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Al-Qaeda captures a BP Gas Complex in Algeria

by Phantom Ace ( 10 Comments › )
Filed under Al Qaeda, Islamic Terrorism, Islamists, Special Report at January 16th, 2013 - 4:41 pm

Obama bragged that al-Qaeda was on the run, but no one told them. In their latest act of aggression, they have seized control of a BP gas complex. The worst part is that there are 7 Americans taken hostage and they have surrounded the complex with mines.

ALGIERS, Algeria — In what could be the first spillover from France’s intervention in Mali, Islamist militants attacked and occupied a natural gas complex partly operated by energy company BP in southern Algeria on Wednesday. Two foreigners were killed and dozens of others, including Americans, were taken hostage.

A militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in revenge for Algeria’s support of France’s operation against al-Qaida-linked Malian rebels groups far to the southeast. It said it was holding 41 foreigners, including seven Americans.

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Algeria will not respond to terrorist demands and rejects all negotiations,” Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said on television. He denied that the militants were from Mali or Libya, possibly suggesting they were from Algeria itself.

In a statement, BP said the site was “attacked and occupied by a group of unidentified armed people,” and some of its personnel are believed to be “held by the occupiers.”

This is a direct result of NATO overthrowing Qaddafi. I wonder what the Obama Regime’s spin will be?

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