british soldier keeps taliban "souvenirs"
british soldier keeps taliban "souvenirs"
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pidsy

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8,713 posts

187 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16045576

why would you do that??

reminds me of dolph lundgrens ear necklace from universal soldier.

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

234 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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There is something wrong with this guy but i just can't put my finger on it.

Gargamel

16,394 posts

291 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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thinfourth2 said:
There is something wrong with this guy but i just can't put my finger on it.
You'd think his Sargeant Major would ask the squddies to hand in souvenirs....

croakey

1,193 posts

218 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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In July 2010 a Ghurka soldier was ordered back to the UK after he cut off the head of a dead Taliban commander.
The incident happened after his unit was told they must prove they had killed the right man.

Dealing with gurkhas a fair bit he was just doing as asked...he was taking the head to prove it was the right guy lol

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

228 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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Too many 'Nam movies as a child.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

235 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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His Commander really needs to pull his finger out and address this issue.

croakey

1,193 posts

218 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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Pointing the finger I see

FarleyRusk

1,036 posts

241 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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All's fair in love and war - I hope he gives them the finger.

Ken Sington

3,964 posts

268 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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He knuckled down and nailed the enemy

anonymous-user

84 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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croakey said:
In July 2010 a Ghurka soldier was ordered back to the UK after he cut off the head of a dead Taliban commander.
The incident happened after his unit was told they must prove they had killed the right man.

Dealing with gurkhas a fair bit he was just doing as asked...he was taking the head to prove it was the right guy lol
Genghis Khan used to fire them out of catapults (in their hundreds) into the besieged towns of his enemies. So it's all relative hehe

Sheets Tabuer

21,488 posts

245 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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Disgusting, he shouldn't be allowed to thumb his nose at authority.

badgers_back

513 posts

216 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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croakey said:
In July 2010 a Ghurka soldier was ordered back to the UK after he cut off the head of a dead Taliban commander.
The incident happened after his unit was told they must prove they had killed the right man.

Dealing with gurkhas a fair bit he was just doing as asked...he was taking the head to prove it was the right guy lol
There is a similar story in WW2, Gurkha's told CO the Japanese were near by CO told them that was wrong no Japs for a miles.

Next morning there were a line of Japanese heads on the CO's desk...

Asterix

24,438 posts

258 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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Was probably going to deep fry them.

Steameh

3,155 posts

240 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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Maybe he was indexing his kills.

nobodyknows

12,338 posts

199 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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Was it a single digit souvenir or did he collect lots?

CoopR

957 posts

266 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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I guess he was just keeping a finger on the trigger at all times

carmonk

7,910 posts

217 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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A disciplinary hearing beckons.

anonymous-user

84 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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i'm all ears on this story..

neilr

1,588 posts

293 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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It's almost as if being in a combat zone and having to kill other humans has some kind of serious psychological consequences for the people involved.

Strange that this is never mantioned, no wait, of course it's not.

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

234 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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Yo DuDE

Give me 15