REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL, PART 1.5:

British sniper shoots dead two Taliban fighters... from more than 1.5 miles away (Ian Drury, 2nd May 2010, Daily Mirror)

A British Army sniper has earned a place in military history by killing two Taliban machine gunners from more than a mile and a half away.

Craig Harrison's record-breaking sharpshooting felled the insurgents with consecutive bullets - even though they were 3,200ft beyond the effective range of his rifle.

While Goliath can't blow up a car?

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 2, 2010 12:13 PM