Foley: Secret US Raid Failed to Free Journalist

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <section class="story__media" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="module module--primary" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; width: 660px;"> <div class="module video" data-format-high="http://video.news.sky.com/video/h264/vod/700/2014/08/210814FoleyHtp051408594416129700.mp4" data-format-low="http://video.news.sky.com/video/h264/vod/374/2014/08/210814FoleyHtp051408594416129374.mp4" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; width: 660px;"> <div class="video__placeholder-wrapper js-video" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 371px; position: relative; width: 660px;"> <div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--16x9" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 371px; position: relative;"> <img alt="" class="image__item video__teaser-image js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="144x81 362x204 762x428 942x530" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/20/330673/default/v2/foley-close-grab-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/20/330673/default/v2/foley-close-grab-1-942x530.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); 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padding: 10px 8px; width: 660px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="video__type" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Video:</span> <span class="video__teaser" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Special Forces Tried To Free Foley</span></span></span><span class="video__caption" id="video__caption-1322233" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; min-height: 40px; padding: 10px 8px; width: 660px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.5rem;">Delta Force commandos were dropped by air into Syria and fought with militants, but the hostages had already been moved.</span></span></div> </div> </section><br /> <div class="story__content-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <div class="share" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto 4px; max-width: 540px; width: 540px;"> <ul class="share__list" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By Sky News US Team</span></div> <div class="story__intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">US special forces were sent to Syria this summer in an attempt to rescue US hostages, including journalist James Foley, but the secret raid failed.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Administration officials said the team found, after a fight with Islamist militants, that the hostages had already been moved.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">News of the raid followed the release of a gruesome propaganda video by Islamic State (IS) militants that showed <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://news.sky.com/story/1321581/is-beheads-us-journalist-james-foley-in-video" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(203, 203, 203); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Mr Foley being beheaded</a></span>.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The rescue mission was authorised after intelligence agencies believed they had identified the location inside Syria where the hostages were being held.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Officials had also become convinced that "these hostages were in danger with each passing day", Lisa Monaco, Mr Obama's senior counterterrorism adviser, said in a statement.</span></div> <div class="image image--inline" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative;"> <img alt="" class="image__item js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/20/330668/default/v2/facebook-profile-pic-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/20/330668/default/v2/facebook-profile-pic-1-91x68.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> <div class="image__caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; min-height: 40px; padding: 10px 8px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Militants have also threatened to kill Steven Sotloff</span></div> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"The US government had what we believed was sufficient intelligence, and when the opportunity presented itself, the President authorised the Department of Defense to move aggressively to recover our citizens," Ms Monaco said.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Unfortunately, that mission was ultimately not successful because the hostages were not present."</span></div> <div class="module module--inline video" data-format-high="http://video.news.sky.com/video/h264/vod/700/2014/08/200814FOLEYOBAMASTATEMENT1408558440060700.mp4" data-format-low="http://video.news.sky.com/video/h264/vod/374/2014/08/200814FOLEYOBAMASTATEMENT1408558440060374.mp4" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Several dozen special operations forces were dropped by aircraft into Syria and engaged in a fight with members of the Sunni militant group.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As they fought their way toward the spot where the hostages were believed to be kept, the US forces realised there were no captives to rescue.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Several militants were killed in the gunfight, administration officials said. No Americans died but an aircraft came under fire and one American sustained a minor injury.</span></div> <div class="module module--inline video" data-format-high="http://video.news.sky.com/video/h264/vod/700/2014/08/200814FOLEYFAMILYFULLSTATEMENT1408559018356700.mp4" data-format-low="http://video.news.sky.com/video/h264/vod/374/2014/08/200814FOLEYFAMILYFULLSTATEMENT1408559018356374.mp4" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; width: 540px;"> <div class="video__placeholder-wrapper js-video" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 303px; position: relative; width: 540px;"> <div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--16x9" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 303px; position: relative;"> <img alt="" class="image__item video__teaser-image js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="144x81 362x204 762x428 942x530" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/20/330645/default/v5/john-and-diane-foley-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/20/330645/default/v5/john-and-diane-foley-1-144x81.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 303px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> </div> <button aria-labelledby="video__caption-1322127" class="video__play--icon" style="background-image: url(http://news.sky.com/images/ffa94923.play-icon.png); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: contain; border: none; bottom: 8px; cursor: pointer; height: 46px; left: 7px; margin: 0px; position: absolute; width: 46px;"><span class="video__play-a11y" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); display: inline-block; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; text-align: left; width: 1px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Play video</span></span></span></button></div> <span class="video__caption" id="video__caption-1322127" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; min-height: 40px; padding: 10px 8px; width: 540px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="video__type" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Video:</span> <span class="video__teaser" style="box-sizing: border-box;">James Foley's Parents Pay Tribute</span></span></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The New York Times said the raid targeted an oil refinery in northern Syria and was carried out by two dozen Delta Force commandos.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The newspaper quoted a Defense Department official as saying missing the hostages may have been "a matter of hours, perhaps a day or two".</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">News of the beheading of Mr Foley, a 40-year-old American, shocked the public opinion. 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Caitlin Hayden, spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council, said the administration never intended to disclose the mission but was forced to do so because a number of media outlets were preparing to report on it.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said: "As we have said repeatedly, the United States government is committed to the safety and well-being of its citizens, particularly those suffering in captivity.</span></div> <div class="module gallery gallery--4x3" style="-webkit-transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 540px;"> <div aria-hidden="true" class="gallery__position" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 10px; padding: 405px 10px 0px 0px; position: absolute; text-align: left; top: 0px; width: 540px; z-index: 99;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="js-gallery-current" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1</span>/<span class="js-gallery-total" style="box-sizing: border-box;">5</span></span></div> <div class="gallery__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 54000px;"> <ol aria-labelledby="gallery__teaser--1321591" class="gallery__list" style="box-sizing: border-box; left: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 54000px;"> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--first" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 540px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 540px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 405px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 540px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/19/330462/default/v2/jf0041-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/19/330462/default/v2/jf0041-1-300x225.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 3.75rem 15px 8px;"> <div class="gallery__teaser" id="gallery__teaser--1321591" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="gallery__module-type" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Gallery:</span> Images Of US Journalist James Foley</span></div> <div class="gallery__caption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 100ms; box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 1.125rem; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 100ms; width: 472px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">James Foley in Syria, 2012. Pic: Manu Brabo</span></div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 540px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 540px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 405px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 540px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/19/330459/default/v2/jamesfoley-0712-011-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/19/330459/default/v2/jamesfoley-0712-011-1-300x225.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 3.75rem 15px 8px;"> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 540px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 540px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 405px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 540px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/19/330460/default/v2/jamesfoley-0812-011-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/19/330460/default/v2/jamesfoley-0812-011-1-300x225.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 3.75rem 15px 8px;"> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 540px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 540px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 405px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 540px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/19/330461/default/v2/img-91001-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/19/330461/default/v2/img-91001-1-300x225.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 3.75rem 15px 8px;"> </div> </li> <li class="gallery__item gallery__item--last" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 540px;"><div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 540px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 405px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 540px;"> <img alt="" class="image__item gallery__image " data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="300x225 480x360 800x600 960x720 1024x768 1600x1200" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/19/330463/default/v2/jf0011-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/19/330463/default/v2/jf0011-1-300x225.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> </div> <div class="gallery__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.688rem; padding: 10px 3.75rem 15px 8px;"> </div> </li> </ol> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" class="gallery__control-container" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 405px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 540px; z-index: 100;"> <div class="gallery__area gallery__area--left" data-direction="left" style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; height: 405px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 270px;"> <button class="gallery__control gallery__control--left" data-direction="left" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in; background-position: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 35px; border-bottom-right-radius: 35px; border-top-left-radius: 35px; border-top-right-radius: 35px; border: none; clip: rect(0px 70px 70px 35px); cursor: pointer; height: 70px; left: -35px; margin: -35px 0px 0px; opacity: 1; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; position: absolute; speak: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit; text-indent: 42px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px; top: 50%; transition: all 0.2s ease-in; vertical-align: middle; width: 70px;"></button></div> <div class="gallery__area gallery__area--right" data-direction="right" style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; height: 405px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 270px;"> <button class="gallery__control gallery__control--right" data-direction="right" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in; background-position: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 35px; border-bottom-right-radius: 35px; border-top-left-radius: 35px; border-top-right-radius: 35px; border: none; clip: rect(0px 35px 70px 0px); cursor: pointer; height: 70px; margin: -35px 0px 0px; opacity: 1; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; position: absolute; right: -35px; speak: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit; text-indent: 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px; top: 50%; transition: all 0.2s ease-in; vertical-align: middle; width: 70px;"></button></div> </div> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"In this case, we put the best of the United States military in harm's way to try and bring our citizens home."</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">IS, an offshoot of al Qaeda that operates in Syria and Iraq, has warned that another captured American, Steven Sotloff, would also be killed unless the US called off airstrikes in Iraq.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">James Foley's younger brother Michael has criticised the US government, saying he thought it could have done more to save Mr Foley.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said, as a result, it needed to do more to free Mr Sotloff.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The US officials have not specified how many Americans are believed to be held captive.</span></div> </section></div> </div>

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