Two hostages killed in failed U. S. rescue mission in Yemen
(AGI) Sanaa, Dec. 6 - Luke Somers, the American photojournalistkidnapped by al-Qaeda in Yemen in September 2013, was killed inan attempt by American forces to free him, reported sources ofthe Yemeni government. The rescue operation, in which at least10 al-Qaeda militants were reportedly killed, was conducted byan American paratrooper unit in the region of Wadi Abdan AlDaqqar, in southern Yemen. Eye-witnesses reported shooting inNusab, an al-Qaeda stronghold in the Arabian peninsula. Shortlybefore the raid, the Yemeni Ministry of Defence had announcedon its website that Somers had been freed while American media