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В американскую армию срочно набирают ослов
15 Aug 2005  printer version
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raiting (3/3) Американское командование в Афганистане разочаровалось в "высоких технологиях", столкнувшись с проблемой передвижения по горным тропам, сообщает АР. Военные решили заменить армейские автомобили "Хаммер" на обычных ослов. Уже около 30 этих животных взяты в аренду у местных фермеров и поступили на "вооружение" элитных подразделений американской морской пехоты. Ослы используются для доставки продовольствия и питьевой воды афганским и американским войскам. Представитель командования пояснил, что аренда ослов обходится намного дешевле чем доставка провизии самолетами. К тому же ослы принимают "на борт" немало груза. В то время как каждый морпех несет на себе двухдневный запас продовольствия, животные могут транспортировать провиант на четыре дня. В связи с нововведением некоторые военнослужащие США перед отправкой в Афганистан даже прослушали специальный курс, как правильно обращаться с ослом. In late June, militants in the area shot down a special forces Chinook helicopter, killing all 16 troops on board, as it tried to land in one of the many steep-sided, wooded valleys that snake their way through the mountains. The operation, which began Friday, is aimed at flushing those fighters out of the valley and U.S. commanders are nervous about risking other choppers in the process. From a temporary resupply base in a cornfield at one end of Korengal Valley, where the militants are suspected of hiding, squads of Marines with heavy packs on their own backs led out lines of donkeys, each laden with two boxes of water, a box of food rations and a sack of grain. While each Marine carried enough food and water for themselves for two days, the donkeys gave each squad supplies for an extra 48 hours. Once finished, the animals would be led back to the resupply base to load up again and then return to the mountains. Before coming to Afghanistan, some of the troops received training in handling donkeys at the Marines' Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., said Capt. John Moshane. "Marines have used donkeys since the American revolution," he said, as each animal received a spray painted number for identification. Still, the donkeys period stubborn refusal to cooperate and their determination to try to mate with each other whenever they were untied persistently frustrated their handlers. When one Marine slapped one of the animals on the rump in exasperation, the donkey promptly gave him a sharp kick with one of its hind legs. Donkeys have long been used by armies in Afghanistan, including by mujahedeen independence fighters against Soviet troops in the 1980s. Smugglers also use them to sneak loads of opium, illegally mined gems and timber across the country's mountainous borders. Source: Other articles in People:  Readers' Comments
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