Foreigners held hostage by militants (Al-Qaeda side) in Algeria in a huge gas facility

Hello to all ATS users!

I didn't find any report on this here on ATS and I think it's a very serious situation :

Islamist militants have attacked and occupied a gas facility in Algeria, killing a Briton and an Algerian and taking foreign workers hostage.

Norwegian, French, British, US and Japanese citizens are among them.

The attackers was repelled by police who had been escorting the bus, but a Briton and an Algerian national had been killed, he said. Two other British nationals, a Norwegian, two police officers and a security guard were also hurt in the firefight, he added.

Spokesmen for two groups believed to be led by Belmokhtar - the Khaled Abu al-Abbas Brigade and the Signed-in Blood Battalion - said they were behind the incident.

The latter told Mauritania's ANI news agency that it had taken more than 40 hostages, including seven Americans, two French citizens and two British citizens.

One of the workers told AFP news agency by telephone that the militants were demanding the release of 100 Islamists detained in Algeria.

Another worker told France's Le Figaro newspaper that the captors had mined the facility and demanded food, water and vehicles.

"We are holding the Algerian and French governments, and the hostages' countries, entirely responsible for their slowness in satisfying our demands, foremost of which is an immediate halt to the aggression against our brothers in Mali"

It seems that's the first domino of a risky and bloody war has just been knocked down...

Source : www.bbc.co.uk...

Originally posted by Bennogob
I didn't find any report on this here on ATS

www.abovetopsecret.com...

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Ok sorry I didn't search enough....Mods you can close thanks!

reply to post by Bennogob


there is no AL-Qaeda.

that is slang for "Database" ..

as the CIA Data base..

deny ignorance..

reply to post by alfa1


Micro mod much?

reply to post by reeferman


Yes there is.

Like it or not.

Condemn Al-Qaeda in most countries, Show our support for them in others, I cant help but think we are bringing these incidents on ourselves and we shouldn't expect anything less than what has happened. The double standards are unbelievable.. I wouldn't be to worried about this though, the French will just slaughter another 800,000 and hide the proof from the public if it comes down to it.

Originally posted by winofiend
reply to post by reeferman

 

Yes there is.

Like it or not.

sorry to inform you...

but the FBI was not looking for Bin Laden in connection with 911.

Dick Cheney himself said "they never argued the case" that he was wanted.

So.. if your FBI & Vice President did not care to find him for the "attacks" on 911

then he can not be the leader of the group labeled "the base" who they say

perpetrated said attacks.

its always been a fairy tale.

A family friend was one of the survivors of this, I haven't spoke to him yet since his return to the UK, but I am going to get his version of events as soon as I can.