Caught napping: Lithuanian
mercenaries captured in Chad
“To the guys it was just standard
operating procedure but to me it
felt like I was leaving safety and
walking into danger – somewhat
prophetic as it turned out!”
“What’s happening?” I started to haul
myself upright. There was a TF guy stood
almost on top of me, sidearm drawn and
pointed through what’s le of the door. He
only managed four words, “Stay down, stay
down,” before he took a full clip to the chest
and slumped to the floor.
I did as he said, pulled my sleeping bag
over my head and stayed very, very s ll.
Footsteps entered the room, stopped right
beside me then le again. They must have
seen the dead guy and assumed there was
no-one else there. When I could hear English
voices again I ventured out.
The Base Commander had been right.
The FOB had been hit hard but, with a bit
of luck and a huge effort the a ackers had
been repulsed. It was later discovered that
two prongs of the rebel a ack mistook each
other and started a huge blue on blue fight.
As the two groups believed the defence was
much stronger that it actually was, both
bugged out again!
Needless to say there was no more sleep
for me that night, although many of the guys
seemed oblivious to what had happened and
were soon snoring loudly.
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November 2011
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