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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 6 Dec 2014

    UK-born US hostage Luke Somers dies after operation to rescue him from al-Qaeda captors, US officials tell US mediahttp://bbc.in/1vZTla0 

    1:39 AM - 6 Dec 2014
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      2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Profile: Luke Somers, UK-born US journalist killed in operation to rescue him from al-Qaeda http://bbc.in/1tWduJH pic.twitter.com/MviXk0yeMl

        39 replies 389 retweets 178 likes
      3. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Luke Somers was a "peace-loving person" who cared for people of Yemen & was much loved there, his stepmother sayshttp://bbc.in/1CQi4m0 

        19 replies 121 retweets 103 likes
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      2. Fuzzy‏ @fuzzyrants 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking you forgot the word "failed". After a failed operation to rescue him.

        2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Arnie  🇬🇧‏ @arnie61 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @fuzzyrants

        @fuzzyrants @BBCBreaking dont you just love smug fuckers !

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      4. Fuzzy‏ @fuzzyrants 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @arnie61

        @arnie61 @BBCBreaking I dunno if you're being sarcastic or not :p

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      1. Suné Kitshoff‏ @sunekitshoff 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews and South African hostage Pierre Korkie is killed.

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      2. THEY GO LOW WE GO #VoteBlueToSaveUSA‏ @whitebeardsBack 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @ReignOfApril #SAD but if ppl don't put themselves in #harmsway then they wont be harmed!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. April‏Verified account @ReignOfApril 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @whitebeardsBack

        Tell that to Black folks in America. RT “@whitebeardsBack: #SAD but if ppl don't put themselves in #harmsway then they wont be harmed!”

        3 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Allan‏ @AllanAkbarAllan 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @ReignOfApril

        @ReignOfApril @whitebeardsBack Black folk being enslaved by their own black folk still in Africa. Black folk shoot black folk daily.

        0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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      1. Signius‏ @SigniusNetworks 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Very sad, but the US have always been fucking woeful at any operations like this, no surprise they botched it

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      2. Julia Lloyd  🦌‏ @juliaannlloyd 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Oh no,that's very sad.The worst possible outcome.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Crystal‏ @Crystal_J143 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @juliaannlloyd

        @juliaannlloyd @BBCBreaking Extremely heartbreaking. Sending deepest condolences to his loved ones. 🙏

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Louise Gammage‏ @LouGammage 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking And what about #PierreKorkie ? #Biased and #Onesided reporting

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      1. Sir McYetiface‏ @yeti_McYetiface 6 Dec 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @ihatepundits another life gone because of religious fundamentals #sickening @cenkuygur @BenMank77 @jimmy_dore

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      1. StumpyGryphon‏ @harrisons13 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking should have used british sas, he'd be home for Christmas

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      1. Seekeroftruth101‏ @C_keroftruth101 6 Dec 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking At least,his body is recovered.With AQ,it wud had been dishonored.Blame AQ,NOT d rescue teams.

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      1. CAGE‏Verified account @UK_CAGE 6 Dec 2014
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        @BBCBreaking dies?

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      1. Evert Maris‏ @EvertdeBevert 14 Dec 2014
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        @BBCBreaking

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      1. A free Thinker‏ @JustDoIt2035 6 Dec 2014
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        @BBCBreaking Did he die of an illness or a bullet killed him? Too sad.

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