Last Seal Commando Remains Found

[Annie]

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Body of U.S. Commando Found in Afghanistan

By DANIEL COONEY, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 19 minutes ago

The body of a missing U.S. commando has been located in eastern Afghanistan, the military said Monday, bringing an end to the desperate search for the last member of an ill-fated, four-man special forces unit that disappeared last month.

One of the four men was rescued on July 3; the other two were found dead the next day.

The body of the fourth U.S. Navy SEAL was found Sunday in Kunar province by a search and rescue team, the military said in a statement. It said all indications are that he died in fighting, despite a claim by Mullah Latif Hakimi, a purported Taliban spokesman, that he was captured alive and beheaded.

"The location and disposition of the service member's remains indicate he died while fighting off enemy terrorists on or about June 28," the statement said.

U.S. military spokesman Col. James Yonts repeatedly denied Hakimi's claims.

"There have been claims of being dropped on a mountain wearing red clothes, there have been claims of being beheaded," he said. But "there was no indication supporting the claims. ... This individual was never in custody, he was never defamed or disgraced."

He said the injuries on the commando's body were consistent with "a firefight, a combat operation with smalls arms fire, RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) rounds."...

 

[archangel]

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It was just reported on CNN that the fourth member of the Seal team evaded the Taliban walking some 4 kilometers and then was found by a Afghan villager who took him to his village and hid him from the Taliban(The 4th member had several gunshot wounds to legs) the villager carried a hand written note to US forces... written by the seal... so a return could be made.
Very good news here and restores my faith in the Afghan people!

 

[Abbey Normal]

I am glad he wasn't beheaded or his body defaced in any way. God bless all our brave armed forces.