Their mission was to look for any opportunity to bring Kiwi Nurse Louisa Akavi home safely after years in Isis captivity. There had been a failed attempt to rescue Akavi and other Western hostages in 2014 by US Navy seals; another unsuccessful attempt could sign her death warrant. STUFF How Kiwi nurse Louisa Akavi was held captive by Islamic State since 2013 and why New Zealanders didn’t learn of her plight sooner. GETTY There was a failed attempt to rescue Louisa Akavi and other Western hostages in 2014But that changed later that year. Former foreign minister Gerry Brownlee insists they never stopped looking for any opening to rescue Akavi.

Source: Stuff April 14, 2019 21:20 UTC