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British special forces troops killed around 30 Afghan Taliban fighters in a night-time desert battle.

The crack team of SAS soldiers were sent in after a Taliban attack on a fort manned by Afghan government forces.

A US pilotless drone aircraft spotted the attackers and fired missiles at their convoy of trucks, blowing up two.

The survivors fled into the desert and the SAS were quickly flown in to hunt them down. They set up an ambush and after the rebel fighters opened fire, a battle raged through the night.

One SAS man survived a “quick-draw” shoot-out when he stumbled across a Taliban fighter. He pulled his gun and shot the rebel dead as a bullet from an AK47 hit him in the chest. His body armour stopped it and saved his life.

The battle last Wednesday in Helmand province was one of the most successful by special forces in recent years. And it came as 80 troops from the 4th Battalion, The Rifles were also sent into Sangin province to take on insurgents.


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Re: SAS crack team kill 30 Taliban in night-time desert firefight
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2013, 06:52:36 pm »
Great news from the SAS!  You rock, guys!

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Re: SAS crack team kill 30 Taliban in night-time desert firefight
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2013, 06:59:52 pm »
Great news from the SAS!  You rock, guys!
Yes they do!!!!


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Re: SAS crack team kill 30 Taliban in night-time desert firefight
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2013, 11:32:50 pm »
So freaking proud of them!  :beer:

Those guys are hunters, pure and simple and definitely the best at what they do.
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Re: SAS crack team kill 30 Taliban in night-time desert firefight
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2013, 02:20:04 am »
Britain has at least a few fighting men left.

How much longer before they go the way of the British navy?

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Re: SAS crack team kill 30 Taliban in night-time desert firefight
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2013, 02:26:37 am »
Fishrrman - I fear that.

Can't even sing Rule Britannia any more. We ain't ruled the waves for years.

But yes - we still do have the guard dogs to protect the sheep.
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Re: SAS crack team kill 30 Taliban in night-time desert firefight
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2013, 12:33:50 am »
Does Obama run the SAS?  He said he had the Talyban on the run.

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« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2013, 12:43:00 am »
Does Obama run the SAS?  He said he had the Talyban on the run.

Only one form of running Obama would do with the SAS. Actually - I'd pay to see that .....
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