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02-09-2003, 02:56 PM
"Afghanistan, 25 November 2001. Qala-i-Jhangi fortress, Mazar-I-Sharif.
A fierce and unexpected battle broke out as armed Taliban prisoners rebelled in an intense firefight with their Northern Alliance captors. Western media crews retreated to the main building within an adjacent compound. On this, the first day of a three day battle, a lone Afghan freelancer, Najibullah Quaraishi remained on the ramparts overlooking the Taliban where Northern Alliance forces were fighting to contain the situation. At the height of the battle they were joined by men with distinctly English accents. For the next six hours, surrounded by gunfire, Najibullah remained at his post filming a sustained battle.
On the following day, as Najibullah joined a group of NA forces moving to enter the Taliban compound, they came under mortar attack. Of the fourteen men in his group, 11 were killed and three injured. Najibullah received shrapnel wounds to his head and remained in hospital for four days. His camera was destroyed but he had earlier changed cassettes, retaining the footage that later proved vital in telling the story of what actually happened at Qala-i-Jhangi."
I found the above description of the the footage and then found the footage online here:
http://www.the-sas-uk.com/W-O-T.html
Direct link to the Realplayer file here:
http://www.the-sas-uk.com/SASinaction.ram
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A fierce and unexpected battle broke out as armed Taliban prisoners rebelled in an intense firefight with their Northern Alliance captors. Western media crews retreated to the main building within an adjacent compound. On this, the first day of a three day battle, a lone Afghan freelancer, Najibullah Quaraishi remained on the ramparts overlooking the Taliban where Northern Alliance forces were fighting to contain the situation. At the height of the battle they were joined by men with distinctly English accents. For the next six hours, surrounded by gunfire, Najibullah remained at his post filming a sustained battle.
On the following day, as Najibullah joined a group of NA forces moving to enter the Taliban compound, they came under mortar attack. Of the fourteen men in his group, 11 were killed and three injured. Najibullah received shrapnel wounds to his head and remained in hospital for four days. His camera was destroyed but he had earlier changed cassettes, retaining the footage that later proved vital in telling the story of what actually happened at Qala-i-Jhangi."
I found the above description of the the footage and then found the footage online here:
http://www.the-sas-uk.com/W-O-T.html
Direct link to the Realplayer file here:
http://www.the-sas-uk.com/SASinaction.ram
cheers
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