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The US military rescue mission for its airman in Iran unfolded with near-perfect precision. Under cover of darkness, commandos slipped deep into Iran, undetected, scaled a 7,000-foot ridge and pulled the stranded American weapons specialist to safety, moving him toward a secret rendezvous point before dawn on April 5.

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00:04Hello, I'm welcome.
00:07Are you ready?
00:09I'm gonna get started.
00:10He's ready.
00:10Hello, I'm ready.
00:11Hello, I'm ready.
00:13Hello, I'm ready.
00:17Inshallah, it will get started.
00:22Inshallah.
00:40This rescue operation reinforces a sacred principle – no one is left behind.
00:45This is a shared value demonstrated time and time again in the history of both our countries.
00:52As a nation that repeatedly carried out daring rescue operations, and as someone who was
00:58wounded in such a mission, and lost a brother in the Entebbe rescue, Israelis and I, we know
01:05what a bold decision you took.
01:08President Trump, Donald, my dear friend, once again, your decisive leadership brought another
01:15great victory to America.
01:17I salute you.
01:19We all do.
01:20I salute you.
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02:27rescue missions are fraught with the potential for disaster. And in this particular case,
02:34the United States was able to pull it off. And I'm thrilled for that. I guarantee you,
02:39for all the times that we've attempted to do this in the past, particularly in Vietnam,
02:44success rates are usually very, very low. But this is something we can celebrate.
02:49Well, it is extraordinarily complex. And even though the United States essentially has control
02:56of the airspace, you've got the Iranian military, particularly the fanatics in the IRGC,
03:05roaming around the ground looking for this gentleman. You also have some members of the
03:13Iranian civilian population looking for him. It's an electronic nightmare in the sense that
03:21he's got capabilities to communicate with the air crews that are looking for them. But at the same
03:27time, all it takes is for one person to spot him. And for some reason, he was able to stay
03:34hidden.
03:34It's worked out to his benefit and to the benefit of the United States and to the detriment of the
03:40Iranian military. He cannot panic under any circumstances. And he apparently did well.
03:47I've seen some reporting, of course, we'll get more, that he had to move to high ground and stay hidden
03:53and then maintain contact with those forces that were looking for him.
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