What fantastic news, from AubreyJ at the Victory Caucus:
Elite Group of Native American Trackers To Hunt Bin LadenAn elite group of Native American trackers is joining the hunt for terrorists crossing Afghanistan's borders. The unit, the Shadow Wolves, was recruited from several tribes, including the Navajo, Sioux, Lakota and Apache.
It is being sent to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to pass on ancestral sign-reading skills to local border units... In recent years, members of the Shadow Wolves have mainly tracked smugglers along the US border with Mexico... But the Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan and the US military's failure to hunt down Osama bin Laden - still at large on his 50th birthday on Saturday - has prompted the Pentagon to requisition them...
Read the story at TheAustralian.News.com.auSome Background info:
The term "Native American" came into usage in the 1960s to denote American Indians and Alaskan Natives (Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts of Alaska). There are more than 554 Indian tribes and Alaska native groups, each with their own culture and history. They speak more than 250 languages. Native Americans have been an integral part of the Customs Service for more than a hundred years. Customs Native American trackers, known as "Shadow Wolf," are instrumental in tracking and apprehending smugglers and criminals in parts of the American Southwest that no one else can penetrate.Read more HERE
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In the past... as today... our Native Americans have done so much to help this great country of ours. I hope this story holds true.
Safe, fast, successful hunting I send out to the Shadow Wolves...AubreyJ.........
Yesterday Texas Fred reported on Billy Walkabout, native Cherokee and decorated soldier:
Billy Walkabout, a native Cherokee whose actions in Vietnam made him among most decorated soldiers of the war, died March 7 in Connecticut. He was 57. Walkabout received the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart, five Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars. He was believed to be the most decorated Native American soldier of the Vietnam War, according to U.S. Department of Defense reports.Full Story Here: Billy Walkabout, decorated American Indian veteran, dies at 57And a fine story of a brave man it is, rest in peace Soldier, you have earned it…
What a contribution to this great nation.
The reward is $25 million, and the answer is probably not since they are employed by the Department of Homeland Security.
Posted by: Stormwarning | March 12, 2007 at 11:44 AM
Fang, good question. My answer would probably be no, since they are working for the US government.
Posted by: Debbie | March 12, 2007 at 09:55 AM
Will they get the million $ reward if they find him?
Posted by: Fang | March 12, 2007 at 09:49 AM