Breaking: 3 Hostages, 2 Americans, Killed In US Counterterrorism Operation

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Breaking: 3 Hostages, 2 Americans, Killed In US Counterterrorism Operation, Two American AQ Leaders Also Killed
They did jack to save Warren Weinstein, who has been held for years, with precious little word to his family, now he’s dead.
Via The Hill:

U.S. counterterrorism operations killed four innocent hostages — including three Americans — in two separate attacks this year, the White House said Thursday.
President Obama is expected to give a statement on the revelations at 10 a.m.
The four hostages had been held by al-Qaeda, the White House said, and the hostages were killed in attacks on the terrorist group.
“The operation targeted an al-Qa’ida-associated compound, where we had no reason to believe either hostage was present, located in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement.
“No words can fully express our regret over this terrible tragedy.”
The White House added that the military killed two other Americans who worked with al-Qaeda: Ahmed Farouq and Adam Gadahn.
Farouq, an al-Qaeda leader, died in the same operation where the two hostages were killed. Gadahn, who went by the nickname, “Azzam the American,” served as a spokesman for the group.
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These attacks happened months ago. No word on why they are just announcing it now on today when there is no other news happening…

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Al Qaeda Hostage’s Family Paid $250,000 For Release, Obama Regime Didn’t Tell Them He’d Been Killed In January So They Continued To Negotiate
I didn’t think this regime could sink any lower than they already have, but why they kept the family in the dark is beyond me. Even if there was something classified, why couldn’t you just say you know he was dead? And didn’t they know the family was negotiating?
Via NY Post:

The al Qaeda captors of now-slain hostage Warren Weinstein pocketed $250,000 in ransom money from his family in 2012, before reneging on the secret deal, according to a Pakistani intermediary.
The captors even continued to negotiate with the intermediary for weeks after the 73-year-old American aid worker was accidentally killed in a US drone strike in January.
After that strike, the kidnappers spoke of handing Weinstein over to ISIS, never hinting he was dead, according to the intermediary, who spoke directly with the terrorists.
The ransom money — in $100 bills — had been handed over to kidnappers in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan about a year after his capture.
“The money was delivered, but he [Weinstein] didn’t show up,” the intermediary said.
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