A U.S. and Yemeni special forces raid last week took hostages but not the hostages . Luke Somers is a photojournalist who was captured in September 2013 . Jordan Somers indirectly puts the question to al Qaeda militants in Yemen in a video message , in which he and his mother plead with them to let American Luke Somers go . Special forces conducted the raid , when AQAP militants were seen transferring hostages . The militants had split the hostages into two groups two days before the raid .
A U.S. and Yemeni special forces raid last week took hostages but not the hostages . Luke Somers is a photojournalist who was captured in September 2013 . Special forces conducted the raid , when AQAP militants were seen transferring hostages . The militants had split the hostages into two groups two days before the raid .