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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:07 AM Apr 2015

US drone strike killed American and Italian citizens held captive by al-Qaida

A US counter-terrorism operation in January killed two hostages, one American and one Italian, held by al-Qaida in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the White House announced on Thursday.

“Analysis of all available information has led the intelligence community to judge with high confidence that the operation accidentally killed both hostages,” Obama’s press secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/23/us-drone-strike-killed-american-italian-al-qaida

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US drone strike killed American and Italian citizens held captive by al-Qaida (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 OP

Is that the same or a different American hostage that the Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #1

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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1. Is that the same or a different American hostage that the

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:09 AM

Apr 2015

terrorist group said was killed by a strike, while everyone in the West said the hostage was murdered by the terrorists and that they were lying?

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