PATIALA: Posting and reading comments loaded with pun on Facebook , two Punjabi youths , who returned from strife torn Iraq , had never dreamt of that the social networking site would one day help in their rescue.Two youth from Khatauli village of Patiala, who had returned yesterday from Karbala city of Iraq, said Facebook proved to their rescuer at a juncture when they were guessing about their fate while stranded in the Arab nation currently rattled with the armed insurgency of the militants of the Islamist State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). "We were working for a Turkish construction company and had internet facility in our apartments. As ISIS forces advanced towards Baghdad, the company staff fled on June 11. But the internet facility was still available. While surfing on Facebook one night, we spotted phone number of Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann who had appealed to all Punjabi youths stranded in Iraq to contact him," said Amarjit Singh who was among the five youths whose return was facilitated by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Mann."We contacted Bhagwant and urged him to help us. He asked us to send him copies of our passports to him, and subsequently arranged Rs 45,000 for each for us and sent us air tickets," said Amarjit, adding that around 230 youths from north Indian states were still stranded in Karbala most whom didn't have visas."Other youths are also contacting Bhagwant Mann after seeing his phone number on Facebook. Had it not been for him and Facebook, we would have been still stranded in Karbala," said another youth Rajinder Singh of Khatauli who returned home.Both Amarjit and Rajiinder said they had gone to Iraq in February and paid Rs 1.65 lakh each to a travel agent. "We were first made to stay in Dubai for few days, and then in Iraq without work. We had got only one salary during our stay in Iraq and the company fled without paying our dues for May. We were not in a position to ask money from our parents for tickets. Mann sent us tickets after we contacted him through Facebook," added Rajinder.