1. The stormy conditions made it impossible to mount a rescue. 2. Was a rescue mounted quickly enough? 3. A rescue is mounted. 4. So long as the government never has to mount a rescue, they have a point. 5. So mounting a rescue of the pinned-down Americans took time. 6. The rescue was mounted from a United States warship, the Kearsarge, which has been patrolling off the coast of Sierra Leone. 7. Police were unable to mount a rescue until Tuesday. 8. Local officials tried to negotiate with the kidnappers, but Dagudag said he decided to mount a rescue when the talks failed late Tuesday. 9. The Bank of England tried to mount a rescue but could not find a white knight who was willing to accept the risk of the outstanding contracts. |