Thursday, August 21, 2014

Pentagon: Disclosure of Foley Rescue Attempt 'Makes Our Job Harder'

 

U.S. Special Forces attempted to free James Foley, the American journalist beheaded by the Islamic State (ISIS), earlier this summer, but Foley and other American hostages thought to have been at the location inside Syria were not there.

Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby revealed Wednesday night that several dozen Special Forces members landed inside Syria at a location where intelligence had indicated the Americans were being held.

But The New York Times reported that some Defense officials were outraged that the mission had been revealed. One told the Times that the militants now knew the Americans’ desire and willingness to try to rescue the hostages. That would likely make any new missions very difficult.

The new details include things that ISIS is not likely to have known

More @ Newsmax

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