Posted on 05/22/2006 4:04:18 PM PDT by SevenMinusOne
Taliban commander captured in Tarin Kowt
Afghan and Coalition forces captured Mullah Mohibullah, the Taliban commander of Helmand province, at the Tarin Kowt bazaar on Friday. Mohibullah, who was captured without a shot being fired, was responsible for an ambush in Musa Qalay that killed one U.S. soldier (Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bruce Price) and wounded several others.
CWO Price won the Silver Star for extreme heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the 15 May 2004 ambush that claimed his life.
While moving through a small, restricted village, the patrol was ambushed at extremely close range from multiple prepared positions. CW2 Prices' GMV was immediately struck head-on by two rocket propelled grenades (RPG) and machine gun fire, disabling the vehicle. Within seconds of the ambush, all personnel in CW2 Price's vehicle were wounded or unable to return fire. The determined enemy swept the vehicle with repeated volleys of machine gun and RPG fire.
CW2 Price immediately rallied his men and tried to gain fire superiority in order to break the enemy attack. He quickly realized that the enemy force was concentrating its fire on the lead and trail vehicles of the patrol in an effort to trap the friendly forces inside a prepared kill zone. With his vehicle in flames and under a mounting volume of fire, CW2 Price gave the order to dismount and seek cover. CW2 Price then exited the vehicle and without hesitation began engaging enemy directly to his front from the exposed door machine gun position on his vehicle.
The ACM force immediately began concentrating its fire on CW2 Price. With total disregard for his own life, his continued to man the machine gun until he was mortally wounded by small arms fire. CW2 Price's courageous efforts to destroy the enemy enabled his teammates to reach cover and continue to fight. His valorous leadership and spirited actions served as the call to action, which inspired the entire patrol to drive the entrenched enemy from the field.
While no level of justice will return Bruce E. Price to his family, the man responsible for organizing the attack that took his life shook hands with accountability on Friday. May he rot in an Afghan prison for the next 50 years.
God bless this fallen warrior and his family - And raise a glass for our warriors and allies who are still hunting down these SOBs and bringing them to justice...one way or another -
Stan the Taliban man?
Take them alive and then kill them.
RIP CWO Price.
We beat the bad guys everytime...but not always without sacrifice.
Praise for this fallen warrior. A Hero to all.
CWO2 Bruce Price, one of America's finest.
May God bless him and his family.
Guess O'l Mullah should has been in the mosque praying and not shopping at the bazaar on a Friday.
Ping
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