Another daring rescue by Navy Seals
President Barak Obama this week congratulated Navy Seals for their daring nighttime rescue of two hostages, American Jessica Buchanan and Danish Pole Thistedwere, held by Somali pirates since October 2011. At the time of kidnapping, they worked for the Danish Refugee Council. Jessica who is in her 30s started to show weakening health condition which prompted the rescue that was in planning for quite some time according to Vice President Joe Biden. According to sources, some overheard President, who uttered “Good job tonight, good job tonight” to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta before his State of the Union address. According to sources, all hostage takers were killed during the raid.
Navy Seals parachuted into the grounds where hostages were held and picked up by helicopters after the raid. Seals surprised hostage takers and there was an exchange of gunfire. Neither Seals nor hostages were injured.
President contacted Buchanan’s father immediately after the address to inform him of his daughter’s rescue, reports various news sources.
This is the second time in less than a year that the members of the same Navy Seals team were involved in a daring mission. Last year they killed Osama bin Laden in a more complicated mission deep inside Pakistan.
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Iranian nuclear scientist killed in Tehran bomb explosion
Professor working at key nuclear facility dead following series of attacks Iranian regime links to Israel and US An Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility has been killed in a bomb explosion, the latest in a series of assassinations and attempted killings linked by the country's authorities to a secret war by Israel and the US to stop the development of what Tehran …
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Market explosion kills 26 in Pakistan
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20 killed, 30 others wounded in bomb explosion in northwest Pakistan
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20 killed, 30 others wounded in bomb explosion in northwest Pakistan
20 killed, 30 others wounded in bomb explosion in northwest Pakistan
20 people killed and 30 others wounded in bomb explosion in a market in northwest Pakistan. Rain holds key to gram (chana) crop, while yellow peas could come under stress from February onwards due to a lower crop in Canada. “If there is no rainfallin the next week or so in growi…
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Eight injured in Peshawar blast
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War vet’s dance win gets accolades in high places
A war veteran who suffered severe burns in a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq won the admiration of US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Wednesday by dancing his way to victory in a TV show.
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Eleven wounded in Peshawar market bomb blast
Peshawar, Oct 27(ANI): At least eleven people have been wounded in a bomb explosion in a busy market in Pakistan’s Peshawar city, according to police.
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