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Topic: Britons caught in al-Qaeda
Algeria oil plant siege |
Britons caught in al-Qaeda
Algeria oil plant siege
Telegraph [UK], by Damien McElroy*
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 1/16/2013 8:11:01 PM
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| Several British workers are at the centre of a terrorist hostage crisis at a BP gas plant in Algeria after al-Qaeda fighters attacked the complex in apparent retaliation for the French intervention in Mali. At least one British worker was said to have been killed in the early morning assault at the Saharan facility. Several others were taken captive along with dozens of Norwegian, American, Japanese and French workers. The Islamists claimed to be holding 41 foreigners hostage, with reports suggesting that another 150 Algerian workers had been prevented from leaving the plant, which is about 60 miles from the
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*with Alex Spillius and Henry Samuel
This can´t be true. Didn´t Obama do away with the risk from al-Qaeda? Anyway, it´s too much of a coincidence to have happened on the day Obama announces his plans to start taking guns from Americans. /s
But seriously, folks, the T has live reports on the situation (updated every 90 seconds) at
http://tinyurl.com/a6nn56a
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Mike PHX, 1/16/2013 8:26:00 PM (No. 9121155)
It must suck...being British...obviously weak...that´s what we are, you know...
Yes, construct that chain...please do so....also know that it will be broken in Britain.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
noddy, 1/16/2013 8:36:44 PM (No. 9121168)
I don´t know why these Middle Eastern countries send their young people to universities in the United States. They learn a hell of a lot faster over there than we do here. Benghazi showed the terrorists that our leaders are all bark and no bite. Zip, zero, nada, bite. America, Britain, France expect more of the same. I feel so ashamed, especially when I look back and see how Reagan and George W responded to our people being attacked. If Obama were a true American he would hang his head in shame.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bighambone, 1/16/2013 10:31:11 PM (No. 9121310)
Since the terrorists have now murdered a British person it is time for the British to send a commando unit like the old time Long Range Desert Group to that region and take out the terrorists, 800 miles of desert was nothing to the Long Range Desert Group when they operated in North Africa from 1940 to 1943 while using the technology of that age.
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