Five days ago an American was kidnapped in Niger and taken to the neighboring country of Nigeria. Today U.S. special forces carried out a daring operation and successfully rescued him. Philip Walton, 27, was recovered by SEAL Team Six.
According to the Pentagon, the mission was undertaken by the elite commandos as part of a rescue operation before his abductors could get far after taking him captive in Niger on Oct. 26.
(Pentagon) Statement by Jonathan Hoffman, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs:
“U.S. forces conducted a hostage rescue operation during the early hours of 31 October in Northern Nigeria to recover an American citizen held hostage by a group of armed men. This American citizen is safe and is now in the care of the U.S. Department of State. No U.S military personnel were injured during the operation.
We appreciate the support of our international partners in conducting this operation.
The United States will continue to protect our people and our interests anywhere in the world.” (link)
We killed “all but one“… We can only imagine what keeping that one alive was for.
According to ABC News: “[…] Then the elite SEAL Team Six carried out a “precision” hostage rescue mission and killed all but one of the seven captors, according to officials with direct knowledge about the operation.”
“They were all dead before they knew what happened,” another counterterrorism source with knowledge told ABC News.”
White House – Statement From the President On Last Night’s Hostage Rescue
Last night, at my direction, the United States military conducted a successful operation to rescue an American hostage in Nigeria, kidnapped just 96 hours earlier. United States Special Forces executed a daring nighttime operation to rescue their fellow American with exceptional skill, precision, and bravery.
No United States Service Members were harmed. The former hostage is currently in good health and has been reunited with his family.
Securing the freedom of Americans held in captivity abroad has been a top national security priority of my Administration. Since the beginning of my Administration, we have rescued over 55 hostages and detainees in more than 24 countries. Today’s operation should serve as a stark warning to terrorists and criminal thugs who mistakenly believe they can kidnap Americans with impunity.
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Never would have happened under O’Bungler, nor under an O’Biden admin. Yet one more reason to vote TRUMP-2020.
When 6 of your gang are eliminated in seconds and you are captured. The first question posed is going to be who the heck are you working for? Then they are gonna take that muther out with a Ninja Hellfire missile as soon as they can. The boss of this group of gunman should be fleeing the country right about now if he’s got a lick of sense.
Sadly the “boss” in Nigeria is also a member of “the religion of peace” he is the president.
Then he is screwed come Wednesday morning!
Then he is screwed come Wednesday morning!
Then he is screwed come Wednesday morning!
So nice, say it thrice!
There is an ONGOING GENOCIDE being perpetrated in Nigeria on CHRISTIANS by MUSLIMS and the worlds LYING LEFTIST ENEMEDIA is completely ignoring it.
Muslims conducted a genocide against Christians in the Middle East under Barack Hussein Obama’s 8 disastrous years in the White House — and the rotten filthy MSM covered up his scurrilous record.
Who is Walton? When I lived overseas, I always understood that I lived outside the U.S. at my own peril. I am glad he is safe, but that operation had to cost a lot of money. Are we going to start saving all Americans who live outside the US who get in trouble?
This was a message to China!
Do you ever hear Chinese forces carrying out these operations?
When all the liberal celebrities move out of the country after POTUS wins re-election, are we gonna save them when they get kidnapped? We should make them denounce their citizenship when they leave, if they do. Maybe they’ll grow a little appreciation.
“When I lived overseas, I always understood that I lived outside the U.S. at my own peril.”
From various places:
“Mr [Phillip] Walton is reportedly a farmer who keeps camels, sheep and poultry and grows mangoes near the Niger-Nigeria border. He was kidnapped by six men armed with AK-47 assault rifles who arrived on motorcycles at his home in southern Niger’s Massalata village early on Tuesday, and later demanded money.”
“The hostage, 27-year-old Philip Walton, had been kidnapped in front of his family at his home in the village of Massalata in neighboring Niger on 26 October by armed gunmen, who intended to sell him to armed terrorist groups in the area.”
“The kidnappers demanded a $1 million USD ransom from Walton’s father.”
They spare one person so he can relate to everyone else how badass the Americans can be . We care about our own. You? Not so much!
He will probably be killed by his own people for being a wuss. These are not intelligent people. They are heartless drug pushers, murderers, and proselytizeRx for their so-called religion of peace. Yeah, right! Some religion. They belong in pieces.
Has STSix moved on to Portland? Kenosha? Philly? Just spitballin.
https://special-ops.org/rescue-of-philip-walton-seal-team-6-raid-nigeria/
Kill all but one Tango and squeeze that one for info. Use that to kill more Tangos. I like the way it works.
Please use a different picture.. The Special Ops guy doesn’t have a magazine in his weapon. That is a HUGE miss by whom ever put this out.
It really is night and day, from having a president that made excuses for people murdering Americans to a president killing the murderers of Americans.
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