Al-Qaeda
has blamed US President Barack Obama for the deaths of two hostages –
an American photojournalist and a South African teacher – during a
failed rescue attempt by US troops over the weekend.
Luke
Somers and South African national Pierre Korkie were killed by their
captors on Saturday when US and Yemeni troops stormed an al-Qaeda base
in southwestern Yemen.
“Obama
made the wrong decision, and signed the death warrant for his American
compatriot [Somers]”, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) official
Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi said in the video released on Thursday.
The failed US raid came just a day before Korkie was due to be released under a deal with the kidnappers.
US
Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said there were “compelling reasons” to
believe Somers’ life was in danger before the rescue operation was
launched.
The
New York Times said Somers was shot by his captors as the joint raid by
US and Yemeni forces unfolded and was badly wounded when the commandos
reached him. He died while being flown to a US naval base in the region,
the paper reported.
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