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Michael Yon: Interviews Witnesses of French Ambush
Many excellent pictures in the original article including some captured from the Taliban.
The French soldiers were on a reconnaissance patrol in the Uzbin Valley, about 40 kilometers east of Kabul. At approximately 15:00 local time, they were spread out over a steep slope and started taking fire from the ridges above. The gunfire was fierce and accurate. After 90 minutes, the French vehicles ran out of ammunition, and they abandoned a counterattack. They fought for four hours without reinforcements, which were slow to come because the French troops lost radio contact and could not call in air support or reinforcements. According to a secret after action report that I have read and was quoted extensively and accurately in the Canadian Globe and Mail newspaper, the loss of radio contact was probably due to the fact that they only had one working radio. Soldiers from the Afghan National Army (ANA) had accompanied the French patrol, but they were apparently worse than ineffective, "lounging on the battlefield" until they finally dispersed, leaving their weapons and equipment, according to the report.
The above paragraph should be required reading for everyone Obama brings into the new administration. If you ever, ever allow American troops to be in this position, you'll have failed your oath.
Reinforcements eventually arrived, but the fighting continued into the next morning. The French dead were not recovered until mid-day. By then, some had been stripped of their weapons, equipment and uniforms.

Not reported: The body of an interpreter who had worked with the French was left on the field.

The Sarobi ambush was the worst single day toll for the French military in a quarter century. Most of the troops were from the Eighth Paratrooper Regiment ...
Apparently some paratroopers were captured and then killed. At least some of them were forced to take off their clothes before they were killed
Posted by: Frozen Al 2008-11-06
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