U.S. Saw Little to Lose in Yemen Rescue Attempt as Execution Neared -- Bloomberg Businessweek
The death of two hostages during a rescue attempt in Yemen shows how little room there is for bad intelligence or bad luck when U.S. forces go into action on such high-risk missions.
Faulty intelligence doomed a raid in Syria earlier this year to rescue American journalist James Foley, who wasn’t where he was thought to be and was subsequently beheaded in August by Islamic State militants. British aid worker Linda Norgrove was accidentally killed by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in October 2010, though the team’s initial report blamed her captors for the grenade that caused her death.
And a barking dog, by official accounts, alerted al-Qaeda fighters of approaching U.S. Special Operations forces seeking to rescue American photojournalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie.
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More News On The U.S. Failure To Rescue Two Hostages Held By Al Qaeda In Yemen
At least 13 killed in failed U.S. bid to rescue hostages in Yemen -- Reuters
How Navy SEALs Tried Rescuing al Qaeda Hostage Luke Somers -- ABC News
US Navy SEALs ‘destroyed everything’ with failed attempt to rescue Al-Qaeda hostages just a day before they were due to be released -- Daily Mail
Yemen raid: US 'unaware' hostage Korkie was with Somers -- BBC
US defends failed Yemen rescue operation -- Daily Star/AFP
Obama says Luke Somers faced ‘imminent danger -- Irish Times
Analysts: Failed rescue try was right call -- Boston Herald
US Commandos ‘Lost the Element of Surprise’ in Yemen Raid -- Gordon Lubold, Defense One
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