AndyC wrote:Irish is what they called "the most dangerous road in the world, blah, blah" - the scene of many an IED/RPG/grenade and machine-gun attack (google "Edinburgh Risk Ambush Irish" for another video) - so although it looks peaceful in the clip, we were just waiting for Hajji to open up on what was a slow-moving, already-crippled target.
I smoked the cigar less for the ambush itself than for making it down Irish at 5 mph without getting jumped at all
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- Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:46 am
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Just watched the video...BAD stuff.
- Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:59 pm
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That's some hairy stuff there Andy! 
- Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:19 am
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At first I had images of you out in the desert smoking a cigar (a Gurkha), but only ONE? As in only ONE cigar for a night? Man, you are TOUGH! I need more cigars than that for one night! 
But then I snapped back to reality and made the non-cigar Gurkha connection (as in the Gurkha soldiers).
As an aside, even if you do NOT like cigars, what's NOT to like about the Gurkha cigar band?
But then I snapped back to reality and made the non-cigar Gurkha connection (as in the Gurkha soldiers).
As an aside, even if you do NOT like cigars, what's NOT to like about the Gurkha cigar band?
cling wrote:The reputation of the Gurkhas makes me think of the "one riot, one ranger" quote.AndyC wrote:I'm not going to go into any detail but often it was just me and a single Gurkha - and we ended up spending the night out in the desert on a number of occasions (it was necessary, I'm not going to go into why). Not the most comforting thing to do, but we often had to perform balancing acts and make impromptu decisions on the spot which flew against our SOPs as long as it was for the greater good.