Rob Furlong is a former Corporal in the Canadian Armed Forces who holds the record for the longest sniper kill in combat. He was born in Newfoundland. Corporal is a rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4) in use by several militaries, police forces or other uniformed organizations around the world. ... The Canadian Forces (CF) (Fr: Forces canadiennes (FC)) are the combined branches of the military of Canada. ... The term sniper is attested from 1824 in the sense of sharpshooter. The verb to snipe originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India in the sense of to shoot from a hidden place, in allusion to snipe hunting, a game bird known for being difficult to sneak up... Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Éisc; Latin: Terra Nova) is a large island off the northeast coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ...

While participating in Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan during 2002, Furlong shot and killed an al-Qaeda combatant from a distance of 2,430 metres. The shot was fired from a .50-caliber MacMillan TAC-50 rifle. Combatants United States, Canada, UK, Australia, Denmark, France, Norway, Germany Taliban, al-Qaeda Commanders Buster Hagenbeck unknown Strength 2000 500-1000 Casualties 90 casualties (8 U.S. servicemen dead, 82 wounded) 500 [1] In March 2002 fighting in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan was renewed as coalition forces made... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ...

Furlong is no longer in the army. He currently works as a police officer.

References

• Friscolanti, Michael, "We were abandoned", Maclean's, Rogers Publishing, 2006-05-15, pp. 18-25.