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Up to twelve Britains "dead or injured" in oil plant hostage crisis
Mail Online ^ | January 17, 2012 | By Tim Shipman, David Williams, Martin Robinson and Matt Chorley

Posted on 01/18/2013 6:23:13 AM PST by Truth29

PM says in Commons statement the crisis is still 'ongoing' and the giant BP compound is not secure

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David Cameron revealed that 'less than 30' British workers are unaccounted for as he gave terrifying details of the 'ongoing' hostage crisis in the Saharan desert. It is now understood that 12 Britons are among the casualties.

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Algerian sources said this afternoon 573 of total 650 hostages now free, including 77 of 132 foreign nationals, meaning the whereabouts of 55 foreigners are still unknown.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: algeria; alqaeda; benghazi; greatercaliphate; kenyanbornmuzzie; libya; terrorism; waronterror
Far more hostages indicated than in any other report that I have seen. This disaster was enabled by Obama attack on Libya and assistance to Islamist terrorists in North Africa during the Libyan war.
1 posted on 01/18/2013 6:23:19 AM PST by Truth29
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To: Truth29
This disaster was enabled by Obama attack on Libya and assistance to Islamist terrorists in North Africa during the Libyan war.

Please explain...

2 posted on 01/18/2013 6:26:24 AM PST by Doofer (Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
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To: Truth29

It is unfortunate but telling that all Western governments have repeated some version of the mantra, “Our principal concern is the safety of the hostages”.

As long as that is true (and it IS true), we will continue to lose.

If we don’t make our principal concern the death of the terrorists, and damn the costs, they will continue to proliferate.

They don’t take hostages because they are planning to die.


3 posted on 01/18/2013 6:27:21 AM PST by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: Truth29

The surviving hostages have probably already been moved by Al Qaeda to Libya by now.


4 posted on 01/18/2013 6:28:22 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: Truth29

This incident of Islamic Terrorism seems to get worse each new report. And it sounds like nothing will be done about it


5 posted on 01/18/2013 6:30:34 AM PST by SeminoleCounty (The only automatic weapon is the one Obama uses to take your paycheck)
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Obama took out Gaddafi, who had been suppressing al Qaeda in his neighborhood. Now Libya is increasingly an al Qaeda staging area.


6 posted on 01/18/2013 6:36:08 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Truth29
This disaster was enabled by Obama attack on Libya and assistance to Islamist terrorists in North Africa during the Libyan war.
Well muslims tend to hold oil and gas hostage in their struggle for power, both overseas and here at home, eh?
7 posted on 01/18/2013 6:38:26 AM PST by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: Doofer
"Please explain..."

There was extensive cooperation between the Obama Administration and the Islamist terrorists in and around Benghazi to assist them in overthrowing Qadaffi. Technical assistance including communications equipment and tactics and strategy guidance was provided. The danger of the vast weapons stores in Libya was known well in advance of the war and yet, the US did nothing to secure them and the weaponry has gone all over North Africa and the Middle East. Even more, the US was running a smuggling operation out of Benghazi until the death of our Ambassador that was sending weapons and munitions to the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda and other Muslim groups trying to overthrow Assad in Syria. The US has spread chaos, death and destruction all over the region in the name of the Arab Spring.

8 posted on 01/18/2013 6:43:06 AM PST by Truth29
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To: SeminoleCounty

And still hardly any coverage on this by the MSM. But I know all about Michelle Obama’s new haircut and some football player’s fake girlfriend.


9 posted on 01/18/2013 6:49:54 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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This place is 100 miles or so from the Libya border and you can be sure Libya is the home base of the terrorists and the staging area for this attack.

Here’s the location on Google Maps:

http://tinyurl.com/a6g3mce


10 posted on 01/18/2013 6:54:44 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: Truth29

There was extensive cooperation between the Obama Administration and the Islamist terrorists in and around Benghazi to assist them in overthrowing Qadaffi. Technical assistance including communications equipment and tactics and strategy guidance was provided. The danger of the vast weapons stores in Libya was known well in advance of the war and yet, the US did nothing to secure them and the weaponry has gone all over North Africa and the Middle East. Even more, the US was running a smuggling operation out of Benghazi until the death of our Ambassador that was sending weapons and munitions to the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda and other Muslim groups trying to overthrow Assad in Syria. The US has spread chaos, death and destruction all over the region in the name of the Arab Spring.


And Clinton did the same thing in Kosovo with the KLA, also an al Qaeda franchise, which picked up all kinds of goodies from Uncle Sam for transfer to the next front.

With the Demoviks, the more things don’t change, the more things don’t change.

So to speak.


11 posted on 01/18/2013 6:55:16 AM PST by PaleoBob
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The plural of British people is "Britons" ,dear brain dead presstiute. Before the press just got the facts wrong. Now they get the facts, spelling and syntax all wrong too. That must be a media "trifecta".

CC

12 posted on 01/18/2013 7:05:29 AM PST by Celtic Conservative
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You can be sure 0bama will not condemn his coreligionists for murdering Westerners.


13 posted on 01/18/2013 7:24:41 AM PST by I want the USA back
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Drudge reporting that they are now asking for release of the Blind Sheikh.

Yep, I knew that is one thing they would ask for. Al Qeada and the MB work together.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2013/jan/18/algeria-hostage-crisis-ongoing-says


14 posted on 01/18/2013 7:28:14 AM PST by dforest
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"Al Qaeda and the MB and Tyrant Obama work together."

................ fixed for you.

15 posted on 01/18/2013 8:01:00 AM PST by Diogenesis (Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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Oh yeah, That was a necessary fix. LOL


16 posted on 01/18/2013 8:10:20 AM PST by dforest
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To: SeminoleCounty

Well Panetta and Hillary are in front of the cameras acting tough. They are threatening the bad guys with Obama, that is if he gets done with his golf game soon enough.


17 posted on 01/18/2013 8:13:08 AM PST by dforest
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If only they allowed weapons, large caliber assault weapons. But hey it's Algeria, a democratic arab spring peaceful muslim nation, who needs 'em?

Wondering when Obama will return the blind sheik or actually kill Major hasan for his "domestic workplace violence.

18 posted on 01/18/2013 5:42:06 PM PST by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28- 8:38"...this is the end of the beginning."WC)
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Those that did this are probably closely aligned with those that burned our black site in Libya —similar release demands, etc.

Leon and Hillary acting all stern and outraged —it’s probably more artifice. First four bumps in the road, now thirty more bumps in the road...

They took the towers down, and now they want the return of the guy who almost pulled it off the first time.

Libya was a MAJOR, MAJOR SPOOK WEAPON SMUGGLING SCHEME.

Oh suuuure we’re going to make new friends by doing that, oh suuuuure. They’ll take all the whiz-bang gear, and we’ll get nothing.

Note —the scheme involves TWENTY TWO THOUSAND MANPADS Missiles. How long will have to endure a dangerously changed situation for all commercial aviation? Ten years? More?


19 posted on 01/20/2013 12:23:34 PM PST by gaijin
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