It was just after midnight on July 4 when at least two dozen U.S. Delta Force commandos arrived on heavily armed Black Hawk helicopters in Akrishi, a small town near the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa on the bank of the Euphrates River. Before they landed to search for American hostages including journalist James Foley, they destroyed a crucial target: anti-aircraft weapons at a jihadist base about 3 miles southeast of the city, a stronghold of Islamic State militants seeking to build a monolithic Islamic state. http://bit.ly/1mxS9mo http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
U.S. Hostage Rescuers Dropped From Night Sky, Syria Activist Says
It was just after midnight on July 4 when at least two dozen U.S. Delta Force commandos arrived on heavily armed Black Hawk helicopters in Akrishi, a small town near the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa on the bank of the Euphrates River. Before they landed to search for American hostages including journalist James Foley, they destroyed a crucial target: anti-aircraft weapons at a jihadist base about 3 miles southeast of the city, a stronghold of Islamic State militants seeking to build a monolithic Islamic state. http://bit.ly/1mxS9mo http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
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