BBC Live: Algeria hostage siege

BBC ^ | Jan 2013 | Staff

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Jay Carney has briefed the Reporters....see the Video at the Website.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

UK Prime Minister Cameron clip added....

[justa-hairyape]

Looks like this facility is right on the border with Libya. Great idea arming Libyan militant Islamists just because the French were mad at Ghadaffi.

[freebird5850]

The White House says US President Barack Obama has been briefed regularly about developments regarding the siege. Thank goodness! Now, help will be on the way soon.

If given the chance Barry will blame the French. Count on it.

[Marine_Uncle]

"Jay Carney has briefed the Reporters....see the Video at the Website."

Must I watched this useful progressive idiot. Oh well ok. :)

[Delta Dawn]

Has anybody heard from John McClain?

[Resettozero]

If given the chance Barry will blame the French. Count on it.

Best as I can discern, it doesn't matter what he says or does. Official Washington (and the press, but of course) just lets him continue to portray the starring role as The President of the United States of America, with little or no regard for the eventual outcomes and blowbacks on all of us.

Just one big LAAAAAAAAAAA! (Sixth note of scale)

[kristinn]

Fox's Jennifer Griffin via Twitter:

Source: two Americans escape from Algerian kidnappers - en route to London now. At least one American still held - possibly more.

[mrsmith]

http://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=ALGERIA&src=typd

“Algeria” twitters.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the update.

I think the jay Carney clip was pulled,...UK PM Cameron added.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

From your link:

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Kayla Feige ‏@KFeige

Let's just add to Obama's already questionable foreign incident response. Not even a bat of the eye for the 7 American hostages in Algeria?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

From the tweets :

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White House: We don’t know if American hostages in Algeria are alive or dead

Posted By Josh Rogin Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 2:16 PM

[Marine_Uncle]

Carney believes (Obama’s goon squad), they must “seek clarity”, per today’s White Hut press meeting, surrounding questions on the BP issue in Algeria. I spent as little time on the video as I could spare myself.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

An update:

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  The Algerian communications minister, Mohamed Said Belaid, told Algerian TV that the army had been forced to surround the site and fire warning shots. But when the militants refused to surrender and tried to flee the country with the hostages the raid was launched. "An important number of terrorists have been neutralised during this operation," he said. 

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  Mr Cameron "spoke to President Obama this afternoon and shared the latest developments in Algeria and agreed that their priority was to establish the facts on the ground", a Downing Street spokesman says.

[mrsmith]

latest seem to be either 4 or 6 hostage deaths.

[Marine_Uncle]

I can form a image of the kenyan goon slouching back on his golf cart seat, with a cell phone in his hand.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

He could be talking with Tiger Woods trying to give HIM some help!

[Marine_Uncle]

hmmmmm. I didn’t think of that angle.

[SE Mom]

ABC News’ veteran correspondent Martha Raddatz quotes a senior US official as saying 10 Americans were taken hostage and “this is far from over.”

Martha Raddatz