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    Navy identifies SEAL killed in hostage rescue in Afghanistan

    (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy SEAL was killed in Sunday's rescue mission in Afghanistan that freed an American doctor kidnapped by the Taliban, the Defense Department said on Monday.

    Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas Checque, 28, of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, died of combat-related injuries, according to a statement that gave no further details. He was assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit.

    Dr. Dilip Joseph, the U.S. citizen rescued on Sunday, was abducted on Wednesday in the Sarobi district of Afghanistan's Kabul province, according to NATO-led forces.

    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."

    (Reporting by Lisa Shumaker; Additional reporting by Phil Stewart and Paul Eckert; Editing by Eric Walsh)

     

    184 comments

    • david  •  7 days ago
      A true hero... may God grant peace, grace & strength to his family & friends... thank you for your bravery & courage...
    • Signovinces55  •  7 days ago
      "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.Well done good and faithful servant. My deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque...a true American Hero.
    • Charles  •  6 days ago
      May God bless this hero and put his hand on his family. A Marine
      • William 6 days ago
        EXBY..............Are you really that dumb?
    • steven24  •  7 days ago
      GOD BLESS HIM AND FAMILY !
    • david  •  7 days ago
      A true hero... may God grant peace, grace & strength to his family & friends... thank you for your bravery & courage...
    • jazz saavy  •  6 days ago
      nicolas your family should remember you with dignity always you wore your heart for all to see shows in your eyes kid rest in peace bless your family during their mourning and always with each and every sunrise
    • john  •  6 days ago
      We have doctors all over the world, #$%$! ALL OVER THE WORLD! What if you were vacationing in South America and you were kidnapped. If the Seals didn't come get you, you would say if I were more important the Seals would rescue me but I'm not so they don't. And then you would rant and rave about it. Damned if you do and damned if you don't with you people. Please shut up! Give this man props for doing his job because that's how he saw it! God speed to you my fellow American!
      • Alex 6 days ago
        I understand that the doctor was giving free medical care to Afghan citizens. Perhaps now that his life was saved by U.S. soldiers, he will do the same for the veterans here.
    • Doc  •  6 days ago
      To the Checque family- You will be in our prayers. May the God grant you the strength to endure this loss. There is nothing I can say will be of any comfort, but know that your son died living up to the greatest ideal, laying down his life for another.
      BZ PO1 Checque. You stood tall in hell, and will stand easy in heaven. LCdr (MC) GF, USNR
    • TANSTAAFL2076  •  6 days ago
      I remember in Nam when the leper hospital near Ban Me Thuot fell that the Cong raped and murdered the entire staff and patients, including several American and Canadian missionary nurses. Two were rumored to have been burned alive a month later across the border. Those of you who says the doctors shouldn't be there should know that those volunteer workers and missionaries are who show the unhappy people in war areas what America is about. The SEAL is a hero, and so are the medical workers. Now take your bitter hate bullcrap and shove it.
      • Brian 6 days ago
        I dare say that with the attitude of the locals this effort is wasted. Don't allow americans to travel there.
    • kxbpy  •  6 days ago
      These guys are awesome! True heroes!
      • Dave 6 days ago
        It doesn't take a hero to murder third world children. Only an overpaid coward with a weapon....much like most amerikkkan cops.
    • NoFear  •  6 days ago
      HERO
    • susang  •  6 days ago
      A true hero. RIP.
    • Britty  •  6 days ago
      Rest in peace, hero.
      And thanks to all the veterans, those currently serving the country and to those who sacrificed their lives. You are all heroes.
    • Tabby  •  7 days ago
      So sorry to the family for their loss. And sorry for the soldiers in the Seal team as I know they are mourning his loss as well. This soldier was so young which just increases the devastation in this tragedy. We as americans cant thank soldiers and their families enough for all they do! When they suffer like this there arent any words. Thank you all for all you do!
    • elizabeth  •  6 days ago
      RIP. A true hero.
    • Larry  •  6 days ago
      Rest in peace a true American Hero!
    • eric  •  6 days ago
      RIP and thank you
    • Jim L  •  6 days ago
      The best of the best - this man and others like him are what makes the United States of America great, and without this patriot hero we are a little less...
    • Hugh Jerekshun  •  6 days ago
      The only way to stop these middle easterners from fighting and killing is genecide. Since we're not going to do that, we should never have set a boot on that soil. Fighting and killing - it's just what they do.
      • demsarewinners 6 days ago
        Reasoning such as yours fits right in with the Nazi's.
    • joseph  •  6 days ago
      our hearts go out to the family,a true american in my eyes
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