...but he fails otherwise, prevented by a US Army Sergeant.
Hello Family and Friends,You may not think that a suicide bomber story could be a good news story, but please pass this along as an example of the commitment of our US military men and women.
A few days ago, a local hospital was having their grand opening and celebrated the event with a ribbon cutting ceremony in an eastern province of Afghanistan. The event was attended by roughly 150 locals and the Provincial Governor. As standard operating procedures, everyone attending had to go through a checkpoint operated by Afghan soldiers and police alongside US forces. One of the attendees (enemy insurgent) wore a white lab coat disguised as a doctor. Underneath his lab coat, he wore a suicide vest filled with explosives. While he was being searched at the checkpoint, the Afghan police and a US Army Staff Sergeant, recognized that he looked out of place and did not fit the profile of an Afghan doctor. When the Afghan police and US Army Sergeant began to search a little more in depth, they discovered the suicide vest. The enemy insurgent then forced his way through the checkpoint and was shot several times by both the Afghan police and the US Army Sergeant.
This did not stop the enemy insurgent (as he was probably doped up on opium, etc.). Although the enemy insurgent was shot several times, he managed to continue running in the vicinity of the crowd. The US Army Sergeant chased after him, shot him again a number of times point blank and tackled him to the ground. The enemy insurgent, now on the ground with the US Army Sergeant on top of him, began chanting prayers and reached for his detonator. Quickly assessing the situation, the US Army Sergeant observed that the crowd had dispersed due to the gun shots being fired at this enemy insurgent. In a matter of seconds, the US Army Sergeant pushed the insurgent away from him and rolled away as quickly as possible. The enemy insurgent detonated the suicide vest and "assumed outside temperature!" (Nice way of saying he died). The US Army Sergeant received non-life threatening wounds as a result of the explosion along with 5 others.
The only regret of the US Army Sergeant is that the suicide bomber injured 5 of his fellow soldiers. Later that day, the Provincial Governor ( the likely target of the attack) praised the US Army Sergeant and called him, "An Angel from Heaven." The interesting note to this story is that this US Army Sergeant was scheduled to leave Afghanistan next week after a long tour of duty on point for his nation. He could of thought to himself, "I'm not risking my life for this suicide bomber, I'm outta here next week." But he didn't. God bless our military men and women and true American heroes like this young US Army Sergeant.
Sincerely,
[Name witheld by request]
I just thought I should share this, even though the author and the Sergeant prefer to remain anonymous. While I can't verify the details, I can affirm the sources are legitimate.
Update: Fuzzybear Lioness points to this post over at Jawa Report as probably being the same incident. I'm inclined to agree.
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