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Al-Qaeda Kills American Hostage Luke Somers During SEALs Raid On Yemen

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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2014 · People & Blogs

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How Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen has made al Qaeda stronger – and richer (reuters, Apr 8, 2016)
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Al Qaeda kills hostages during SEALs raid on Yemen, Hagel says  (CNN, Dec 6, 2014)
http://cnn.it/1vzjJHP

"Al Qaeda militants killed American hostage Luke Somers and a South African captive in Yemen during a raid conducted by U.S. forces to rescue Somers, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday. President Barack Obama ordered Friday's raid because "there were compelling reasons to believe Mr. Somers' life was in imminent danger," Hagel said. During the raid, the militants with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) also killed South African hostage Pierre Korkie, according to his employer, the relief group Gift of the Givers.

Korkie was to be released on Sunday, the group said in a statement. He and his wife Yolande had fallen into the hands of abductors in May of last year, but they subsequently let her go. On Friday, a team of local leaders was finalizing arrangements to reunite Pierre Korkie to his wife and children, the statement reads. Gift of the Givers recently told his wife that "the wait is almost over." "Three days ago we told her 'Pierre will be home for Christmas,'" the group said. "We certainly did not mean it in the manner it has unfolded."

The President condemned AQAP's killing of the two hostages and explained his decision to authorize the rescue attempt in a statement...."




British-born U.S. photojournalist is killed by his al-Qaeda captors during failed rescue attempt by American commandos in Yemen (dailymail, Dec 6, 2014)
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