Posted on 11/12/2008 5:16:24 AM PST by RDTF
An American engineer held hostage by Islamic militants in Afghanistan was freed in a daring nighttime raid by a Special Operations team last month, a rare move in a country where hostages often pay ransoms — or don't come home at all.
A team of about 30 special operators composed mostly of Navy SEALs flew into the mountains outside Kabul on October 14 to retrieve the 61-year-old American businessman, killing his captors and returning him to safety after nearly two months in captivity, according to an account in the Army Times.
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dead terrorists, saved hostage...good news for once to start the day with:)
Simply outstanding.
Wow! Wonderful news!
To those that routinely do what can’t be done, can’t be spoken about, can’t be honored; we raise our glass and toast you! Well done!
To those that routinely do what can’t be done, can’t be spoken about, can’t be honored; we raise our glass and toast you! Well done!
Well met!
Thank God for our brave soldiers - and for this rescue - and for our military.....may they save our nation.
YUP..............a win-win situation. Let’s hope things like this continue after Jan. 20...........
But his love for the USA and our troops will be at the top of his list of "Good Things" for the rest of his life.
God Bless America and out Troops!!
Thank God for those rough men who stand ready to do violence on our behalf.
The hostage has now heard the most wonderful words in the english language.
“We’re Americans and are here to take you home.”
A hearty Huzzah! to all operators and intelligence specialists in our nation. They will never be publicly honored for your actions, but in their hearts, they know they are doing the work they were born to do.
They may have to save our Nation, From internal enemies.
Some really good news to wake up to. God bless and keep our troops.
Yeah!
Exactly.
Nice! Well done, boys.
They are not rough men. They are gentle men with families and children. But they have what many do not. They have Warrior Souls, and belive me they ARE WARRIORS. I am fortunate to have one such WARRIOR for a son
Fantastic!
Bravo Zulu!
Direct link to the story in the Army Times:
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/11/military_air_rescue_110708WEB/
Great news there!
I’m sure it is deemed offensive to muslims, though.
thanks! that tells the whole story. So exciting!
It’s men like these that make me proud to be an American. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
I can't imagine life as a special forces under Obama. We need these men, but how many will survive and tough it out through Obi's nightmare?
They hung around through Clinton and Carter. I'm sure we'll lose a lot of excellent operators, but there will be new ones to take their spots. If they leave now, they can go to blackwater, etc., and possibly come back in 4 yrs.
God Bless your family. He wasn’t JUST born that way, sir, he was nurtured to be a warrior and I send a special kudos to you and your wife (or sons mother)Thank God that we still have families that teach a sense of discipline and integrity to our youth. Thank you and thank your son!
I wasn’t implying any sort of nastiness in that comment. It was a takeoff of a quote by George Orwell. I know several such men and they are to a one the nicest, most even-headed men you could meet, but I also know that when the necessity arrives, they have the ability to focus on the mission and then do whatever is needed to protect us. Please understand that it with absolute and utmost respect that I made those comments.
Bye the way, thank your son for all of us and thank you for your support of his mission.
How extremely cool. I want to see the movie!!!
Woo hoo! Thank you, Navy SEALS and coalition.
yea what a great story. Reminds me of the Entebbee raid by the Israelis. I am happy the US had the courage to go through with us.....obama would want to talk with the hostage takers
God bless our troops!
Thanks for a great news post.
This is great news.
God Bless our wonderful military.
God Bless Them.
That assumes the Obama administration will not charge Blackwater for war crimes for every little thing, and arrest every single member as being part of a criminal organization.
Way to GO!
God bless you and God bless your son! And thank you and him.
True, and that is a big assumption. There are other companies that are not controlled by US law, though. My understanding is there is a pretty strong demand for this type of service in African nations.
Obama would not talk with the hostage takers. He would invite them for dinner at a quaint place in Pakistan.
Of course he would cancel and then send someone like John Kerry or Shrillary.
Speaking of the power hungry phony, has anyone seen her lately. I kinda miss her after seeing the last round of phony interviews where she was “supporting” Obama but couldn’t crack a smile or any emotion for that matter.
It was great seeing how utterly miserable she was.
SF, et al, should all be in language school, growing long hair, living abroad in small, discrete cells.....and killing propagandists, financiers and family members of our enemies. IMHO.
The Army Times piece gives us a sense of the brilliance in constant supply at the State Department, as contrasted with the way people talk from the Department of Breaking Things and Hurting Bad Guys (my name for the Defense Department, which used to be more accurately called the War Department):
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul and the State Department did not respond to requests for comment. But military sources said Wood’s view was that any publicity of Americans taken hostage in Afghanistan, even those who are rescued, encourages “the bad guys” to take more hostages and scares off Americans and other westerners from visiting or working in Afghanistan.
The special operators see the Oct. 15 rescue differently. To them, the fact that U.S. forces were able to rescue an American hostage from a location where the kidnappers felt secure “sends a very clear message to any extremist groups that [kidnapping Americans] will be handled with vigilance and unrelenting persecution,” said the special operations officer.
I wish more people who work the USG could be induced to think like the special ops guys. Jesse Helms was right — State should just be abolished. Maybe after the next four years . . .
Are our guys AWESOME or what?
God Bless Them!!
God bless our brave troops. Most excellent news.
HOOYAH!!!!
Meanwhile;
Afghanistan: American journalist kidnapped by Taliban (NY Times reporter)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130284/posts
God bless these guys. Maybe now they will be forgiven by Obamanation for air raiding villages and killing civilians.
killing his captors and returning him to safety
yes...another beautifull...
flawless execution.....it sucks to be them.
Ping.
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