A retired Indian Gorkha soldier recently revisited those glory days when he thwarted 40 robbers, killing three of them and injuring eight others, with his khukuri during a train journey. He is in line to receive three gallantry awards from the Indian government."
Damn.
“They started snatching jewelry, cell phones, cash, laptops and other belongings from the passengers,” Shrestha recalled. The soldier had somehow remained a silent spectator amidst the melee, but not for long. He had had enough when the robbers stripped an 18-year-old girl sitting next to him and tried to rape her right in front of her parents. He then took out his khukuri and took on the robbers.
“The girl cried for help, saying ´You are a soldier, please save a sister´,” Shrestha recalled. “I prevented her from being raped, thinking of her as my own sister,” he added. He took one of the robbers under control and then started to attack the others. He said the rest of the robbers fled after he killed three of them with his khukuri and injured eight others.
I'd bloody imagine they did.
This is a wonderful time to once again post something I found a few years ago:
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The UK has disbanded the Gurkhas in their army, I think it is high time we invite them to join our army and earn U.S. citizenship in the process. Settle them in a mountainous area where they will feel more at home. I can't think of a more fitting win-win for all sides, especially if they help us a bit in Astan.
Are you sure about that? I can't find any reference to the UK disbanding their Gurkha units.
O/T:
Check out today's Dilbert cartoon:
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2011-01-28/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dilbert%2Fdaily_strip+%28Dilbert+Daily+Strip+-+UU%29
and the comments, like this one:
"Oh, they're gonna cavity search you good next time you fly!"
Like the octogenaria Royal Marine who disarmed the young gunman who tried to rob him, and shot him in the struggle, this man shows the spirit that won WW2.
There was a story shortly after the Falklands war of a Ghurka unit that was about to embark on a ship to sail to the Falklands.
Ghurkas have almost no resistance to seasickness, so they were starting to vomit ON THE DOCK.
You really don't want to be fighting people who are eager to fight you because it means an end to their seasickness.
Oh, and that knife, carried concealed, is a felony in most US States. Can't have the rabbits fighting back, you know.
Abusus non tollet Usum, if I've spelled it right, but it is much easier to let abuse prevent proper use if you are a cowardly politician.
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