Thursday, April 23, 2015 two U.S. Hostages were accidentally killed in a counter terrorism operation by a United States Drone, which were targeted for an Al Qaeda terrorist group compound. During a live conference, President Obama stated his sincere apologizes to the families of the hostages who were killed in the midst of this counter terrorism operation and that “he takes full responsibility” on the U.S. Government’s behalf. He also stated that Al Qaeda members were killed as well, but did not have any prior knowledge of there being any hostages held captive at the terrorist compound.
Hostages Warren Weinstein, who was an American USAID that helped Pakistani families was captured in 2011 and Giovanni Lo Porto was an Italian aid worker that had been held captive since 2012. Both were overseas so that their can help those less fortunate families in Pakistan also other parts around that region of were tons of Al Qaeda terrorist groups may be found. It’s being said that it was “Bad Intelligence” on the U.S Governments part because they had no reason to believe that there were any hostages being held captive.
Click the video below for more details and hear what President Barack Obama had to say about this tragic event.
Source: NYTimes
