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‘Courage, Skill, and Patriotism’: Navy SEAL Dies Rescuing American Hostage From the Taliban

Dec. 9, 2012 8:50pm Erica Ritz

A U.S. service member died during Sunday’s mission to rescue an American doctor from the Taliban, according to the White House.

Defense officials told CNN and NBC News that the service member was a Navy SEAL.

Reuters relates:

“Our special operators in Afghanistan rescued an American citizen in a mission that was characteristic of the extraordinary courage, skill and patriotism that our troops show every day,” the White House said in a statement.

“Tragically, we lost one of our special operators in this effort. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, just as we must always honor our troops and military families.”

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U.S. General John Allen, commander of NATO-led foreign forces in Afghanistan, said he ordered the mission in eastern Afghanistan when intelligence showed that Joseph was “in imminent danger of injury or death.”

“The special operators who conducted this raid knew they were putting their lives on the line to free a fellow American from the enemy’s grip,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a statement released by the Pentagon.

“They put the safety of another American ahead of their own, as so many of our brave warriors do every day and every night.”

Details are still cloudy, but ABC’s senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper recently tweeted:

White House: U.S. Service Member Killed in Afghanistan Hostage Rescue Mission for Doctor Dilip Joseph

(Photo: Twitter/@jaketapper)

Dr. Dilip Joseph was captured by Taliban insurgents Wednesday outside the Afghan capital, in the Sarobi district of Kabul province.

“This was a combined operation of U.S. and Afghan forces,” said 1st Lt. Joseph Alonso, a spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. “Information was collected through multiple intelligence sources, which allowed Afghan and coalition forces to identify the location of Joseph and the criminals responsible for his captivity.”

Gen. John Allen praised all those involved in the rescue effort.

“Thanks to them, Dr. Joseph will soon be rejoining his family and loved ones,” he said.

ABC News has more information on the daring raid:

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Gary_K
Posted on December 10, 2012 at 1:06am
The seals have every virtue that their commander in chief, bathhouse barry flobama, sorely lacks.

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- ambrosia
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 8:33am
  Hear, Hear !
  
  Blessings to this braveheart’s family,
  as well as to all our brave military, around the world-
  the REAL heroes & heroines !
  
  If it weren’t for them, where would we be ?
  In a crazy, unhinged world-
  THAT thought should command our daily grace.
  This is yet a solemn & sober reminder to never take anything for granted.
  
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GunnyB
Posted on December 10, 2012 at 12:48am
I can’t shake the feeling that this story is phony, like some kind of false flag. It feels like someone is trying to create a diversion. Like we’re being duped into falling for some comic book scenario. I don’t believe a word of it.

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- raderby
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 1:39am
  yeah, WHY was this Doctor in Afghanistan anyway?
  
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- GunnyB
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 2:18am
  @RADERBY Exactly! Why wasn’t he helping out Americans in New Jersey?
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 5:31am
  WHY was this Doctor in Afghanistan anyway?
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  In America all thru the 20th century people’s #1 concern was health. This is from surveys collected by The writer of “How to Influence people & Win friends” & is covered in the 1st few minutes. That & people like to talk about … themselves.
  
  Anyway like other people Afghans are worried about health. If they see their mortality rate go way down, I think that while you might not “Win their Hearts & Minds”, they will have a much dimmer view of the Taliban.
  
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- johnpaulkuchtajr
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 5:56am
  Hey Walkabout,
  
  I don’t think that in a population with a 96% illiteracy rate “views” matter whatsoever.
  
  The guy who shows up with the most AK 47′s, RPG’s and cash, is a hale fellow, well met.
  
  We’re grinding-up our military protecting a heroin-running POS in Hamid Karzai who allowed his brother to be killed by CIA as window dressing in the war against drugs over there. The sooner we realize that we’re dealing with some cold-hearted, double-dealing S.O.B.’s, the better decisions we’ll make.
  
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- Jezcruzen
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 7:32am
  I echo that question, why was that doctor in Afghanistan? Was he just some lib do-gooder out somewhere he shouldn’t have been in the first place? Now another SEAL is gone and that arrogant bas*&^d is still sitting in our WH.
  
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- Crazyotto
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 8:32am
  Yeah I agree why waste one more ounce of American blood on a country that condones the raping boys, murdering of girls and the beheading of infidels. A country still locked in the 7th century ruled by illiterates and the ignorant. There is nothing in Afghanistan for us except for more death. Not one country, army or leader has ever conquered this crap hole…
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 11:20pm
American citizens should stop going to Muslim countries.
Rescuing them is putting our soldiers in harm’s way.

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 11:59pm
  Agreed.
  
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- strawberry411a
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 12:11am
  I guess helping the poor and ill of America is not as big an adventure as traveling to a foreign country and helping out…and then having to be rescued by hard men despised by this administration. Hope your conscience is clear Dr. and your motivations were worth a brave man’s life.
  
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- jblaze
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 12:16am
  Ok, where was the White House, Military, CIA etc., regarding the Benghazi mess????
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 12:32am
  Has anyone figured out yet what our mission is in Afghanistan anyways? The last I heard the US found something like a trillion dollars in minerals there and we are planning on mining it and giving any proceeds to the Afghanistan government-all the while this never ending war is costing us trillions of dollars we don’t have.
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 11:04pm
There may be a dark evil reason we lost a soldier. Our Traitor-In-Chief possibly told the enemy that the SEALS were on their way to rescue the Doctor.
Rest in peace brave soldier.

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 12:00am
  rriigghhhhhhtttttttttttt…
  
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denkat56
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:48pm
God bless our military, and bless their families.

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marine249
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:43pm
next time stay there

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mikefromaltoona
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:39pm
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13.

Laying down your life for a stranger is pretty good too, I think.

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IdahoBlaze
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:15pm
I’m glad the good doctor is home. That said, however, I still want to scream! BOWE BERGDAHL has been a POW of the Taliban since JUNE 30, 2009. How does this guy rate a rescue within 5 days, and this young man sits there for over THREE YEARS?! Mr. President, WTF is wrong with you!! http://www.bringbowehomewod.com

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- TH777
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:33pm
  I was wondering the same thing! I am also happy to hear that the doctor is safe but why hasn’t any thing been done to bring Bowe home??? He’s been there for years!!
  
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- strawberry411a
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 12:56am
  Bergdahl’s classification may very well be that of deserter.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 5:33am
  Deserter? Maybe. Hadn’t heard & don’t know.
  
  They may just not have good intel on his location.
  
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banjarmon
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:06pm
We have a Marine in prison mexico!!!! Lets SAVE HIM!!!
http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/12/obama-silent-to-aid-marine-chained-to-bed-in-mexican-jail-on-trumped-up-charges/

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- nzkiwi
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:50pm
  I agree Banjarmon. It is a disgrace that the American President will not lift a finger to aid this man.
  
  A disgrace, but not really a surprise….
  
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- Crazyotto
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 8:44am
  this is disgraceful… thank you for posting the link.. the question is how can we get this Marine out of there.
  
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Hoax And Chains
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:00pm
Well, Doc. I hope you’re happy. Run over there to help people that are trapped, just beyond the stone ages, and all your good intentions cost was the life of one, good American hero. I hope you say “thank you” to his family. As a Veteran, most of us would run into hell, and have, to lay our life on the line for someone else. Sometimes, you have to ask what people like this doctor think. At some point, you have to say, “You made the choice to go to this country you know is hostile to Americans, you take the consequences.” To the hero who lost his life, Rest In Peace. “Ready to Lead, Ready to Follow, Never Quit”

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mdy616
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:47pm
This is so sad. We lose another great American because a citizen thought they would go to Afghanistan to treat sick people there. A very noble effort but a very stupid thing to do at this point in time. Afghanistan hates Americans, does not want us there (only want our money) and yet citizens go there thinking since they are Americans they are safe. Well, now a brave young man lost his life to save an arrogant American who went there on a do-good mission to help people that do not want us there. Let’s get EVERY American, citizen and soldier, out of that country and allow the people there to continue with there 1,000 year war. The people there are fighting an on-going civil war that we cannot stop, the Russians could not stop nor could anyone else. I grieve for the family of this soldier and marvel at his bravery.

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- americangrammy
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 9:28am
  Well, I think it’s highly likely that this Dr was in this remote place doing good works and also gathering intel for an alphabet agency. The Taliban were about to take him to Pakistan where the professional interrogators are. Thus, the quick rescue. I really don’t think that seal team 6 is called out much for simple do-gooder rescues. There are other professional and military rescue teams that do a great job of rescuing folks without enough sense to stay out of trouble in nasty places.
  Just my 2 cents…..
  
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ares338
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:47pm
This dumbass doctor should have never been there. Seal Team 6 is the best and one of them lost his life because of this fool being where he shouldn’t be? Listen up all you morons. Do not go to these crap hole countries and expect to help them because they don’t give a s%#? you or this country.

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The-Monk
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:46pm
“U.S. General John Allen, commander of NATO-led foreign forces in Afghanistan, said he ordered the mission….”

If all had gone well the news would have been;

“President Obama personally ordered the mission….”

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- gyro
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:09pm
  this
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:27pm
  Hi MONK, you got that right!
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:55pm
  @ Monk
  
  Exactly right, sadly…
  
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Leveraction3030
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:43pm
Dollie, Most of us onThe Blaze are not willing to sell ourselves on a street corner to make money on our backs like you do. Advertise on MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN. They have lots of “Journalists needing a person like you. Chris Matthews often speaks of getting thrills down his leg when with Ob@m@ girls. I personally do not mind you selling yourself if it keeps you off the dole of the government.
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demsrtraitors
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:40pm
people like this Doctor make me sick. They will pass many poor or sick people on the way to the Airport to get to Afghanistan and now an American is dead because of him. HE OWES THE FAMILY HIS LIFE.
But he is probably some obama supporter and has nothing but disdain for the Military.

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- raderby
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 1:46am
  you do know the cover mission of Val Jarrett’s parents was some doctors w/o sense or borders thing in Iran – that was where she was born, right? So what if this guy – this doctor – was some similar – or some family tie in there?’ Besides, she seems to be running ops more than Obloomers. And does the military “feel” like a military-hating woman is running them??
  
  Just guessing- but would make sense why this one doc got the preferential treatment.
  
  NOTHING Obloomers does is without some huge dung splattered on it.
  
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Kupo
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:38pm
This guy never should have been in Afghanistan in the first place….

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DougHuffman
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:32pm
…taking advantage of this tragedy. Rot in Hell you female dog.

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Leveraction3030
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:28pm
So we(O-boy) risks Seal Team members to rescue a doctor who volunteered to go into this Taliban hot area and do medical work. I admire him for his efforts, but not a great idea.
However, Obummer would not allow the Navy Seals to save the US Ambassador, another person, and Two Navy Seals that fought for hours on end pleading for more backup, firepower and an airstrike. I guess Lib-t@rd politics prior to the election, were worth more to Obamaites than four dead
Americans. I hope the video did not cause this situation to? I guess Susan Rice will tell us next Sunday on the talk shows?

Good Bless this seal and the team that did this job, for a worthless leader and chief with no respect for them what so ever. Thank God our Leaders of the past stood behind the men on the frontlines and gave them what they needed and when they needed it. The Germans and Japs would own the world today if Churchill and Roosevelt were weinies like “O”. Even in Nam we had what we needed and could openly take out the damn enenmy without ***** footing around. War is war and playing footsie and walking around with unload guns is now the norm. When these I hate America clowns are confronted they should allbe shot down like the rabid people they are. They will never change and their religion preaches hatred and murder. The planet does not need these people.
God Bless our Troops and God Bless America again.
Semper Fi

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- neverending
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:42pm
  Amen – so true and well said.
  
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:28pm
One died to save one other…somehow i think, something went wrong. Zero should have died. How well planned was that? I am very sad and distressed when even one of our brave men die in that nasty land of taliban and al qaeda. Bring the troops home NOW. There is NO reason for them to stay, it will all collapse when they leave anyway. There is far too many evil people there to change anything. The US policy with this Islam is insane!! The service people come home and find their own country infected with them all over the place…what the h3ll crazy people are in charge of immigration and foreign policy….you people are nuts.

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- Hoax And Chains
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:03pm
  The best laid military strategy and planning begins to unravel as soon as the action begins. If everything went perfectly according to plan, we would always have minimal casualties. What’s sad is they launched this rescue operation for an idiot that should never have been there to begin with.
  
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RLTW
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:17pm
Courage, Skill, and Patriotism’ the Special Operations Community has a saying “Quiet Professional” seeing the courage of these men used as this administrations political tool makes me sick.

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DougHuffman
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:16pm
How is this incident, this death, different than those in Benghazi? No one is left behind. Every body comes home. Chris Stevens RIP Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

Good people ought to be armed as they will, with wits and Guns and the Truth. God Bless Bitter Clingers, damn progressives.

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neverending
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:15pm
Thoughts and prayers go out to the family for this tragic loss. Another sad day. Another Seal team six member. Just gives me another punch right in my gut to read this. I am sure barry is too busy getting rid of the judge that insisted on hasan shaving his pig face to worry about this. Sorry, just so bitter about the commie and having to put up with him another four years. Thank you for your service and dedication to our country, Sir.

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- kickagrandma
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:21pm
  Agree with your post. I am so sad for this SEAL’s family (birth and SEAL). I am so sad for the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The current leadership is disgusting in all ways and always.
  
  JESUS GOD, please welcome HOME one of us. Console his family and loved ones. Console us, LORD. In JESUS’ name, amen.
  
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- TexasYellowRose1800
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:24pm
  My prayers and my condolences goes to the family of this Navy Seal. Thank you for your ultimate sacrifice to help protect our freedoms.
  
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kickagrandma
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:14pm
SOB!

I am sick and tired of OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR MILITARY dying every day while the fat cat elitist, arrogant, GODless people SUPPOSEDLY in charge of our country go on their merry ways.

I
HAVE
HAD
IT!

No more washington, dc.
No more congressional enclave.
No more high dollar/back door/closed door) meetings.

That is it for me with the enemies within who keep sending us into harm’s way.

¡NO MAS!

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stopprintn
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:14pm
I see Jake Trapper just can’t wait to ID the seal team, do they ever learn……. Good job Troops!

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- marybethelizabeth
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:51pm
  There’s no such special forces designation as Seal Team Six.
  
  Never was
- RLTW
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:59pm
  MB, then explain why Tapper stated ST-6?
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:26pm
  BARYMETHELIZABETH, I’m almost positive that it started off as Team 6, then has been through a number of designation and name changes. Delta Force does not officially exist either, but we know damned well it actually does. Give it a break when you have no idea what is true or not.
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 11:08pm
  Marybeth is half right.
  
  There was a Seal Team 6 which was one of two special ops teams. Apparently it was designated (6) to make the Soviets think that there were more teams than was actually the case. The current team is called DEVGRU, but everyone still refers to it by the previous name as it is easier to say, and everyone knows what is meant.
  
  Interestingly, Disney tried to copyright the name “Seal Team Six”, but backed away. That doesn’t say much for Disney, in my opinion. It makes them look like a pack of soulless opportunists, if you ask me…
  
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gyro
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:12pm
The white house had beter not brag and carry on about this
The brave fellow deserves respect
Best of wishes for his family

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