Navy SEAL Killed in Rescue Mission of American Doctor: Same Team That Raided Bin Laden Compound

ForexTV NewsDesk   |  December 10 2012 10:25 EST

ForexTV.com (New York) by R. Rode

A member of the U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six was killed during a rescue mission in Afghanistan.  The same special ops group that was used in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden was sent out on a mission over the weekend to free an American doctor from Colorado that was abducted Wednesday by the Taliban in Kabul.

"He gave his life for his fellow Americans, and he and his teammates remind us once more of the selfless service that allows our nation to stay strong, safe and free," President Obama said in a statement.

A spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Dr. Dilip Joseph of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was rescued early Sunday, local time, in eastern Afghanistan. Joseph, a medical adviser for Colorado Springs-based Morning Star Development, was rescued after intelligence showed he was in imminent danger of injury or possible death, according to the U.S. military.

Morning Star, a relief group that helps rebuild communities in Afghanistan, said in a statement that Joseph was uninjured and would probably return home in a few days. The group also said two of his co-workers were freed by their captors about 11 hours before the rescue, after hours of negotiations were conducted over three days.
 

"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."

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