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You see that force, that small squad there of about 10 guys, the guy up furthest away from us is repeatedly firing rocket-propelled grenades, he's fired by my count about five of them, he is handing off the launcher to another guy, they are reloading and he is ready to shoot again, and everybody else, Mark Hertling look at the cool, calm, collected approach by these soldiers under fire, they're not afraid, they're ready to kick some butt. – Mark Hertling	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When we landed on top of the mountain, my helicopter took rocket-propelled grenade fire right away, bullets the size of your finger passing through there, those are the ones that hit hydraulic fluid, which ultimately took us out of the sky. – Britt Slabinski	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I can't get on my radio change frequencies quick enough to talk to them to tell them' do not land on top before they get they themselves have another RPG [ rocket-propelled grenade ] hit the engine and then they crashed. – Britt Slabinski	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Usually it is relatively easy to get a pistol or anything up to an assault rifle, but it is much harder to get an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) or a machine gun or the boring things like spare parts for the above. You actually need to have a proper war for these sorts of things to become available and, lo and behold, you have a proper war. – Mark Galeotti	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
But it is much harder to get an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) or a machine gun or the boring things like spare parts for the above. You actually need to have a proper war for these sorts of things to become available and, lo and behold, you have a proper war, at the moment you have, from the criminals' point of view, a wonderful opportunity. – Mark Galeotti	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Following the incident, 21 al Shabaab militants were killed, 19 AK 47 rifles, three rocket propelled grenades and a pistol were recovered, regrettably, KDF suffered two fatalities and five injuries. The injured were evacuated and are receiving medical attention. – David Obonyo	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

You see that force, that small squad there of about 10 guys, the guy up furthest away from us is repeatedly firing rocket-propelled grenades, he's fired by my count about five of them, he is handing off the launcher to another guy, they are reloading and he is ready to shoot again, and everybody else, Mark Hertling look at the cool, calm, collected approach by these soldiers under fire, they're not afraid, they're ready to kick some butt.

– Mark Hertling

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When we landed on top of the mountain, my helicopter took rocket-propelled grenade fire right away, bullets the size of your finger passing through there, those are the ones that hit hydraulic fluid, which ultimately took us out of the sky.

– Britt Slabinski

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I can't get on my radio change frequencies quick enough to talk to them to tell them' do not land on top before they get they themselves have another RPG [ rocket-propelled grenade ] hit the engine and then they crashed.

– Britt Slabinski

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Usually it is relatively easy to get a pistol or anything up to an assault rifle, but it is much harder to get an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) or a machine gun or the boring things like spare parts for the above. You actually need to have a proper war for these sorts of things to become available and, lo and behold, you have a proper war.

– Mark Galeotti

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

But it is much harder to get an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) or a machine gun or the boring things like spare parts for the above. You actually need to have a proper war for these sorts of things to become available and, lo and behold, you have a proper war, at the moment you have, from the criminals' point of view, a wonderful opportunity.

– Mark Galeotti

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Following the incident, 21 al Shabaab militants were killed, 19 AK 47 rifles, three rocket propelled grenades and a pistol were recovered, regrettably, KDF suffered two fatalities and five injuries. The injured were evacuated and are receiving medical attention.

– David Obonyo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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