Thursday, April 23, 2015

US admits two hostages killed in al-Qaeda raid

Adam Winters

A counterterrorism operation was put into action in January of this year.  In the raid, two hostages were killed that have been in captivity since the years of 2011 and 2012.  The names of the hostages were Warren Weinstein, an American, and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian.  President Obama was reported saying that the raid on the al Qaeda compound was not supposed to have any civilians in it and the deaths were caused by a CIA drone strike.  He takes full responsibility as commander and chief.  Besides the deaths of the two civilians, four members of al Qaeda were killed including a spokesmen and a leader of the organization.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/23/politics/white-house-hostages-killed/

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