It sounds like these guys got some payback out there, and good for them. What I really liked about this story, was the idea of getting back to basics with ambushes. For scenarios like this, most every lesson we have learned about the basics of ambushing, were learned time and time again in wars past. So it was cool to see them apply those lessons, and throw in today’s high tech stuff to get the job done. The knife kill was interesting as well, and you don’t hear of too many of those in this war. –Matt
Edit: Check out Tim’s article on the subject here.
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Turning Tables, U.S. Troops Ambush Taliban With Swift and Lethal Results
By C. J. CHIVERS
April 17, 2009
KORANGAL OUTPOST, Afghanistan — Only the lead insurgents were disciplined as they walked along the ridge. They moved carefully, with weapons ready and at least five yards between each man, the soldiers who surprised them said.
Behind them, a knot of Taliban fighters walked in a denser group, some with rifles slung on their shoulders — “pretty much exactly the way we tell soldiers not to do it,” said Specialist Robert Soto, the radio operator for the American patrol.