The following story has been published every news service. Let me give you just a few excerpts below:
U.S. Special Forces parachuted overnight into Somalia from fixed-wing planes, then advanced on foot to a compound holding two kidnapped international aid workers and freed them, U.S. officials said Wednesday. …
The Navy SEAL unit that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden last year in Pakistan participated in the mission, a U.S. official said, without specifying whether any of the same individuals were on both assaults. …
The special forces troops took fire as they fought their way into a compound where the hostages were held, the official said, adding the troops believed that the kidnappers were shooting. The official is not authorized to speak to the media and asked not to be named.
Nine gunmen were killed in the strike, Little said, adding that they had explosives nearby. There were no known survivors among the kidnappers, he added.
The American assault team did not suffer any casualties, the Pentagon said. …
Obama, who had given the go-ahead at 9 p.m. Monday, was updated on its progress throughout Tuesday, Carney said. …
The story is quite worth reading. However, Father Orthoduck finds himself thinking that he would not wish to ever get the President of the United States so angry that he would send out Seal Team Six against his person. Look at the story, they took fire and had no casualties and no wounded. I am glad they did not, as the Somali pirates are not “nice” people. But, uhm, Father Orthoduck is beginning to wonder whether the members of Team Six are fully human or whether they are today’s version of the Terminator?
Knowing a little about the training that SEAL team members go through, I’m pretty sure they are completely human, just humans who are in tip-top physical and mental shape.
Today’s version of King David’s Mighty Men?
On steroids! (Not literally.)
Compared to SEALs, the Terminator is a wimp…..