Jump to full article: The Scotsman, 2007-01-08
Author: JUDE SHEERIN
Intro: A ROYAL Marine sniper from Edinburgh has described marking his first kill with a cigar after "slotting" a Taliban commander from more than 1000 metres.
British troops fighting in southern Afghanistan are embroiled in some of the most intense combat involving UK forces since the Second World War.
Meanwhile, Nato-led troops and Afghan police killed two suspected Taliban militants and detained four others in the latest round of fighting, a police official said today. . . .
"I just graduated from sniper school late last year after nine weeks' training.
"It was my first kill. I had a cigar afterwards. I didn't lose any sleep about it. He was a Taliban commander after all."
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