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Algerian assault ends crisis, 19 hostages dead
AP ^ | 1/19/2013 | PAUL SCHEMM and ANIS BELGHOUL

Posted on 01/19/2013 8:14:43 AM PST by gotribe

Algeria's special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert on Saturday in a "final assault" aimed at ending a four-day-old hostage crisis, the state news agency reported. It said 11 militants and seven hostages were killed.

The report, quoting a security source, didn't say whether any hostages or militants remained alive, and it didn't give the nationalities of the dead. It said the army was forced to intervene after a fire broke out in the plant.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: algeria; algeriahostagecrisis; france; libya; mali; maliwar; obamalibyaterror; waronterror
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To: gotribe

Freakin’ AP cover for that loser Obama again by blaming the Algerian government that ostensibly didn’t negotiate. Of course AP offers no proof, but he takes the heat off of Obama.

Face it America is a 90 pound weakling... just the way Obama likes it. There is NO American leadership. People just kill Americans now because they know Obama is a sissy.


21 posted on 01/19/2013 10:59:52 AM PST by Obadiah (Of course Obama wants to protect our children. After all, who else is going to pay off his debt?)
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To: PghBaldy

“It just seems we my not know what the heck really happened here,”

We don’t even know what happened at Sandy Hook let alone what happens in Algeria.


22 posted on 01/19/2013 2:04:33 PM PST by toomanylaws
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To: Obadiah

so when did we start relying on 3rd world govs for anything?

Why didn’t we send in our special forces guys....you know — our great warrior with superior weapons and training?


23 posted on 01/19/2013 2:29:03 PM PST by Scotswife
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To: gotribe

RIP for the hostages.


24 posted on 01/19/2013 3:43:51 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: gotribe
For those mortality numbers, they must've employed some of those intrepid ATF consultants.


if that needs a /s tag, you need a vacation
25 posted on 01/19/2013 3:55:17 PM PST by tomkat ( .. shall NOT be infringed)
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To: gotribe

Now that it is over the preezie can par-tay.


26 posted on 01/19/2013 7:31:06 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Soylent Green is Boomers)
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