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2008-03-25 Iraq

Michael Yon : Stake through Their Hearts - Killing al Qaeda

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-03-25 11:34|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The key to killing the terrorists is knowing where to look, so the Darkhorse helicopter crews prefer to hunt with Special Forces. The SF emphasis is on leveraging limited assets with intelligence, mobility, speed and relative superiority. If Genghis Khan had helicopters, he might have been conducting Nineveh Strikes. You can fly for thirty minutes at a 150 mph out here and hardly see a soul, but there are tire tracks all over the Nineveh deserts, and explosives and many foreign fighters came in on those tire tracks. The Nineveh Strike is a hunting technique often involving a dangerous type of vehicle interdiction where a helicopter swoops down on a moving vehicle and stops it.

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Posted by Mike 2008-03-25 12:42|| 2008-03-25 12:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Yon's work was featured on the front page of Fox News website earlier today. About time!

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-03-25 18:35|| 2008-03-25 18:35|| Front Page Top

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