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    I heard a rumour in the Brugha a while back about an incident in Kosovo in March 2004 during the riots in the capital Pristina where Irish troops went in under fire and rescued hundreds of trapped Serbs being attacked by armed mobs. The rumour is that they went in under fire several times and were commended by NATO commanders but deserved DSMs from what I heard. Does anybody know is this bull or did it ever happen?

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    The Minister for Defence, Michael Smith, has praised the actions of the Irish troops serving with KFOR during a very tense situation in Kosovo last week.


    http://www.defenceforces.ie/images/a...sh%20troops%22 (Page 3)

    http://iiea.com/images/managed/news_...sh%20troops%22 (Page 3)

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      Thanks Itchy, good links,
      Heard a rumour about guys from the east (2 Cav 2 FAR) and what they did. By all accounts it's true.... pretty ballsy. Does anybody know who was involved from Clarke\Karhu and what really happened?

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      • #4
        We took over from those guys out there.Yes it is very true.The coy comd got a force commanders letter of commendation for his actions on the day.Dont think any of the bods got anything though.
        "Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by apod View Post
          Dont think any of the bods got anything though.
          Besides the bricks & stones?
          "The dolphins were monkeys that didn't like the land, walked back to the water, went back from the sand."

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          • #6
            They were plentifull. Just after we took over we did a crc exercise with the dubs who were going home.They hammered the f**k outta us.At the end of it all we had a after action review and they told us that what they had put us through was only 50% of the intensity of what they got.I tell you we were glad we got the benefit of their experience without having to go through it ourselves
            "Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.

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            • #7
              The things I missed while on holidays.........................
              "We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
              Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
              Illegitimi non carborundum

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