A U.S. counterterrorism operation on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan in January killed two innocent hostages — an American and an Italian — according to information released by the White House on Thursday
Both men, American Warren Weinstein and Italian Giovanni Lo Porto, were working to provide aid to Pakistanis at the time of their separate abductions. Both had been held by Al-Qaeda for years.
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U.S. President Barack Obama offered his condolences to two men’s families, and said an investigation had been launched into the January operation. Obama noted that the service of Weinstein and Lo Porto stood in stark contrast to the Al-Qaeda militants who had “deprived these men of precious, irreplaceable years with friends and family who missed them terribly,” Read more…
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