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BRITAIN-AFGHANISTAN-MILITARY
A handout image obtained on April 20, 2009 from the Ministry of Defence shows Private Leon Wilson, a Territorial Army soldier on attachment to 2nd Battalion, the Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters), wearing his helmet pierced by a Taliban bullet. The hole circled on the right of the picture is the entry hole and the one on the left where the 7.62 round exited. A British soldier fighting in Afghanistan was dubbed the luckiest man in the military Monday after a bullet fired by Taliban fighters pierced his helmet -- and he lived to tell the tale. Machine gunner Private Leon Wilson, 32, was battling the Taliban in a village west of Lashkar Gar, southern Afghanistan, on April 10 when he was shot at. The bullet -- which entered one side of his helmet and came out the other side, four inches away (10 centimetres) -- missed his head by a few milimetres, passing through a forehead pad instead. AFP PHOTO/Cpl Rupert Frere/MOD Crown copyright HANDOUT
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Bastian, Helmand, AFGHANISTAN |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Cpl Rupert Frere |
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20 Aprilie 2009 |
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3392 x 5096 (1.48 MB) |
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