US Military Launched Secret Operation To Rescue James Foley & Others Months Ago In Syria

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[QUOTE]U.S. special operations forces early this summer launched a secret, major rescue operation in Syria to save James Foley and a number of Americans held by the extremist group ISIS, but the mission failed because the hostages weren’t there, senior administration officials told ABC News today.
[URL="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/whitehouse/barack-obama.htm"]President Obama[/URL] authorized the “substantial and complex” rescue operation after the officials said a “broad collection of intelligence” led the U.S. to believe the hostages were being held in a specific location in the embattled Middle Eastern nation.
When “several dozen” U.S. special operation members landed in Syria, however, they were met with gunfire and “while on site, it became apparent the hostages were not there,” one of the officials said. The special operators engaged in a firefight in which ISIS suffered “a good number” casualties, the official said, while the American forces suffered only a single minor injury.
The American forces were able to get back on helicopters and escape.

“Intelligence is not a perfect science,” the senior official said. As to how the intelligence failed and why the hostages were not there, the official said, “The truth is, we don’t know. And that’s the truth. When we got there, they weren’t there. We don’t know why that is.”
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[url]http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/james-foley-us-military-launched-secret-rescue-operation/story?id=25060796[/url]

[Intenso]

At least there was an attempt to get them out. Really sucks that it didn't pan out... on the flip side, it's good we didn't lose anyone by trying.

[Nigademus]

I can't imagine how the men who went on that mission feel now.

[spaceghost]

wonder how many ISIS members they killed.

[pentium]

:/

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[QUOTE=SpaceGhost;45753748]wonder how many ISIS members they killed.[/QUOTE]

I hope lots.