Afghan elk duck hunters using muzzle-loading muskets made the U.S. military think that fighting near its headquarters in Afghanistan was more serious that it was. U.S. military spokesman Colonel Roger King said some of the louder blasts from the muskets had been taken for heavy mortar rounds landing near Bagram Air Base to the north of Kabul. "We have had a continuation of what has been characterised over the last several days as green on green (Afghan on Afghan) fighting on the north side of the base," he said. "But coupled with that, the big booms we have been hearing — it is duck season in Afghanistan. A lot of the hunters go out at dawn with muzzle-loading muskets which make a lot of noise when they shoot them. The heavy weapons we thought were being used, were actually being used on little ducks."
Anybody remember the (forgettable) movie, The Magic Christian? Remember the scene were the guy was hunting ducks with a 75mm antiaircraft gun? |