Washington – Officials: Secret US Rescue Mission In Syria For Journalist Foley, Others Failed

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    FILE - Syrian armed men from the Katiba 'Allah Akbar' (the God is Geat batallion in Arabic), shoot at a Syrian army helicopter (not pictured) at a street of Salah Eddine neighbourhood, Aleppo, Syria,19 February 2013. EPAWashington – President Barack Obama sent U.S. troops to Syria earlier this summer to rescue a number of Americans held by a violent extremist group, including slain journalist James Foley, but did not find the hostages, senior Obama administration officials said Wednesday.

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    The officials said the rescue mission was authorized after intelligence agencies believed they had identified the location inside Syria where the hostages were being held. But the several dozen special operations troops who were dropped by aircraft into Syria did not find them engaged in a firefight with Islamic State militants before departing.

    The officials said a number of militants but no Americans were killed. One American sustained a minor injury when an aircraft was hit, according to the officials, who described the mission under ground rules that they not be identified. They did so one day after the militants released a video showing the beheading of Foley and threatening to kill a second hostage, Steven Sotloff, if U.S. airstrikes against the militants in Iraq continued.

    The officials would not say specifically when or where the operation took place, citing the need to protect operational details in order to preserve the ability to carry out future rescue missions.


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    9 years ago

    They should have hired the Israeli Sayeret Matkal.

    DanielBarbaz
    DanielBarbaz
    9 years ago

    The parallels between Jimmy Carter and Baraj Obama are frightening.
    Jimmy Carter allowed Islamists to take over Iran. Barak Obama has been doing next to nothing to stopping ISIS.

    Jimmy Carter attempt to rescue the American hostages in Iran was a dismal failure.
    Barak Obama’s attempt to rescue the hostages in Syria was a dismal failure.

    The world is still suffering from Carter’s failures. What is next? Chaval.