Recap On The U.S. Navy SEAL Rescue Of Kidnap Victims In Somalia

U.S. Hostage Jessica Buchanan Reunited With Husband And Dad After Dramatic Rescue In Somalia By Bin Laden Navy SEALs Team -- Daily Mail

* Jessica Buchanan, 32, was working for aid group clearing mines
* Fellow worker Poul Hagen Thisted, from Denmark, also freed
* Nine pirates killed and five captured in ferocious gun battle
* Navy SEAL Team Six parachuted in and launched raid in dead of night
* Obama congratulates soldiers and Leon Panetta on rescue operation
* School teachers describe Buchanan as 'very Christian' and 'committed'

Two hostages rescued by U.S. special forces in a daring raid on Somalia pirates earlier this week have been flown to Italy - with American citizen Jessica Buchanan finally reunited with her husband.

Ms Buchanan, 32, originally from Ohio, was flown to U.S. base Naval Air Station Sigonella along with Poul Hagen Thisted, 60, of Denmark, after their three-month hostage ordeal ended on Wednesday.

The aid worker was reunited with her husband Erik and father John - just one day after nine Somali pirates were killed and five captured by the SEALs unit responsible for killing Osama Bin Laden.

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More News On The Rescue Of Two Hostages by US Navy SEALs

U.S. Special Forces Free Hostages in Somalia in Pre-Dawn Raid -- Bloomberg Businessweek
US commando team that killed Bin Laden swoop on Somali pirates -- The Guardian
Navy SEALs rescue kidnapped aid workers Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted in Somalia -- Washington Post
Navy SEALs Rescue Hostages in Somalia -- Wall Street Journal
Somali Government Backs US Hostage Rescue -- Voice of America
Special-ops hostage rescue in Somalia shows shape of US campaign to come -- Washington Post/AP
SEALs and Delta the go-to US forces for rescuing American hostages overseas -- Washington Post/AP
Somalia hostage's husband cites 'three months of hell' -- USA Today
'It was three months of hell': U.S. hostage's husband kept quiet to protect her until dramatic rescue in Somalia by Navy SEALs -- Daily Mail
Jessica Buchanan's Husband Calls Kidnapping 'Three Months of Hell' -- ABC News
Rescued American's dad "proud" of the U.S. -- CBS
'I have great news for you': the moment Barack Obama told father of Somalia hostage she had been freed -- The Telegraph
Obama thought of daughters in Somalia raid planning -- AFP
As parent of 2 daughters, Obama sympathizes with father of American rescued from Somalia -- Washington Post/AP
Exclusive – Navy SEALs Rescue Made Obama Think of Own Daughters -- ABC News