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Coyotl

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1. Report: 7 hostages killed as Algerian forces launch new assault
Sat Jan 19, 2013, 11:17 AM
Jan 2013

Report: 7 hostages killed as Algerian forces launch new assault
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN 9:26 AM EST, Sat January 19, 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/19/world/africa/algeria-hostage-crisis/index.html


(CNN) -- Seven hostages and 11 militants were killed Saturday when the Algerian military launched an attack on a remote Algerian gas plant overrun by a terrorist group, according to state media.

The Algerian Radio report did not specify the nationalities of those killed.

The number of foreign hostages is still unknown four days into the crisis, which began when Islamist militants attacked the sprawling site Wednesday.

State media said Friday that 30 or more foreigners were unaccounted for.

Survivors who've made their way to freedom have described harrowing escapes ................

Report: 7 hostages killed as Algerian forces launch new assault Coyotl Jan 2013 #1
Algeria hostage crisis: UK ambassador to fly to plant dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #2
A brutal way to go about it but it will make al Qaeda think twice UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #3
I would doubt that. dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #5
Right. If anything they will be happy to promote their "martyrs" who died in this attack. n/t totodeinhere Jan 2013 #24
Thats the way it goes dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #28
Everybody brandishes "al Qaeda" the same way they used to say "Communist". Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #6
Sounds more like this group is motivated more by money. Archae Jan 2013 #7
It's like Jamal al-Fadl... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #11
This guy had them all going. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #18
Speaking of,.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #22
He looks as stylish with that as John Lennon did with his 1958 Rickenbacker 325. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #23
At least the mob used violin cases.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #30
Pediatricians like him Turbineguy Jan 2013 #32
Sounds like al Qaeda to me. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #8
Actually, it sounds like a bunch of nutcases.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #10
I couldn't agree more. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #12
We still have "Hunt for Red October" war games being fought by our sub fleet... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #14
1) We have nuclear weapons. No one will invade us. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #15
"I've given up thinking it can be fixed." Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #16
But the politicians would have to do it. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #17
They used to call that "Graft". Now it's "the way it works". Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #29
Algerian Hostages: Dead US Hostage Identified as Fred Buttaccio Coyotl Jan 2013 #4
AP: Algerian Assault Ends Crisis, 19 Hostages Dead Purveyor Jan 2013 #9
It's hard to know how this could have gone, otherwise. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #13
Well, they could have tried negotiating. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #20
Their stated policy is no negotiations with terrorists because all that does is enable them. totodeinhere Jan 2013 #25
Final death toll from Algeria attack. dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #19
Message: "Don't take hostages... it won't save you." OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #21
I've heard several different number of Americans present during the kidnapping Special Agent Oso Jan 2013 #26
People go John2 Jan 2013 #27
Interesting, not a single Algerian military casualty. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #31
Because these hostage takers were really just a bunch of cowards. Amonester Jan 2013 #33
Were you there? daleo Jan 2013 #34
Ummmm. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #35
Are there any americans missing? Special Agent Oso Jan 2013 #36
Algeria siege toll climbs past 80 reorg Jan 2013 #37
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