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Along the Volta, African Commandos Train to Battle Terrorists by Land and Sea | Along the Volta, African Commandos Train to Battle Terrorists by Land and Sea |
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SOGAKOPE, Ghana — Troops clad in black jumped out of motorboats near a riverside resort and made their way along a wood-slat fence to their objective: a building where terrorists had seized a high-level government official. | SOGAKOPE, Ghana — Troops clad in black jumped out of motorboats near a riverside resort and made their way along a wood-slat fence to their objective: a building where terrorists had seized a high-level government official. |
Shots rang out and the troops returned fire. They soon emerged from the one-story structure with the freed hostage, who was wearing a bloodstained white robe. An ambulance drove up, and the man was strapped to a gurney and taken away. | Shots rang out and the troops returned fire. They soon emerged from the one-story structure with the freed hostage, who was wearing a bloodstained white robe. An ambulance drove up, and the man was strapped to a gurney and taken away. |
The scene along the Volta River in Ghana ended in success for the military forces. But on this day, the shots that were fired were blanks, the hostage was pretend and the rescuers, 31 soldiers and sailors, soon lined up for applause from a U.S. Navy admiral and a coterie of commandos from more than a dozen nations as the largest annual special operations exercise in Africa came to an end. | The scene along the Volta River in Ghana ended in success for the military forces. But on this day, the shots that were fired were blanks, the hostage was pretend and the rescuers, 31 soldiers and sailors, soon lined up for applause from a U.S. Navy admiral and a coterie of commandos from more than a dozen nations as the largest annual special operations exercise in Africa came to an end. |