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10-13-2010, 11:43 AM
Guardian learns commando hurled explosive device during rescue as he had not seen UK aid worker taking cover nearby
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/13/linda-norgrove-us-commando-disciplinary#history-link-box)
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Linda Norgrove managed to break free from her captors, but tragically was not seen by her rescuers, according to Guardian sources
Startling details of the daring rescue mission that ended in the death of the British aid worker Linda Norgrove (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/linda-norgrove) can be revealed today, as a joint US-UK investigation into the incident gets underway. The Guardian has learned that a US special forces soldier who is believed to have accidentally killed Norgrove is likely to face disciplinary action after failing to inform his commanding officers that he had used a grenade until long after the event.
Sources in Kabul and London have confirmed that during the assault on the kidnappers' hideaway the hostage broke away from her captors and lay in a foetal position to avoid harm.
The soldier from the elite Seal Team Six special forces unite failed to see Norgrove and tossed his fragmentation grenade in, which exploded next to her.
a Downing Street source said. "They took another look at the video and immediately called us."
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/13/linda-norgrove-us-commando-disciplinary#history-link-box)
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/10/13/1286929357901/Linda-Norgrove-006.jpg
Linda Norgrove managed to break free from her captors, but tragically was not seen by her rescuers, according to Guardian sources
Startling details of the daring rescue mission that ended in the death of the British aid worker Linda Norgrove (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/linda-norgrove) can be revealed today, as a joint US-UK investigation into the incident gets underway. The Guardian has learned that a US special forces soldier who is believed to have accidentally killed Norgrove is likely to face disciplinary action after failing to inform his commanding officers that he had used a grenade until long after the event.
Sources in Kabul and London have confirmed that during the assault on the kidnappers' hideaway the hostage broke away from her captors and lay in a foetal position to avoid harm.
The soldier from the elite Seal Team Six special forces unite failed to see Norgrove and tossed his fragmentation grenade in, which exploded next to her.
a Downing Street source said. "They took another look at the video and immediately called us."