Blue Collar Muse

This is not my idea but it’s an idea I can get behind. Each Wednesday for some time now, Indian Chris over at Right-Wing & Right Minded has posted the story of one of our men or women in harm’s way. My understanding is that any willing blogger can post the story on their blog for the courtesy of a link back. That sounds like a sweet deal to me. Thanks Indian Chris for the great idea and the consistency to see it through!

This week’s Wednesday Hero is:

Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie

Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie
41 years old from Ann-Arbor, Michigan

Specialist Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie is a Iraqi American U.S. Army linguist soldier, from Ann-Arbor, Michigan who was kidnapped on October 23, 2006 in Baghdad and has not been seen since.

al-Taayie joined the Army in 2004 to help not only his country, the United States, but also his birthplace of Iraq and was deployed in 2005. On October 23, 2006 he was visiting his wife in the Karrada Shiite neighborhood in central Baghdad when he and his cousin were kidnapped by a group calling themselves Ahel al-Beit Brigades. His cousin was released shortly after. On November 2, 2006 al-Taayie’s uncle received a ransom demand of $250,000 for his return. Along with the ransom came a grainy video that showed a man beaten up who was identified as al-Taayie. No more has been heard.

For more information on Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie you can go here

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived - General George Patton

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. To find out more about Wednesday Hero, you can go here.

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