French commando killed in Somalia hostage raid Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 2:15 pm, Saturday, January 12, 2013 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A raid to free a French intelligence agent held captive in Somalia for three years went horribly wrong, leaving 17 Islamists and at least one French commando dead in a mud-caked farming town deep in militant territory. The botched rescue in East Africa came the same day French airstrikes in the ... Read More