"The Somali government will assist in any way it can in the capture and the arrest of the kidnappers who murdered her husband and kept her hostage since September 2011, " he said, urging assistance from the international community in thwarting the extremism and piracy plaguing the Horn of Africa nation.

CNN: Somali pirates release British hostage

But we certainly were planning for the possibility, which we thought was going to be remote, given that he would likely resist arrest, but that we would be able to capture him.

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