Posted on 12/04/2014 5:55:43 AM PST by blam
William Maclean, Reuters
December 4, 2014
Al Qaeda's Yemen branch published a video purporting to show an American hostage and threatened to kill him if unspecified demands were not met.
In the video, the man identified himself as Luke Somers and said he had been kidnapped well over a year ago. He was looking for "any help that can get me out of this situation".
Reuters was unable to confirm the authenticity of the video, which was posted on YouTube and social media late on Wednesday and carried by SITE, an organization that monitors militant statements.
The man in the video says he was born in the United Kingdom and holds American citizenship.
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(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Well the raid was not a total wash:
“In the assault on a cave in remote Hajr as-Say’ar district in the eastern province of Hadramout, Yemeni security forces rescued six Yemenis, a Saudi and an Ethiopian, and killed seven al Qaeda kidnappers, Yemeni officials have said.
The defense ministry’s 26sept.net website later quoted a soldier who had participated in the rescue as saying an American, a Briton and a South African held there had been moved elsewhere two days earlier.”
No doubt WH mussies tipped the hand ...
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates (UAE) police have arrested a woman suspected of killing of an American teacher found stabbed to death in a ladies' toilet at an Abu Dhabi shopping mall, police said on Thursday.
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I have long harbored this suspicion....
What should we expect being led by the enemy islamist in Chief.
Same with Extortion 17
I’m curious... There was a time when, if an American were being held hostage, it was an actual news story covered widely and there was usually an effort by the President and the US military to extricate the hostage.
My questions... How many American’s are currently being held hostage? And why is there no coverage of their circumstances? The only time we hear of these people is when their heads are lobbed off on some nasty propaganda tape. Prior to that we don’t even know they exist.
The Iranians released the hostages the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president.
Code Pink's Jodie Evans, far left, protests in Yemen with al Qaeda tied group al Karama, June 17, 2013. Photo via al Karama.
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