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Afghani saves American outpost from bomber.
« on: January 29, 2007, 12:33:59 PM »
E-Mail from (deleted for privacy - a serviceman in aghanistan)
               
                                 
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                Hi everyone. 

                I'm still alive but freezing my tail off.  We got 8 inches of snow last week and it reached 5 degrees below zero that night.  That's not why I'm e-mailing though. 

                You may have heard about a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul last Thursday.  It was at one of our FOB's (Forward Observation Bases) about
27
miles from here. 

                But the real story is why no one was killed. 

                We employ several thousand Afghans on our various bases.
Not to mention the economy that is fed by the money these locals are making.


                Some are laborers and builders, but some are skilled workers.
We
even have one Afghan that just became OSHA qualified, the first ever.
Some
are skilled HVAC workers. 

                Anyway, there is this one Afghan that we call Rambo. 

                We have actually given him a couple of sets of the new ACU uniforms (the new Army digital camouflage) with the name tag RAMBO on it. 

                His entire family was killed by the Taliban and his home was where our base currently resides.  So this guy really had nowhere else to go.


                He has reached such a level of trust with US Forces that his job is to stand at the front gate and basically be the first security screening. 

                Since he can't have a weapon, he found a big red pipe.  So he stands there at the front gate in his US Army ACU uniform with his red pipe.

                If a vehicle approaches the gate too fast or fails to stop he slams his pipe down on their hood. 

                Then once the gate is lifted the vehicle moves on the 2nd gate where the US Army MP's are.  So he's like the first line of defense. 

                Last Thursday at 0930 hrs a Toyota Corolla packed with explosives and some Jack ass that thinks he has 72 Virgins waiting for him approached the gate. 

                When he saw Rambo he must have recognized him and known the gig was up. 

                But he needed to get to that 2nd gate to detonate and take American lives.  So he slams his foot on the gas which almost causes the metal gate to go up but mostly catches on the now broken windshield. 

                Rambo fearlessly ran to the vehicle, reached thru the window and jerked the suicide bomber out of the vehicle before he could detonate and commenced to putting some red pipe to his heathen ass.

                He detained the guy until the MP got there. 

                The vehicle only exploded when they tried to push it off base with a robot but know one was hurt. 

                I'm still waiting for someone to give this guy a medal or something.
Nothing less than instant US citizenship or something. 

                A hat was passed around and a lot of money was given to him in thanks by both soldiers and civilians that are working over here. 

                I guess I just wanted to share this because I want people to know that it's working over here. 

                They have tasted freedom.  This makes it worth it to me.
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Re: Afghani saves American outpost from bomber.
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2007, 12:39:32 PM »
Really neat story.  I don't wish to offend, but I take things like this with a grain of salt.  Do you know the author personally? 
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Re: Afghani saves American outpost from bomber.
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2007, 01:22:35 PM »
Fact or fiction, the following line was priceless:
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Rambo fearlessly ran to the vehicle, reached thru the window and jerked the suicide bomber out of the vehicle before he could detonate and commenced to putting some red pipe to his heathen ass.
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Re: Afghani saves American outpost from bomber.
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2007, 01:47:44 PM »
My dad also sent it to me. Which means it may, or may not, be valid. Checked Snopes, didn't see it.
 
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Re: Afghani saves American outpost from bomber.
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2007, 04:23:34 PM »
Really neat story.  I don't wish to offend, but I take things like this with a grain of salt.  Do you know the author personally? 

Not personally - forwarded to me at work, (and I work for the army), by someone who worked with him.  If in serious doubt, e-mail me at rich.young1@us.army.mil, and I will forward to the author's e-mail.  No guarantee they will reply.  FWIW I believe it genuine.
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Re: Afghani saves American outpost from bomber.
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2007, 05:00:11 PM »
I didn't get the email but I think I read about this at Blackfive.
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