German general fears a bloodbath - 9/11

Fri, 2 Jul 2021 23:38:42 GMT

THE head of the German equivalent of the SAS has angered senior Nato officers by predicting a bloodbath if special forces from allied nations move into Afghanistan to try to hunt down Osama bin Laden. In a deliberate call for caution, Brig Gen Reinhard Gunzel, who commands the elite Kommando Spezialkrafte (KSK), said success would be almost impossible without severe and unacceptable losses to his special troops and those of other allied nations. Even if such a combined force did find bin Laden, this would not mean victory, he said. Behind him stand so many fanatic followers that another one would immediately replace him.