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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - El Salvadoran soldier charges Iraqi with knife

Posted: 5/5/2004 11:55:46 AM EDT

Taking a Knife to a Gun Fight and Win

NAJAF, Iraq — One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and the four soldiers still left standing were surrounded and out of ammunition. So Salvadoran Cpl. Samuel Toloza said a prayer, whipped out his knife and charged the Iraqi gunmen.
In one of the only known instances of hand-to-hand combat in the Iraq conflict, Cpl. Toloza stabbed several attackers swarming around a comrade. The stunned assailants backed away momentarily, just as a relief column came to the unit's rescue.
"We never considered surrender. I was trained to fight until the end," said the 25-year-old corporal, one of 380 soldiers from El Salvador whose heroism is being cited just as other members of the multinational force in Iraq are facing criticism.

The guy has more ball than the French and Spaniards combined. Check out the link for a pic of the man and his bloody knife.

Posted: 5/5/2004 11:58:28 AM EDT

[#1]

Way to go, Cpl. Toloza!

Posted: 5/5/2004 12:03:29 PM EDT

[#2]

Imagine what he would have done with my machete or axe!

Good going Toloza!

El hombre tiene cojones del tamano de dos melones!

Posted: 5/5/2004 12:04:27 PM EDT

[#3]

Talk about going balls to the wall, this dude did it and skewered himself some 'raqi. Wow, nice.

Ben

Posted: 5/5/2004 12:06:05 PM EDT

[#4]

DAAYUM!

Way to go amigo!

Posted: 5/5/2004 12:08:20 PM EDT

[#5]

was mentioned in Lumpy's pic thread yesterday, but worth a dupe. This dude should give the french some lessons.

Posted: 5/5/2004 12:09:58 PM EDT

[#6]

I must say I am impressed.

Posted: 5/5/2004 12:14:18 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Good going Toloza!

El hombre tiene cojones del tamano de dos melones!

Hmmm, dejame ver...tamano....ah, si! Un "ta"mano es como un "ta"pie, pero con dedos!

Seriously, with soldiers like that one must wonder why the FMLN wasn't wiped out in the battlefield.

Posted: 5/5/2004 1:03:57 PM EDT

[#8]

link did not work, page not found, maybee a bandwith issue, i will try again later

Posted: 5/5/2004 1:08:44 PM EDT

[#9]

Mi esposa watches a lot of Univision. They had a pretty good story on him last night on the news. They had about a 30 second clip and the mandatory bloody knife in-hand. I'd venture to say that wasn't the first time he had used a knife on someone.

Bien hecho hermano!

Posted: 5/5/2004 1:13:43 PM EDT

[#10]

i bet France whud surender to him

Posted: 5/5/2004 1:15:15 PM EDT

[#11]

link fixed.

Posted: 5/5/2004 1:28:28 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
link did not work, page not found, maybee a bandwith issue, i will try again later

Try this link... Click Here

Cpl. Samuel Toloza of El Salvador's Cuscatlan Battalion displays his bloodstained
knife that he used to fend off Iraqi gunmen in Najaf, Iraq, last Saturday.

Posted: 5/5/2004 2:01:06 PM EDT

[#13]

I was impressed enough to make the guy wallpaper here at work.

Posted: 5/5/2004 2:26:40 PM EDT

[#14]

Finally the Knife Forum guys have something to talk about! I bet there are heated debates going on over there...

Posted: 5/5/2004 2:37:10 PM EDT

[#15]

Huge balls on that one! That's the material songs are written about.

Note to self: Self, don't piss of the El Salvadorian janitor at Wally*World

Posted: 5/5/2004 3:00:49 PM EDT

[#16]

Like me I am sure Kokalis will be proud.

ARFCOM: why don't you create a smiley in his image?

Posted: 5/5/2004 3:04:56 PM EDT

[#17]

Don't mess with janitors period,we have many places to hide the bodies!

Posted: 5/5/2004 3:15:03 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
Imagine what he would have done with my machete or axe!

Good going Toloza!

El hombre tiene cojones del tamano de dos melones!

That goes to show, spanish men know how to use a knife!

Posted: 5/5/2004 3:25:10 PM EDT

[#19]

Someone make sure that the guy who pulled a knife on that mexican sees this

Posted: 5/5/2004 3:26:23 PM EDT

[#20]

Dont bring a knife to a .... er a nevermind

didnt somebody send him a really nice knife like a randall or stryder.

Posted: 5/5/2004 6:36:34 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Someone make sure that the guy who pulled a knife on that mexican sees this

Yeah right? Where is he, no updates?

Posted: 5/5/2004 6:48:24 PM EDT

[#22]

MSTN thread about Blackwater guys presenting him a knife

Posted: 5/5/2004 6:58:38 PM EDT

[#23]

OUTSTANDING

Posted: 5/5/2004 7:41:19 PM EDT

[#24]

'raqi skewers

Posted: 5/5/2004 7:45:03 PM EDT

[#25]

Very nice work!

Posted: 5/5/2004 8:02:10 PM EDT

[#26]

I was thinking about getting a tactical tomahawk should things get up close and personal any thoughts worth the dough or a waste?

Posted: 5/5/2004 10:05:37 PM EDT

[#27]

I like this quote from the article:

"U.S. troops have replaced the Spaniards. Salvadoran officers, many of whom were trained at military schools in the United States, say they're pleased to be working with the Americans."

Tax money well spent.

Posted: 5/6/2004 12:10:23 AM EDT

[#28]

As soon as I saw the knife I said to myself, "someone needs to get that man a Strider!" That's awesome, good work. He has balls, major balls.

Posted: 5/6/2004 3:25:57 AM EDT

[#29]

Good story.

Someone needs to send them a magnet.

www.ammoman.com

TXL

Posted: 5/6/2004 6:19:28 AM EDT

[#30]

Good job, compadre!

Posted: 5/6/2004 6:40:47 AM EDT

[#31]

Kudos to the dimestore buck knife. Who needs a $300 piece of metal?

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