Sunday, October 10, 2010

The Difference Between Us and Them

Get us outta here! Explained, how medic battles to save the life of a captured Taliban on board a Black Hawk helicopter

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Shot through his side, the enemy Afghan lies in agony on the floor of the helicopter, his life in the hands of the very soldiers he has sworn to kill.

Whether he is in a state to comprehend the irony of his situation is not clear, but the strained expression on Sgt Tyrone Jordan’s face shows it doesn’t matter who the patient is as he tries to put a drip into the Afghan’s arm.

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