Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Gulab returned to Afghanistan, but Universal's publicity department brought him back to America in August of last year on a five-month visa to join the press run-up to the film's December. I wanted to say I was sorry for all of it: the needless death, the loss. With the insurgents victory in that 20-year war secured this summer, Mr. Gulab, now a high-level commander, was sitting with me in Marjas government headquarters, a mess of a building the Americans had refurbished years ago. I told him that the fight for Marja had been important in the eyes of the United States, but that most people had heard only one version of the story of the battle. For those who may not be familiar with Mohammed Gulab: an Afghani goat herder, Gulab, took on the role of protector for a wounded Navy SEAL Luttrell against all odds. He is also actively involved in the tribal conflict resolutions. I put my life, my familys life and the lives of my tribesmen at risk, he says. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. He is a man who now seeks safe haven to avoid being sent back with his family by any government that would have the gall to put him in harms way.. And neither was I. I went home from Afghanistan in July 2010. How an Afghan and a Navy SEAL became "brothers" - CBS News But in the end, the Afghan says he spent most of his final month in America alone in a bedroom in California, and was unable to meet with Luttrell before abruptly being sent back to Afghanistan. Afghan who saved Navy SEAL seeks asylum in the U.S. Gulab and his family were eventually given refuge in the U.S., but according to Newsweek, Much has been made of the accuracy of Lone Survivor, which has been widely praised for its realism and even named , Gulab and the other villagers insist that they saved Luttrell, The men of Operation Red Wings continued to fight, but by the end of the hours-long gunfight over the rough terrain, Murphy, Axelson and Dietz were killed, but an estimated. Wildes stated: He is now out of Afghanistan, a refugee under international law. Who was the lone survivor who never saw Axelson again? It was very cold. Lone Survivor's Marcus Luttrell On What It's Like Making A Movie About
