去年击毙本·拉登的美国精英特别行动小组成功营救了两名被索马里海盗绑架的西方援助工作者。为丹麦一个扫雷小组工作的杰西卡-布坎南和波尔-齐斯泰兹于10月被绑架。安全事务记者Frend Governor报道。
The US military and the White House are celebrating today’s rescue mission as an unqualified success. Swooping in under cover of darkness, an elite team of US Navy Seal commanders parachuted into a remote thorn scrub in northern Somalia and moved in on the pirate camp where two western aid workers were held prisoner. The American Jessica Buchanan and Poul Thisted from Denmark were kidnapped by gunmen three months ago. And fears were growing for their chances of survival. The nine pirates holding them, reportedly suffering from the after-effect of chewing the narcotic cut leaf the day before, were quickly overpowered in an exchange of fire. All nine were killed. Both hostages were released unharmed and none of the rescue team were injured.
美国军方和白宫庆祝今日的营救行动,称其为了不起的成功。在黑暗的掩护下,美国精英小组海军海豹突击队突降位于索马里北部的偏僻灌木丛中,然后迅速潜入监禁两名西方援助工作人员的海盗营地。三个月前,美国人杰西卡·布坎南和丹麦人波尔·齐斯泰兹遭遇海盗枪手的绑架,人们越来越担心他们能否生还。九名看守他们的海盗交火后很快被制服,据说海盗们前天咀嚼了具有催眠作用的草叶。九人全部被击毙。两名人质安全获救,营救队员无一人受伤。