Posted on 01/18/2013 12:44:51 PM PST by JerseyanExile
In an effort to conclude the hostage crisis at the Tigantourine gas facility near In Amenas, Algeria, special forces from the Algerian government have begun a second offensive against the Masked Brigade, the terrorists led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar. Al-Jazeera reported that the renewed rescue effort was launched as the Algerian state media reported that more than 650 hostages were free, but 30 foreigners were still unaccounted for. The Algerian Press Service (APS) reported that the count of foreign hostages prior to the first raid was 132, which conflicted greatly with initial reports of 41. The terrorists threatened to kill the gas workers if forces moved against them, yet reports made to the Agence Nouakchott dInformation (ANI), indicated that they still held hostages after the initial raid by the Algerian government. Two of the hostages, claimed to be American, have been offered as a swap for U.S. held terrorists: Egyptian Omar Abdel-Rahman, the mastermind behind the 911 attacks also known as the "blind sheikh", and Aafia Siddiqui from Pakistan.
The motivation behind the hostage taking by the Masked Brigade, also known as the Undersigned in Blood Battalion, was stated to be the French military involvement in northern Mali, which is where the group originated from. The Algerian government, however, rebuked any demands and responded by sending the Peoples National Army, or ANP, with no assistance or consultation from foreign governments.
"No negotiation, no blackmail and no respite," declared the Algerian Communication Minister Mohammed Said during a Canal Algerie TV news report on Thursday. "They will not shake Algerias determination and we must remain vigilant." Said indicated that time was a critical factor in deciding to launch the assault.
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Are they any good?/s;)
Late breaking update ... panetta said he is grateful his plan was the one the won decided upon. hellary has made another appointment to fall down, fake a faint, and claim she cannot get up. obama has decided his work is done at this location, and has been overheard to ask valerie to setup another crisis. valerie is claiming, this is easy when you have connections to moslem extremists and iran. huma called her brother and mom.
,,, most recently 11 bad guys killed that 792 virgins, anyone have the total virgin count ?
:: hellary has made another appointment to fall down, fake a faint, and claim she cannot get up. ::
What? ^More^ plastic surgery?
Except they probably didn’t follow our advice from a previous thread, and bury them pointing downwards in a pit full of pig s@#$, oriented so that when the line of head-pointing passes the earth’s core, they’d be facing towards Hollywood.
But dead is dead. They’ll still have 72 virgins resembling Janet Reno, Hillary Clinton, hideous Helen, etc., and boys like pearls who look like John Goodman, Popeye, Bluto, Don Knots, Steve Erkle, etc.
I think they tried that, but they slammed down the phone in indignation.
Apparently the Algerian government is not fond of the US or other foreign governments, and we were not involved and our and other countries’ offers of help were rejected. Any mistakes made were strictly by the Algerians.
I had not read this post when I made my Comment #27, but it is consistent with what I said. Elites wherever they come to power don’t relish outside interference, especially ours. For all we know, this could have been a negotiating ploy to up the ante of payments by the oil companies working this plant. At any rate, I doubt they would have wanted our involvement.
This comment speaks of the “Soviet method of penetration and provocation, used by the KGB.” For example I always thought that some of those “terrorist” attacks, like in Chechnya or the Moscow theater had an unnecessarily high loss of life, and there was a major apartment building explosion that I always suspected was caused by Putin for his own power purposes. Later read knowledgeable US reports suspecting the same.
most of us did not want to be involved but must add ....
please reference Libya.
yep Cletus. Am thinking it may be best to arm the plastic surgeon and everyone having to go through this experience in the operating room with little kitty bubble guns. Protection from hellary must be maintained while hellary be under the influence.
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