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Linda Norgrove’s Father Embodies Dignity Under Fire
LINDA Norgrove died in the Kunar region of Afghanistan because a US Navy Seal on a mission to rescue her feared for his safety (panicked?) and tossed a grenade.
The aide worker had been kidnapped by “brigands”. She was being kept prisoner in a remote mountain valley.
Two helicopter crews of elite US forces set out to rescue her. One crew landed too far away from the target to help in the fire fight, during which the soldier who tossed the grenade had his gun jam.
After Linda Norgrove was killed, it took 42 hours for the truth to come out – the initial explanation was that the insurgents had murdered her.
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Posted: 15th, February 2011 | In: Reviews | Comments (3)
