![]() ![]() People involved with the hostages had said earlier this month Buchanan was suffering from a possible kidney infection. raid was unlikely to deter pirates who rake in tens of millions of dollars each year in ransoms.ĭanish Foreign Minister Villy Sovndal earlier said the poor health of one hostage had led Washington to take action and said the rescue operation did not necessarily pave the way for further copycat missions. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. and French forces have intervened to rescue pirate hostages at sea, but attacks on pirate bases are very rare. The kidnapping of the aid workers in Galkayo was an unusual case of a pirate gang being behind a seizure on land. Somali pirate gangs typically seize ships in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden and hold the crews until they receive a ransom. military base in Africa and France’s largest base on the continent. ![]() Media reports said they had been flown to neighboring Djibouti, home to the only U.S. The Danish Refugee Council said Buchanan and Thisted were now at a safe location. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta confirmed no American soldiers were killed in the operation. “All nine captors were killed during the assault,” it said. Military helicopters ferried elite troops to the pirate camp in scrubland close to Haradheere, a major pirate base in central Somalia, Washington’s Germany-based Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a statement. President Barack Obama said in a statement. “This is yet another message to the world that the United States of America will stand strongly against any threats to our people,” U.S. ![]()
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