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US special forces tried to rescue hostages earlier in 2014, officials say
Fox News ^ | August 20, 2014

Posted on 08/20/2014 3:45:09 PM PDT by McGruff

Senior Obama administration officials say the U.S. military launched a secret mission earlier this summer to rescue a number of Americans held captive by militants in Syria but failed to find them.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hostages; jamesfoley; johnbolton; journalistbeheading; specialops
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To: McGruff

Pure political announcement playing to a domestic audience. This should never have been revealed publicly.


21 posted on 08/20/2014 3:56:52 PM PDT by kabar
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To: lee martell

22 posted on 08/20/2014 3:57:15 PM PDT by McGruff (You can lead a human to knowledge but you can't make him think)
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To: dfwgator
In fact it was so secret, the guys on the mission didn't even know about it.

They AND Obama are just now finding out about it -- from CNN.
23 posted on 08/20/2014 3:57:18 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: McGruff

yeah that’s the ticket..... tried a rescue but couldn’t find them..... yeah that’s it couldn’t find them......


24 posted on 08/20/2014 3:58:48 PM PDT by Hogblog
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To: McGruff
There was no attempted rescue because no one knew where they were.
25 posted on 08/20/2014 4:01:26 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: McGruff

CNN back to Ferguson riots coverage.


26 posted on 08/20/2014 4:01:41 PM PDT by McGruff (You can lead a human to knowledge but you can't make him think)
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To: McGruff

Why is this word of this failed mission being leaked? Oh, that’s right, to EMBARRASS the United States. Thanks, Hussein.


27 posted on 08/20/2014 4:03:05 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: McGruff

U.S. military launched a secret mission earlier this summer to rescue a number of Americans held captive by militants in Syria but failed to find them. ==

Yeah, that inept US Military, ...

they failed.

I (bo) tried, but the military failed.


28 posted on 08/20/2014 4:04:01 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (/s /s /s /s /s, my replies are "liberally" sprinkled with them behind every word and letter.!)
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To: McGruff

Son TAY...


29 posted on 08/20/2014 4:05:10 PM PDT by njslim (T)
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To: Empireoftheatom48

30 posted on 08/20/2014 4:09:01 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: McGruff

Lookup SON TAY raid or Operation Ivory Coast

November 1970 Special Forces under Col Bull Simmons
hit a prison camp near Hanoi to free 61 POW

POW had been moved shortly before

Special Forces killed all NVA at camp along with couple
dozen unknown non NVA at nearby location called secondary school (Chinese or Russians????)


31 posted on 08/20/2014 4:09:35 PM PDT by njslim (T)
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To: McGruff
...and the information is being released because Obammy is such a great military leader and needs to announce it to the world

The Spec Ops guys and the remaining hostages take another one for the Marxist punk.

32 posted on 08/20/2014 4:10:34 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

One thing he can not say (with a straight face) is we do not negotiate with terrorists. He released 5 high value GITMO prisoners for a deserter.


33 posted on 08/20/2014 4:12:44 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Scrambler Bob

Isn’t revealing top secret plans(even after the fact) a crime?
What the hell??


34 posted on 08/20/2014 4:12:50 PM PDT by refermech
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To: McGruff; All

Be prepared for 2-1/2 more years of foreign policy failure after foreign policy failure after foreign policy failure. Couple that with “divide and govern” domestic policy, shows that “free” people are under attack from enemies, foreign and domestic.


35 posted on 08/20/2014 4:13:46 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
Now I'm really pissed off.

It seems that there are more Americans held by ISIS, some of whom ISIS claims are American Special Forces or ex Special Forces contractors

If that is the case, why did Obama not trade the 5 Gitmo big shots for them instead of for Bergdahl, a deserter and Jihadi collaborator.

36 posted on 08/20/2014 4:18:54 PM PDT by rdcbn
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To: PGalt

Yea...I really believe Clown Prince nobama THIS time. Why would anyone believe anything this chronic serial liar said about anything? It is so convenient that he is responsible for nothing and those around him are incompetent. Yea...right.


37 posted on 08/20/2014 4:20:31 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: rdcbn
If ISIS is JV what does that make Obama?
Rhetorical question only.
38 posted on 08/20/2014 4:24:20 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: hal ogen
Yea...I really believe Clown Prince nobama THIS time. Why would anyone believe anything this chronic serial liar said about anything?

Exactly. …chronic serial liar…BUMP!

39 posted on 08/20/2014 4:30:16 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
If ISIS is JV what does that make Obama?
Rhetorical question only.


A no show who threw the game and lost by default

40 posted on 08/20/2014 4:32:07 PM PDT by rdcbn
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