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Thursday, October 22, 2015
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
70 IS hostages freed in raid, Pentagon confirms
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA US-backed rescue operation has freed 70 hostages from an Islamic State prison in Iraq and captured five militants, the Pentagon says, confirming that a US servicemember was killed.
“This operation was deliberately planned and launched after receiving information that the hostages faced imminent mass execution. It was authorized consistent with our counter-ISIL effort to train, advise, and assist Iraqi forces,” Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook says, using an alternate acronym for Islamic State.
— AFP
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