Rescued to Death - Part 2

The US will not be reviewing its operations to free US citizens held by militants following the deaths of an American and South African, the defence secretary, Chuck Hagel, has said.

The rescue operation by special forces was launched on Saturday after the US military concluded that American Luke Somers was in imminent danger.

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Somers’ family in the UK said on Monday he might still be alive had it not been for the rescue attempt. His stepmother, Penny Bearman, and half-sister Lucy Somers indicated they still had hope because previous threats to kill him had not been carried out

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A senior US administration official said intelligence experts had concluded, before the raid, that two hostages were being held side-by-side. “One was assessed to be Luke Somers,” the official told the Guardian. “We did not know who the second hostage was.”

  Guardian

There’s that crack intelligence we have going for us.

Locals in Yemen said 11 people had died in the raid, including a woman and a 10-year-old. The US said five militants had died, while others escaped.