How can a team of seals rescue someone?
Posted on 10/31/2020 6:50:32 AM PDT by Moonman62
An American hostage has been rescued in West Africa by SEAL Team 6 in a daring raid, Fox News has learned.
The elite SEAL Team 6 staged a daring raid in the West African country of Nigeria, rescuing Philip Walton, 27, who had been taken hostage, officials told Fox News.
“We had to get him before any potential trade or sale,” one U.S. official said.
President Donald Trump tweeted out a show of support, calling the operation a "big win" for the elite force, and promised further details.
Walton was kidnapped in Niger, which borders Nigeria, earlier this week. The hostage rescue took place in northern Nigeria earlier today.
The SEALs rescued Walton after killing a number of his captors. SEAL Team 6 was chosen for the operation because they are responsible for West Africa, Fox News has learned.
“U.S. forces conducted a hostage rescue operation during the early hours of 31 October in Northern Nigeria to recover an American citizen held hostage by a group of armed men," Jonathan Hoffman, chief Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement.
"This American citizen is safe and is now in the care of the U.S. Department of State. No U.S military personnel were injured during the operation."
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“A number of his captors were killed.”
The BLMers are gonna riot tonight in Portland.
Just goes to show Trump’s big balls. 3 days before the election,”If you’re ready go get ‘em boys.”
Nah....the SEALS would have shot the guns out of the kidnappers’ hands and taken everyone alive.
If this occurred under any of the last 4 presidential administrations this man would be a goner.
How disgustingly sad is that?
Trump 2020!
Probably a government asset.
It’s good to be a citizen of “Rome”
He’d have been valuable to Boko Haram or ISIS
Publicly beheaded for propaganda
OMG, why didn't they just shoot them in the legs?!/slowjoe
How can a team of seals rescue someone?
With the help of coyotes.
Haha! Post of the day!
PRAISE GOD!!
Great job!
Thank you President Trump and Secretary Pompeo and Seal Team 6.
Can’t think of a bunch of miscreants better to smoke or a better place to smoke them.
Junk like this is one of the reasons these people train.
Glad he is rescued but why was he in Nigeria raising camels and stuff? Why would anyone in their right mind take a family to that hell hole to raise camels?
He must be a bubble off.
Especially now that the rules of engagement have been changed by president Trump.
“I expect everything will be fine...”
Damn. You’re almost always wrong and now you had to go and say that.
Thanks a lot.
“Seal Team 6 has become the MSM generic term for special forces.”
Good. Attribute *everything* to Seal Team Six, no matter who does it, and don’t actually have a Seal Team Six.
No more helicopter “incidents”.
Yup- under obama/biden we saw video after video of Americans beheaded by terrorists....now we see Americans being rescued by Americans...
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