ລັດຖະມົນຕີປ້ອງກັນປະເທດສະຫະລັດທ່ານ Chuck Hagel
ໄດ້ຢືນຢັນວ່າ ນັກຂ່າວຊ່າງພາບອາເມຣິກັນ ທີ່ຖືກລັກພາໂຕ
ໄປ ຢູ່ໃນເຢເມນນັ້ນ ໄດ້ເສຍຊີວິດແລ້ວ.
ທ່ານ Hagel ກ່າວໃນວັນເສົາມື້ນີ້ວ່າ ທ່ານ Luke Somers
ແລະໂຕປະກັນ ທີ່ບໍ່ແມ່ນ ຄົນອາເມຣິກັນ ອີກຜູ້ນຶ່ງ ໄດ້ຖືກ
“ສັງຫານ” ໂດຍກຸ່ມກໍ່ການຮ້າຍ al-Qaida ໃນແຫລມອາຣາ
ເບຍຫຼື AQAP ທີ່ຈັບໂຕພວກເຂົາເຈົ້າໄວ້ ໃນຂະນະທີ່ໜ່ວຍ
ກ້າຕາຍ ຂອງສະຫະລັດ ພະຍາຍາມບຸກເຂົ້າໄປຊ່ວຍ ພວກ
ເຂົາ ເຈົ້າອອກມາ ໃນຕອນແລງວັນສຸກວານນີ້.
ຫົວໜ້າທຳນຽບຫ້າແຈ ກ່າວວ່າ ການປະຕິບັດງານເພື່ອບຸກເຂົ້າໄປປ່ອຍພວກ ກ່ຽວມີຂຶ້ນ
ເພາະມີ “ເຫດຜົນພຽງພໍທີ່ເຊື່ີອວ່າຊີວິດຂອງທ່ານ Somers ພວມ ຕົກຢູ່ໃນອັນຕະລາຍ
ທີ່ສຸດ.”
ທ່ານ Hagel ກ່າວວ່າ ພວກກໍ່ການຮ້າຍຫລາຍໆຄົນ ກໍໄດ້ຖືກຂ້າຕາຍໃນລະຫວ່າງການ
ປະຕິບັດງານກູ້ໄພຄັ້ງນີ້.
ລາຍງານ ທີ່ຂັດແຍ້ງກັນ ໄດ້ແຈ້ງໃຫ້ຊາບກ່ຽວກັບຊາຕາກຳຂອງທ່ານ Somers ແຕ່ທ່ານ Hagel ຊຶ່ງພວມຢູ່ໃນລະຫວ່າງຢ້ຽມຢາມອັຟການິສຖານແບບບໍ່ມີການ ປະກາດໃຫ້ຊາບ
ລ່ວງໜ້ານັ້ນ ໄດ້ຢືນຢັນ ກ່ຽວກັບການເສຍຊີວິດ ຂອງທ່ານ Somers.
ກະຊວງປ້ອງກັນປະເທດເຢເມນ ໄດ້ກ່າວຢູ່ໃນໜ້າເວັບໄຊຂອງຕົນ ໃນວັນເສົາມື້ນີ້ວ່າ
ທ່ານ Somers ໄດ້ຖືກປ່ອຍໂຕຈາກພວກທີ່ຈັບທ່ານໄວ້.
ໃນຕອນເຊົ້າວັນເສົາມື້ນີ້ ບັນດາເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ເຢເມນ ກ່າວວ່າ ເຮືອບິນທີ່ບໍ່ມີຄົນຂັບ ທີ່ສົງ
ໄສວ່າເປັນຂອງ ສະຫະລັດ ໄດ້ທຳການໂຈມຕີເປົ້າໝາຍໃນແຂວງ Shabwa ທາງພາກໃຕ້ຂອງປະເທດ ໂດຍໄດ້ສັງຫານພວກຫົວຮຸນແຮງ al-Qaida ເກົ້າຄົນ.
ຍັງບໍ່ເປັນທີແຈ້ງຂາວໃນທັນທີເທຶ່ອວ່າ ການໂຈມຕີນີ້ເປັນສ່ວນນຶ່ງຂອງການປະຕິ ບັດງານ
ກູ້ໄພ ເພື່ອຊ່ວຍທ່ານ Somers ຊຶ່ງເປັນຊາວອາເມິຣິກັນ ທີ່ໄດ້ຖືກລັກ ພາໂຕໄປໃນປີແລ້ວ
ນີ້ ຢູ່ນະຄອນ Sana’a ໂດຍກຸ່ມ AQAP.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has confirmed that a kidnapped American photojournalist in Yemen is dead.
Hagel said Saturday that Luke Somers and a non-U.S. hostage were "murdered" by their al-Qaida in the Arabia Peninsula captors during a rescue attempt by American commandos late Friday. The other hostage has now been identified as South African aid worker Pierre Korkie.
The Pentagon chief said the rescue attempt was made because there were "compelling reasons to believe Somers' life was in imminent danger."
Hagel says several terrorists were also killed during the rescue attempt.
Conflicting reports had emerged about Somers' fate, but Hagel, on an unannounced trip to Afghanistan, confirmed Somers' death.
Yemen's Defense Ministry had said on its website Saturday Somers had been freed from his captors.
Earlier Saturday, Yemeni officials said a suspected U.S. drone strike targeted an area in the southern Shabwa province, killing nine al-Qaida militants.
It was not immediately clear whether the strike was part of the American rescue for Somers who was kidnapped last year in Sana'a by AQAP.
U.S. officials have confirmed that American commandos failed to rescue Somers in Yemen recently because he was not at the targeted site.
The militant group AQAP released a video Thursday featuring Somers in which it said it would kill the 33-year-old photojournalist if the U.S. government did not meet its unspecified demands within three days. In the video, a man who said he is Somers said he is certain his life is in danger.
In the video, a militant warned the United States of what he called "any other foolish action," but it was not clear if that was a reference to the raid or to the ongoing U.S. drone strikes against AQAP.The strikes have targeted militants but also led to civilian casualties.
AQAP is one of the most active branches of al-Qaida, and militants have launched attacks from Yemen against the West, including the failed attempt to blow up a U.S.-bound aircraft in 2009.
Al-Qaida and its affiliates are believed to make tens of millions of dollars annually in ransom for hostages and have condemned the widely publicized hostage killings by its rival, the Islamic State.
