> A little OT but two Indian army majors were killed in action to > eliminate 9 armed intruders from Pakistan a couple of days ago > > A cousin of one of those Army officers has made this blog entry: > > http://bohemianfreespirit.blogspot.com/2007/10/saying-goodbye-is- > another-way-of-saying.html
Truly sad (and that's speaking as a kid who got educated in an air force Kendriya Vidyalaya for several years, thanks to it being the only decent school in the small town I lived in back then.. not an air force brat myself, though most of my friends were) Know enough people who lost relatives (uncles and such) in the Pakistan / China wars or militancy .. but one thing that makes me think What exactly was the size of the Rashtriya Rifles detachment going after these militants? Majors command a whole battalion if am not wrong - that's at least two companies in strength, about 150..200 people each, right? What were the losses in that firefight, for 9 militants to die?
