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Afghanistan
Sniper (Brit) celebrates with cigar after killing Taliban officer
2007-01-09
A ROYAL Marine sniper from Edinburgh has described marking his first kill with a cigar after "slotting" a Taliban commander from more than 1000 metres.

"He was just standing there. It was beautiful. He was only exposed a few seconds......"He was hit full in the upper chest. It took him a couple of seconds to drop but I knew he was slotted [dead]......"It was my first kill. I had a cigar afterwards.
That's gotta be worth at least a bottle of scotch, you get a cigar just for making them soil their pants.
I didn't lose any sleep about it. He was a Taliban commander after all."
Worms, meet TaliMan. TaliMan, meet worms.
Posted by:Cheaper Uleger8119

#17  The paper should not have used the sniper's name. His family could be targeted back in Britain.

That's why they used it. :-/
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats   2007-01-09 23:12  

#16  The paper should not have used the sniper's name. His family could be targeted back in Britain.
Posted by: Keystone   2007-01-09 20:42  

#15  Too bad there is no British version of Adopt-A-Sniper.
Posted by: ed   2007-01-09 16:47  

#14  "Your" should be "You're," obviously.
Posted by: OIF3 Guy   2007-01-09 16:45  

#13  http://www.cigarbid.com/auction/category.cfm?categoryID=17

Your welcome.
Posted by: OIF3 Guy   2007-01-09 16:44  

#12  ...I know you can send Pizza to the IDF (http://pizzaidf.org/), but is there a Stogie For A Sniper program?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2007-01-09 15:54  

#11  
Cigars are dangerous.
Posted by: Master of Obvious   2007-01-09 15:54  

#10  Linky (full story) claims .338! Hats off to that Brit! Great first kill!
Posted by: BA   2007-01-09 14:31  

#9  I didn't lose any sleep about it. He was a Taliban commander after all.

Yup. Too many in our new congress have no idea what he talking about either.

But, at least the flowers will bloom brighter in the area now there is all that excellent certified alcohol-free and pork-free fertilizer....
Posted by: BigEd   2007-01-09 12:43  

#8  I think the Brits have access to the .338 Lapua Magnum rifles. Whether or not he was shooting one I don't know. The stats: 250-grain bullet at roughly 3,000 fps out to 1,500 meters (effective range).
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2007-01-09 12:16  

#7  pihkalbadger

My thoughts exactley 1000yards with a 7.62? I would guess this was either something more along the lines of the 50cal variety or this Rook is one bad MoFo. He would be haveing to shoot something like 10' over.
Posted by: C-Low   2007-01-09 11:42  

#6   The Taliwhacker. LOL :) Kudos to the Brit.
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-01-09 10:52  

#5  1000m is a long way with a 7.62. Big hand all round
Posted by: pihkalbadger   2007-01-09 10:49  

#4  Excellent! I'd be happy to buy a round for him and his spotter.
Posted by: Ptah   2007-01-09 09:30  

#3  The Taliwhacker!
Posted by: Ebbineper Gruck6881   2007-01-09 08:47  

#2  I guess it depends on the cigar :)
Posted by: Ol Dirty American   2007-01-09 08:19  

#1  If that is what it takes, we should send a warehouse full of fine cigars to Afghanistan.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-01-09 08:17  

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