Obama sorry for drone deaths of hostages
The US accidentally killed an American and an Italian hostage during a drone strike aimed at al-Qa'ida, President Barack Obama admitted yesterday.
The White House also said that it had killed two high-profile American members of al-Qa'ida, but that neither of the men had been deliberately targeted and US intelligence did not realise they would die in the strikes.
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