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To: LindyBill who wrote (21681)	3/19/2002 12:28:39 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

45 Commando Royal Navy Marines... This is a unit designation, not a head count. 45 Commando Royal Marines is based at Royal Marines Condor in Arbroath, Scotland. It is one of three Commando Units that provide the cutting edge to 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines. The unit is trained and equipped for a wide range of operational tasks and regularly deploys to the most taxing of environments from tropical rain forest to arid desert, mountains or the cold of the arctic. 45 Commando was the first unit to specialise in the mountain and cold weather warfare role during the early 1970s. royal-navy.mod.uk

To: LindyBill who wrote (21681)	3/19/2002 1:19:15 PM
From: teevee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

LindyBill, Allied special forces who go out on recon "hunter-killer" missions in the mountains for days at a time, sniping Al Quaeda as they poke their heads out from a cave, or up from behind a mortor or gun emplacement, are probably the most effective units in the field. If anything will demoralize Al Quaeda fighters, and provide the lowest cost/kill, its these recon special forces. Governments don't like to talk about them, and they don't get much media coverage, because they are very tough SOB's who do unsavory jobs that would offend most people's sensibilities. Also, unlike America's special forces, they don't whine about not having sleeping bags and hot meals as seen on CNN:-))....Once spring arrives, with allied special forces recon units placed at the key mountain passes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, just stepping over the border will mean getting one between the eyes. American forces should stick to what they do best-delivering high tech ordnance and providing air and logistical support for the real men in the field.