thedailywhat: Mission Accomplished of the Day: US Navy SEALs — members of the same unit that killed Osama bin Laden — were dropped into Somalia last night and successfully completed an operation to rescue two aid workers who have been held hostage since October. American Jessica Buchanan, 32, and Dane Poul Thisted, 60, are reportedly in “good condition” and on their way to be reunited with their families. The operation had been authorized by President Obama and carried out before yesterday’s State of the Union address. Just before the speech, the President greeted Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and congratulated him on a “good job.” “Thanks to the extraordinary courage and capabilities of our Special Operations Forces, yesterday Jessica Buchanan was rescued and she is on her way home,” Obama said in a statement released early this morning. “As Commander-in-Chief, I could not be prouder of the troops who carried out this mission, and the dedicated professionals who supported their efforts.” He went on to emphasize that the abduction of American citizens will not be tolerated, “and will spare no effort to secure the safety of our citizens and to bring their captors to justice.” There were no injuries among American service members participating in the mission, but all kidnappers were reportedly killed. According to the BBC, some 150 foreign hostages, the majority of them sailors, remain inside Somalia. [photo: thestar.]

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Mission Accomplished of the Day: US Navy SEALs — members of the same unit that killed Osama bin Laden — were dropped into Somalia last night and successfully completed an operation to rescue two aid workers who have been held hostage since October.

American Jessica Buchanan, 32, and Dane Poul Thisted, 60, are reportedly in “good condition” and on their way to be reunited with their families.

The operation had been authorized by President Obama and carried out before yesterday’s State of the Union address. Just before the speech, the President greeted Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and congratulated him on a “good job.”

“Thanks to the extraordinary courage and capabilities of our Special Operations Forces, yesterday Jessica Buchanan was rescued and she is on her way home,” Obama said in a statement released early this morning. “As Commander-in-Chief, I could not be prouder of the troops who carried out this mission, and the dedicated professionals who supported their efforts.”

He went on to emphasize that the abduction of American citizens will not be tolerated, “and will spare no effort to secure the safety of our citizens and to bring their captors to justice.”

There were no injuries among American service members participating in the mission, but all kidnappers were reportedly killed.

According to the BBC, some 150 foreign hostages, the majority of them sailors, remain inside Somalia.

[photo: thestar.]

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