Gurkha ordered back to UK after beheading dead Taliban fighter

[Guest goomba]

Gurkha ordered back to UK after beheading dead Taliban fighter

Read more: Gurkha ordered back to UK after beheading dead Taliban fighter | Mail Online

A Gurkha soldier has been flown back to the UK after hacking the head off a dead Taliban commander with his ceremonial knife to prove the dead man’s identity.

The private, from 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles, was involved in a fierce firefight with insurgents in the Babaji area of central Helmand Province when the incident took place earlier this month.

His unit had been told that they were seeking a ‘high value target,’ a Taliban commander, and that they must prove they had killed the right man.

Read more: Gurkha ordered back to UK after beheading dead Taliban fighter | Mail Online

[buck1032]

Rather sad, they were told they needed proof and they provided it.

[Guest tnxdshooter]

Rather sad, they were told they needed proof and they provided it.

Yup and they followed orders and now I bet dude gets court martialed or whatever they do to the gurkahs

[Guest Straight Shooter]

TO BAD the S.O.B's were dead when they were beheaded, imo.

[vontar]

The dam Taliban would have done the beheading while the man was still alive and then would have been rewarded.

If the where told they needed proof they should have been told what proof to bring back.

This is another one of those cases, I am going to quote myself.

When the rules of war are stacked against our troops the %#^%@#&*%$ING system is broken

---vontar 07-06-2010 06:32 PM ---

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