khaled, the provincial governor.
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“What do you call 30 Taliban drowned on a boat?...a good start.”
Two boat loads thus far...great. We need a Bill Murray streak such as in the movie Ground Hog Day.
over and over and over and over.............
Can someone post a picture of Robert Duval from Apocolypse Now?
“Mohamed Don’t Surf!”
Can you ‘stock’ a river with sharks?
That might not be a bad idea, have you ever tried ducking underwater wearing a life jacket when someone was shooting at you?
No, PETA, the EPA, & Sierra Club would have a hissey fit........
Swim? Hell, I doubt they even take baths, much less swim!........
Maybe we have found their weak point. :)
It’s dang nigh impossible to swim when you’re full of 50 cal holes...........
If you think there’s towelyban on board, sink it anyway.
Swimming was more than likely outlawed along with kite flying.
From Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War: circa 500 BC...
3. After crossing a river, you should get far away
from it.
4. When an invading force crosses a river in its
onward march, do not advance to meet it in mid-stream.
It will be best to let half the army get across,
and then deliver your attack.
5. If you are anxious to fight, you should not go
to meet the invader near a river which he has to cross.
6. Moor your craft higher up than the enemy, and facing
the sun. Do not move up-stream to meet the enemy.
So much for river warfare.
We also need a crazy person like Bill Murray via ‘Caddyshack’.
Hopefully no libraries are nearby, but they’ll burn it first if there was....
- Actually, I’ve heard that the AP is reporting it as a group of thirty innocent Afghans heading to a wedding party.
A wet beard and a turban full of lead can add an extra 30 lbs....
Ahhhhhhhhhh! A GUT BUSTING, MOTHER LOVING NAVY WAR....
OK, it was just a couple of boats full of bad guys going down, but you gotta have something for us old sailors to get excited about.
Deadliest Catch
It’s on the ‘Net.......
Shootin fish inna barrel.
What fun, what fun.
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