ROK Drop

By on August 8th, 2010 at 5:54 pm

Afghan Scam Behind RPG Attack On ROK Army Base In Afghanistan

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Via a reader tip comes this article that shows the RPG attack during the construction of the ROK Army base in Afghanistan was nothing but a scam:

Afghan authorities have found that local guards staged a fake rocket attack in June on the construction site of a South Korean base in an apparent scam to get more danger pay, South Korean officials said Friday.

There were no casualties or damages from the June attack on the site that would become the base for a South Korean reconstruction team in the northern province of Parwan, Foreign Ministry official Lim Jung-taek said.

Some of the security personnel fired two rounds of rocket-propelled grenades at the site and their accomplices at the site also opened fire in a staged exchange, the official said. The guards were among the 120 local security detail and dozens of South Korean construction workers who were at the site when the rockets fell, Lim said.  [Washington Examiner]

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  • Matt
    1:53 pm on August 8th, 2010 1

    Only in Iraq or the 'stan could this have happened! :)

  • Leon LaPorte
    12:58 am on August 9th, 2010 2

    Troops stationed of foriegn soil: check

    Getting scammed by the locals they are there to protect: check

    Welcome to our world. The schadenfreude is strong in this one.

 

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