U.S. Raid Rescues Pirate Hostages
When President Obama stepped into the House to give the State of the Union, he pointed to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and said, “Good job tonight.” The reason? American commandos had just dropped into Somalia by helicopter, killed nine pirates and captured several others, and freed two aid workers, including an American woman, who had been held captive for months. In a statement this morning Obama said he authorized the operation on Monday. “Thanks to the extraordinary courage and capabilities of our Special Operations forces, yesterday Jessica Buchanan was rescued and she is on her way home,” Obama said in the statement. Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted, a Dane, were kidnapped by two truckloads of gunmen in October on their way to the airport.
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