"I killed on a mission from the Parliament"

[tocqueville]

Tone is packed to go on leave for Norway. She is looking forward to hanging with friends, meet the family. Shoppe. She adds some Afghan scarf in the bag, take a call and says she will soon be home. During dinner, the message. The message that later brought her to the war fields outside the village Ghowrmach.

Monday, 5 November running column in the rugged mountains and desert landscape. Three soldiers at the front of each storm tank, in the belly of each carriage is four infantrymen. Tones laughter, as the usual mix with the roar of the wagon, does not sound so often now. Along the way they inform the communications.

Then she saw the enemy:

In the sights she saw figures running between trenches. In the thermal camera , she sees heads colored light green in the viewfinder.

She has them in her sights now. Waiting for orders. Then: FIRE FIRE...
She shoots nine showers. Five grenades in every squall. A little later comes the message from the Norwegian sharp shooters who have been closest to the Taliban positions.

Showers killed between 20 and 25 people.








original story here

http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article3252398.ece


Between November 1, and November 6 2007, Norwegian and German ISAF forces along with Afghan security forces battled Taliban insurgents in the Ghowrmach district, Northwest Afghanistan, in what was described as "active warfare" by the Norwegian Department of Defense.<2>. The insurgents suffered a number of casualties while no casualties were reported for ISAF/Afghan National Army force. The exact death toll had not yet been disclosed as of November 9, but according to Norwegian news reports "between 45 and 65 insurgents" were killed in action,<3> the German Ministry of Defense verified a further 14 hostile fighters killed in action. The fighting erupted on November 3 and intensified through November 6. NATO aircraft provided Close Air Support during the operation, which ended on November 6/7.

In the aftermath, a Norwegian soldier was killed in an IED attack in Maimana on November 8.<4><5> ANA's 209th Corps took over control of the district on the same day.

Subsequent to the battle, a number of soldiers from the Norwegian Military Observer Team Navy (unit made up of soldiers from the Kystjegerkommandoen) were awarded the US Army's Commendation Medal, for their efforts in expelling the Taliban from the Ghowrmach district.<6>

Operation Harekate Yolo was combat debut of the CV90 armoured vehicle, used by the Norwegian Army. <7>

During the mission, a Norwegian sniper with the 2nd Battalion hit one of the Taliban insurgents from a distance of 1380 meters on the first shot, using an Barret M82A1 .<8> Another Norwegian sniper team shot and killed a Taliban insurgent from a distance of approx. 2010 meters, this was, however, not a first round hit. Several targets were engaged with the Barrett, some of them almost 3000 meters away.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Harekate_Yolo

[Mudoria]

1. Nice shooting

[TheMightyFavog]

2. 3000m?

Remind me never to fuck with Norway.

[tocqueville]

3. but she is so hot... nt

[ensho]

4. disgusting

nt

[asdjrocky]

5. Killing people is cool.

It is, isn't it?

[tocqueville]

6. tell that to the Talibans or Bin Laden nt

[asdjrocky]

7. I don't think it's cool when they do it either.

I'm really not trying to offend. I lost family on 9/11 and I understand the human desire for revenge, but that is one desire I chose to suppress in favor of forgiveness.

Don't assume the right to lecture me based on the hatred of others, please. I find nothing cool about the glorification of killing, for any reason, no matter how good looking the killer happens to be.

[tocqueville]

8. when you kill your enemy, you save lives

and that can can be glorified. It's not a glorification of killing "in general" but the "glorification" of an efficient and brave soldier.

[invictus]

9. +1