12 Strong Page #3

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How was it?

Throw your panties on stage?

Nah, nah, nah, we got stuck

in a holding position

- till the weather broke.

- From what I hear,

the weather here

doesn't change until June.

Snowed last night.

So get used to it.

- What? Really?

- Yeah.

Hey, what's all this?

Someone gave the quartermaster

a Gold Card.

Now, the only unit

with any cold weather tac-gear is the

10th Mountain. They ain't sharing.

Make sure

everyone carries a GPS.

I couldn't find one topo map

of this place.

- Copy that, Captain.

- Hey, look what 515 left outside their tents.

- -Hey, guys, quiet down.

Oh, it's Britney Spears!

Five months in country,

this hair is what

you're getting, man.

Hey, man. Is that a wig?

Can I touch it? Just one time.

Ask Coffers' wife, man.

She loves it.

Oh!

Cap said grow it out, guys.

What happened? What happened?

Whoa! Whoa! Be careful!

Vern knows Krav Maga!

Don't even think about...

All right, pencils down.

The other five teams

have been interviewed.

And, Cap, we're all countin'

on you, so, you know,

- no pressure.

- Thanks, buddy.

See you soon, boys.

Yep. Give 'em hell, Cap.

Bin Laden has been financing

the Taliban and Al-Qaeda,

setting up terrorist training

camps all over Afghanistan.

He's had one big win

on U.S. soil.

He wants another.

And if we don't stop him,

there will be more.

Bin Laden might be the brains,

but make no mistake about it,

in Afghanistan,

the Taliban is the muscle.

If we remove them

from power,

he can't use them

to make his attacks.

Mazar-i-Sharif.

Whoever controls that city,

controls Afghanistan.

If we take Mazar

from the Taliban,

then we cripple Bin Laden.

Well, that's half-right.

If you're gonna interrupt me,

you should probably

be entirely right.

No, we aren't taking anything.

The man who's gonna take Mazar

is named General Dostum.

He's an Afghan warlord

with the Northern Alliance.

He has the troops, he has the

intel, he knows the cliffs.

He knows every cave

and most importantly,

he does not care

for the Taliban.

So this is about airstrikes?

Sorry, sir.

No, you nailed that one.

Dostum cannot take out

the Taliban by himself.

Here's the plan.

We're gonna drop you into

Northern Afghanistan.

There, you will meet up

with a CIA operative

who will take you to Dostum.

Your mission,

earn Dostum's trust,

embed with his militia,

you fight alongside him while he makes

his way to Taliban strongholds.

When you get there, you call in

for close air support strikes.

Dostum will do the rest.

One by one,

stronghold by stronghold,

until he takes Mazar,

and the Taliban falls.

You got six weeks.

I'd say three weeks, sir.

- God damn it.

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