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2020-10-31 Africa Subsaharan

Seal Team Six Just Rescued an American Hostage

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Posted by Angeater Omick2705 2020-10-31 11:28|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa

#1 Left one abductor alive to tell the tale of how his bros were snuffed in less than a minute.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-10-31 12:40|| 2020-10-31 12:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Great news. Now how many more will there be before the election?

Posted by Clem 2020-10-31 12:43|| 2020-10-31 12:43|| Front Page Top

#3 From www.TheDrive.com

The raid included the extremely long-distance movement of forces via multiple C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft flights and the employment of a quartet of both CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotors and MC-130 special operations transports, the latter of which pushed through Rota, Spain, before continuing to their target. AC-130 gunships and a large contingent of aerial refueling tankers also supported this operation.

Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2020-10-31 13:06|| 2020-10-31 13:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Surviving kidnapper most likely captured by the team, may still be having uncontrollable bowel movements after the rescue.

Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2020-10-31 13:29|| 2020-10-31 13:29|| Front Page Top

#5 I see I'm not the only one who smiled at the All but One.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-10-31 13:47|| 2020-10-31 13:47|| Front Page Top

#6 And presumably not micromanaged from the White House.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-10-31 14:06|| 2020-10-31 14:06|| Front Page Top

#7 #3 When you care enough to send the very best...

on a side note -

Four Soviet diplomats were kidnapped in September 1985 by a fundamentalist group called the Islamic Liberation Organization. Russia quickly dispatched its Alpha group, tasked with counter-terrorism hostage-rescue operations, to Beirut. Once the team learned that Arkady Katkov, a consular attaché and one of the four hostages, was killed, they responded quickly by tracking down and locating one of the kidnappers’ leaders (or relative it’s not clear). In order to send a clear message to the terrorists, Alpha group members castrated the hostage, cut him down into pieces and sent him to the hostage takers. They also threatened to kill more of the kidnappers’ relatives if the Soviet diplomats were not free.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-10-31 15:24|| 2020-10-31 15:24|| Front Page Top

#8 ST6 still has some targets of opportunity in Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Philly, etc., etc.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-10-31 16:20|| 2020-10-31 16:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Aloha Snackbar!

Posted by Rex Mundi 2020-10-31 17:15|| 2020-10-31 17:15|| Front Page Top

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