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Epic Fail

Nov 12, 2008 15:20

US embarrassed as Taliban steal Humvees

TALIBAN militants were driving around in captured US army Humvee armoured vehicles in Pakistan's tribal region close to the historic Khyber Pass last night after hijacking more than a dozen supply trucks travelling along the vital land route that supplies coalition forces in Afghanistan ( Read more... )

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been thinking on this ... btripp November 12 2008, 22:20:32 UTC

My guess is that all the equipment on those trucks have hidden transmitters on 'em ... the whole deal seems "iffy" ... the "escort" troops had a brief fire-fight with the attackers, and then just retreated ... didn't call in air support or anything. I assume it would be easy enough to re-fit Predators with "sniffers" for RFID-like signals, which could lead to major air strikes on where the Humvees, etc. ended up!

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Re: been thinking on this ... reality_hammer November 12 2008, 23:36:22 UTC

:D

I thought they were sans escort. It's nice to think our guys are this crafty but if the "escort" was comprised of local troops I would not be surprised about a lack of will to engage in a fight.

Re: been thinking on this ... tbonestg November 12 2008, 23:59:55 UTC

We might do that with pickup trucks or something. Humvees? No way. This was a cluster%#%@.

reality_hammer November 12 2008, 23:35:15 UTC

Which now lower in rank officer decided it was a wise idea to send a supply convey into the mountains without an escort?

firstashore November 13 2008, 21:48:05 UTC

They do it all the time. It's common practice, or at least had been up to now. Another time the Taliban stole crated attack helicopters!

firstashore November 13 2008, 21:48:26 UTC

The Taliban are a bunch of evil cunts, but you can't deny it, they've got style.