Kayla Mueller was among hostages U.S. commandos tried to rescue

[JohnR! 5,495]

Contrary to popular belief, Obama tried to bring Kayla home...

http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-mueller-hostage-death-20150210-story.html#page=1

An attempt to rescue Kayla Mueller and other American hostages occurred in a July 4 raid previously disclosed by the Pentagon.

U.S. special forces commandos conducted a raid in the predawn hours on a prison in Islamic State's Syrian stronghold of Raqqah.

But the mission was unsuccessful because hostages -- which included Mueller as well as American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff -- had already been moved and weren't there at the time.

"We never stopped trying to get her," said a defense official, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly on the matter. "We never lost that focus."

President Obama confirmed for the first time Tuesday that Mueller was one of the hostages Delta Force commandos ‎attempted to rescue in a raid on an oil refinery facility in northern Syria in summer 2014. The two dozen commandos arrived a day or two after the hostages had been moved from the site, Obama said.

"I deployed an entire operation -- at significant risk -- to rescue not only her but the other individuals who had been held, and probably missed them by a day or two," Obama said during an interview with BuzzFeed News.

Obama said the U.S. has a commitment to devote "enormous" resources to free hostages anywhere in the world.‎

Relatives of Mueller, who was abducted while volunteering in Syria, announced Tuesday that they had received confirmation that she is dead.

Islamic State released a video last week claiming that Mueller, 26, was killed in an air attack by coalition forces against the militants in Syria.

U.S. intelligence officials believe that Mueller is dead but don't accept the militants' account of how she was killed, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in Washington on Tuesday.

There was no evidence civilians were in the area that was targeted by Jordan on Friday, Earnest said.

The Pentagon confirmed that Jordanian warplanes bombed a weapons storage facility Friday, but there was no indication that Mueller was there at the time, said Rear Adm. John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman.

“We do not know the circumstances surrounding her death,” he said. “U.S. intelligence had no evidence that there were any civilians at the location of this weapons storage facility that was struck by Jordanian F-16s.”

The building, a facility near the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqah, was hit Friday and at least twice before, he said.

Regardless of how Mueller died, he said, her Islamic State captors were to blame. “They are responsible for her safety and well-being,” Earnest said.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Outlaw rescues. They are mean, and nasty. Instead, trade five slimy terrorist bastards for one deserter named bergdahl.

[lostinblue 1,989]

COUNTER-TERRORISM officials believe an American aid worker kidnapped by Islamic State militants in August 2013 may have been married off to an ISIS commander during her captivity.

There were also sightings of Ms Mueller in the company of an ISIS commander who was under surveillance. He appeared to have custody over her, possibly as a result of forced marriage, another official told ABC. She had also been seen alone

http://www.news.com.au/technology/reports-us-aide-worker-kayla-jean-mueller-given-to-isis-commander/story-e6frfrnr-1227216043122

In other words another slave for the commander....White European women where highly prized over the last 1500 years of the Islamic slave trade. .. Still going strong today

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

So what? I think we all know ISIS aren't nice people.

What do you want, a medal for stating the obvious?

Edited February 12, 2015 by Hail Ming!

[lostinblue 1,989]

So what? I think we all know ISIS aren't nice people.

What do you want, a medal for stating the obvious?

The Kenyan really doesn't have a very good track record against the JV team does he?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I don't care to be honest. He's your president after all.

[lostinblue 1,989]

I don't care to be honest. He's your president after all.

He is the most interesting man in the world to you ..

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

He is the most interesting man in the world to you ..

According to you.

According to me, who is the only person who would know, he is not.

However I'm willing to believe that he's the most important person in your life, given how often you refer to him and because you insist on projecting that interest onto others.

[lostinblue 1,989]

According to you.

According to me, who is the only person who would know, he is not.

However I'm willing to believe that he's the most important person in your life, given how often you refer to him and because you insist on projecting that interest onto others.

I recognize how destructive he is to our country.

[JohnR! 5,495]

You still can't get over the fact the black president caught and killed bin Laden, eh?

The Kenyan really doesn't have a very good track record against the JV team does he?

In that case you need to take care with the central committee in your country.

In America he is doing a good job. The economy is bouncing back, jobs are back and his administration saw us through the recession.

You can't blame America for everything wrong that goes on in your country.

I recognize how destructive he is to our country.

[lostinblue 1,989]

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I recognize how destructive he is to our country.

But not the damage that Bush has done, eh?

What's a few million dead here or there?

This lady wouldn't have been out there if the boy president hadn't thrown his toys out of the pram.

[lostinblue 1,989]

But not the damage that Bush has done, eh?

What's a few million dead here or there?

This lady wouldn't have been out there if the boy president hadn't thrown his toys out of the pram.

She would not have been there is she was not a left wing fruit cake

[JohnR! 5,495]

Yes, it's all her fault.

She would not have been there is she was not a left wing fruit cake

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

That's on a par with the Saudi guy who said that women who drive are asking to be raped.