Al Qaeda affiliate threatens to kill US hostage

An Al Qaeda affiliate in the Arabian Peninsula threatened to kill an American hostage in Yemen, in a video made public Wednesday.
The threat comes after the U.S. launched a rescue effort to free him last week. The U.S.-led operation was able to save other hostages, but Somers had been apparently moved from the target location at the time.
Luke Somers was captured in September 2013 in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. The 33-year-old was trying to make money doing freelance photography among other work before the capture.
Somers makes an appearance in the video explaining how his life is in danger and he asks for “something to be done.”
The affiliate group says Somers will meet his “inevitable fate” if the U.S. does not meet the group’s demands in the next three days.
An Al Qaeda official in the video warns Obama of “the consequences of proceeding ahead in any other foolish action.”