#Afghanistan: "Swimming with Warlords." "Nabi Gechi is a killer who doesn’t bother with subtleties. Two weeks ago the militia commander directed an attack against a house in Northern Afghanistan filled with Taliban. After his men surrounded it, Nabi brought out his favorite weapon, a rifle-mounted 40-mm Russian grenade launcher. Each grenade is capable of causing serious damage and Nabi fired not just one or two, not a dozen or 50 or even 75—he shot 123 grenades at the house all by himself. They’re meant to be lobbed in a long arc at a target hundreds of meters away, but according to Haji Mohammed, Nabi’s son-in-law and a soldier in his militia, the commander fired them straight at his target like they were bullets. The result was a hellstorm of fire that seemed extreme, even for Afghanistan."
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 15:04:38 +0000
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