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BY BREANA JONES
ANCHOR LAUREN GORES
 
Navy Seal Team Six is back in the headlines after a daring rescue in Somalia. And now, two hostages, including an American woman, are safe. President Obama gave authorization for the rescue mission on Monday and it was executed Tuesday night.

CNN has more details.

“The Special operations team got in there, they found nine kidnappers with weapons with guns and explosives nearby, all nine of those kidnappers were killed.”

While U-S raids in the country are rare, the BBC News explains the situation was getting critical for hostages Jessica Buchanan and Dave Poul Thisted, who were kidnapped back in October.

“Danish Foreign Minister Villy Soevndal told Denmark's TV2 channel that one of the hostages ‘has a disease that was very serious and that had to be solved’. ... ‘They concluded they should go at this time. The president gave the go.’”

The mission was actually taking place during Tuesday’s State of the Union Address-- which explains a mysterious comment made by the president. Fox News explains--

“JENNIFER GRIFFIN- The president walked into the chamber and shook hands with Leon Panetta, the defense secretary … ” ...
PRESIDENT OBAMA- ‘Good job tonight, good job tonight.’ “

By the time the President hit the podium, the hostages were already safe in American hands but the mission wasn’t quite complete yet. After he left the chamber, the first thing President Obama did was make a phone call. MSNBC tells us who he called.

“He went into a private room there in the capitol and placed a phone call to Jessica Buchanan’s father to inform him that his daughter had been rescued. Now, neither one of the hostages was injured during that operation.”

Vice President Joe Biden praised the rescue team during a visit to NBC’s Today show Wednesday morning.

 
“It was, once again, a remarkable testament to the special operations forces. These guys are absolutely incredible.”

The White House released a statement early Wednesday morning warning the world that the US won’t tolerate the kidnapping of its citizens, something international observers are hoping rings loud and clear. But as The New York Times explains, there’s another American in danger in Somalia

“Several local leaders in Galkayo had just returned from trying to secure the release of another American, a freelance journalist who was kidnapped last week in Galkayo. He remains in captivity in Hobyo, a pirate den on the Somali coast, because the pirates holding him refuse to let him go without a hefty ransom.”

BBC reports the rescue is the highest profile US action in Somalia since it pulled its forces out of the country in 1994.

Politics News: U.S. Special Forces Rescue Hostages From Somalia

U.S. Special Forces Rescue Hostages From Somalia

January 25, 2012
(2:28)
An American woman is safe after a secret rescue mission executed in Somalia late Tuesday evening.
   
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