Saturday, April 16, 2011

British Soldier Captures Taliban Leader With His Bare Hands

Hero: Private Lee Stephens leapt unarmed from his Warrior armoured car to tackle a suspected suicide bomber

'I Just Grabbed The Geezer': Hero Squaddie Seizes Top Taliban Leader After Desert FIST FIGHT -- The Daily Mail

'My muckers were getting shot at on the ground and I thought "I'm not having that".'

Face to face with a Taliban bomber after a high-speed desert chase, Private Lee Stephens acted on instinct and adrenalin.

With no time to consider his own safety, he leapt unarmed from his Warrior armoured vehicle, dragged the insurgent from his motorcycle and laid into him with his fists.

Gunner Pte Stephens, 30, from Solihull, did not have time to get his gun. He said: ‘I jumped out and I grabbed the geezer.

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My Comment: Not the course of action that I would recommend for this soldier, but he did get the job done under dangerous conditions.

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