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Delta Force veteran claims Panama prison raid was compromised by intercepted call
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Delta Force Operation "Acid Gambit" Hostage Rescue of Kurt Muse*
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"Then what we discovered was mission had been compromised, and the reason got compromised. One was a Marine. He calls home, calls his mommy on landline. Hey, something bad's gonna happen tonight if I don't ever hear from you again. I love you. So that got intercepted by one of the neighboring countries, and they told Noriega. They got the word. They started showing up as security."
An unnamed former US special operations soldier tells Mike Ritland he served as the breacher during the Delta Force mission to extract American detainee Kurt Muse from Modelo Prison in Panama. He claims the operation was compromised after a Marine allegedly phoned home on a landline and the call was intercepted by a neighbouring country, which he says warned Manuel Noriega’s forces, prompting increased security around the prison.
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- Delta Force Operation "Acid Gambit" Hostage Rescue of Kurt Muse*
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