[Racehorse]

"The tale of an Afghan's amazing rescue of a wounded U.S. commando"

Relatively long story. Good read.

[Marie]

Dear Lord, sometimes I love people...

[kendu]

How long do you think Gulab has left? But;

Thanks Gulab !

[wjersey]

Aren't they putting the Pashtun villagers in danger from the Taliban by telling this story?

[McGavin999]

WE need to find this man and his family and protect him.

[bitt]

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/world/2005/07/07/mcintyre.seal.wife.affl

the wife of one of the dead Seals - very touching and sincere.

[bolobaby]

I bet this man is taken care of handsomely by the SEAL fraternity.

[Constitution Day]

Bump for later

[Log]

Bump for a good article from Time no less.

[spetznaz]

Wow. That is amazing. May that village be blessed.

[spetznaz]

Honor is beautiful.

[BluH2o]

Great story ... however, speaking as a former Marine I question why 1) the Navy has the SEALS ... they started off as UDT in WWII ... they were tasked with clearing enemy beach heads for amphibious operations. No problem. 2) OK, attribute it to mission creep ... but at least confine it to territory adjacent to large bodies of water. Afghanistan is landlocked so what the hell are Navy SEALs doing snooping and pooping in this neck of the woods? We have Marine Recon, Army Delta and Green Beret's ... so why a bunch of swabbies in a land locked environment? Go figure ...

[Chode]

[alpha-8-25-02]

OUTSTANDING!!

TEARS IN EYES!!

[Fred Hayek]

Dear Lord, watch over Galub and his village.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

The Taliban was not so agreeable. That night the fighters sent a message to the villagers: "We want this infidel." A firm reply from the village chief, Shinah, shot back. "The American is our guest, and we won't give him up as long as there's a man or a woman left alive in our village."

This shepard, his family, and his entire village should be given full U.S. citizenship. Right now, today. They've earned it.

[Toadman]

Ping

[Americanexpat]

I have never been special forces, just a straight leg troop, and damn proud of it. I do know what it means to be a small group of men, surrounded and fighting for your life. I can't say enough how much I respect these men and am so happy that even one was able to survive.

I am also grateful that he was lucky enough (God's hand) to find the one shepherd to take him to safety.

I wonder though, why the Shepherd had to go back alone and get our wonder seal. That exposed our seal and the Shepherd to many hours in the open where they could have been captured and killed. Why didn't our guys go get him?

I too hope this brave man has been rewarded and is taken care of by our people.

[Irish Eyes]

Thanks for the post. A real good news story.

Bump to keep it on top.

[HiJinx]

Ping to a good read, Flyboy...

[Cultural Jihad]

A wonderful story, and one which belies the bigot's claim that Islam is a death cult, that this pious village should become a glass parking lot, ad nauseum.