I've never been much impressed with the usual assortment of UN troops, but the Syrian rebels bit off a bit more than they could chew this time because this UN contingent was Filipino. Our wayward Pacific brothers have some real fighting spirit as has been proved over the last century. They have been fighting Muslim insurgents long before the West ever conceived of the problem. No way they were going to back down from another nest of these jihadists.
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They refused to surrender and defended their barracks. Then under cover of darkness they safely withdrew to secured UN areas.
Manila responded with....
"Although they were surrounded and outnumbered, they held their ground for seven hours," [General] Catapang said in a news conference in Manila, adding there were no Filipino casualties. "We commend our soldiers for exhibiting resolve even while under heavy fire."
Good troops. I'd soldier with them any day. :thumb:
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They refused to surrender and defended their barracks. Then under cover of darkness they safely withdrew to secured UN areas.
Manila responded with....
"Although they were surrounded and outnumbered, they held their ground for seven hours," [General] Catapang said in a news conference in Manila, adding there were no Filipino casualties. "We commend our soldiers for exhibiting resolve even while under heavy fire."
Good troops. I'd soldier with them any day. :thumb:
Filipino soldiers escape Syria!
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