slenderman Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in Africa today posted gruesome pictures of a man they said was a French commando killed in a failed operation to rescue a French intelligence agent overnight Friday. The pictures, released via Twitter by the Somalia-based terror group al-Shabaab, show a white male in a dark blue shirt and camouflage pants surrounded by military gear and weapons. The shirt is covered in blood and the man appears to be dead. As a caption for one photo that shows the man's crucifix necklace, al-Shabaab tweeted, "A return of the crusades, but the cross could not save him from the sword." In another tweet, al-Shabaab showed a picture of the man and addressed the French president directly: "Francois Hollande, was it worth it?" The raid was meant to free "Denis Allex," the pseudonym of an agent of the French foreign intelligence service DGSE who was kidnapped in Somalia in July 2009. Late Saturday, Hollande acknowledged that two French soldiers had been killed in the operation and that it was likely that Allex was executed by his captors. Hollande offered his condolences to the families of the dead but said the operation "confirms France's determination not to give in to the blackmail of terrorists." Today al-Shabaab put out a press release claiming it had killed "several" French commandoes, but that Allex was still alive. The group said it had "reached a verdict" on what to do with him and would announce it in coming hours. French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Saturday that the raiding party slipped secretly into the area but was met with "very strong resistance" on the ground and "very violent combat ensued." In addition to the French casualties, Le Drian said 17 terrorists were killed. President Obama revealed Sunday that U.S. military forces had been involved in the mission, providing "limited technical support." Obama was required to notify Congress of the action, since it amounted to a deployment of U.S. military personnel, and released the notification letter to the public. U.S. aircraft "briefly entered Somali airspace to support the rescue operation, if needed," but did not use their weapons, the letter said. Al-Shabaab formally allied itself with al Qaeda in February 2012, but that didn't stop African forces from handing the terror group a series of military defeats in Somalia, eventually pushing them out of all major urban areas in the East African nation. (source: http://news.yahoo.com - I own nothing, all rights go to yahoo.com.) Here's the topic's link if you guys want to read the comments on it, they really interested me. http://news.yahoo.co...topstories.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karthik Batman Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Damn.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 US army commandos would have done the job without any hitch. but Somalia and Al-Shabab are lawless and ruthless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader RedBaird Posted January 16, 2013 Leader Share Posted January 16, 2013 US army commandos would have done the job without any hitch. but Somalia and Al-Shabab are lawless and ruthless There can be no guarantees on any operation by any forces from any nation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackHammer Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 really? :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stabak Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 US army commandos would have done the job without any hitch. sure, and all other special forces from all over the world are nubish kindergarden units. maybe you should inform yourself better before you post something like this, my two cent on this. as redbairt said allready "There can be no guarantees on any operation by any forces from any nation." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slenderman Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 What really struck me was that we had US troops during the operation, and even if it was just 'limited technical support' I doubt that they didn't use weapons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karthik Batman Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 not to say american special forces would hv done the job perfectly...rmbr the battle for bakkara market,somalia (black hawk down), anything can go wrong...just sad for da troops tht lost their lives fr their county Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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