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DARING RESCUE ATTEMPTS

Added on: 17th Feb 2015

 

WORLD WAR II’S GREAT RAID

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Known as the most epic and complex mission of World War II, the

Great Raid happened in January 1945 when 121 volunteer U.S.

Army Rangers set out on a rescue mission to save more than 500

allied prisoners of war who survived the Bataan Death March.

The assault lasted for 30 minutes and freed hundreds of soldiers.

 

 

THE RESCUE OF SHIRAN FRANCO

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During an earthquake that struck northwest Turkey in 1999, an

Israeli delegation was sent to assist in the rescue of civilians trapped

under rubble. Among the rescued was the nine-year-old Israeli

citizen Shiran Franco who, along with her family, was trapped for a

total of 96 hours. When found, Shiran was severely dehydrated but

miraculously survived. In total, there were 12 survivors

and 140 recovered bodies.

 

 

OPERATION BARRAS

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Operation Barras took place in 2000, when African rebels known as

the West Side Boys took 11 British soldiers and a local Sierra Leone

liaison officer hostage. Five of these soldiers were rescued via

negotiations however, the remaining seven where rescued using

Special Air Service (SAS) and Special Boat Service (SBS).

The mission ended with one rescuer dead and 12 wounded with one

of the wounded in serious condition. Nevertheless, 25 of the rebel

forces were killed and 18 (including their leader ‘Brigadier’

Foday Kallay) were captured.

 

 

MOSCOW THEATER HOSTAGE RESCUE

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On October 23, 2002 40-50 armed Chechen rebel fighters allied to

the Islamist militant separatists movement in Chechnya took over

the Dubrovka Theatre. Led by Movsar Barayev, the rebels held

850 hostages and demanded the withdrawal of the Russian forces

from Chechnya. The rescue operation was executed by Russian

Spetsnaz forces who fed an unknown chemical agent into the theatre’s

ventilation system before storming in. This agent however adversely

affected and killed 130 of the hostages. Nevertheless,

all 40 of the rebels were killed.

 

 

BESLAN SCHOOL HOSTAGE RESCUE

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On September 1, 2004 at School Number One (SNO) in Beslan,

1,100 people were taken hostages by the Riyadus-Salikhin

Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of Chechen Martyrs Group.

Russian security forces stormed the building using tanks and thermobaric

rockets. This rescue operation turned out to be bloody as more than

330 people were killed, about half of them children.

 

 

RESCUE OF DR. DILIP JOSEPH OF COLORADO SPRINGS

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In 2012, the U.S. special operations team known as SEAL Team Six

set out on a mission to rescue Dr. Dilip Joseph of Colorado Springs.

The doctor was kidnapped by the Taliban outside Kabul, Afghanistan

and was not freed until December 2012. Unfortunately, this

mission left one SEAL dead.

 

 

RESCUE OF JESSICA BUCHANAN AND POUL HAGEN THISTED

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U.S. Special Forces SEAL Team Six flew to Somalia to rescue

Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted who were taken hostage

by pirates. The rescue operation freed both hostages unharmed and

killed all nine of the Somali pirates.

 

 

NIGERIA RESCUE MISSION

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The SBS Team, 12 Royal Marines, and Nigerian Forces set out on a

daring mission in Nigeria to rescue Briton Chris McManus and his Italian

colleague Franco Lamotianara from the hands of Al Qaeda. The lives of

the two hostages were considered to be in mortal danger, so the three

teams had no choice but to launch their daring raid. The troops stormed

the compound but sadly the terrorists had already executed the

innocent captives before they could be freed.

 

 

FRANCE HOSTAGE RESCUE MISSION

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This failed bid to free Denis Allex, a French hostage in south

Somalia from Islamists left two French soldiers and 17 terrorists

killed on January 2013. The operation was launched by the DGSE

secret service of France and was sparked by the “intransigence” of the

Islam terrorists who refused to negotiate. The soldiers were

praised for their remarkable work.

 


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