Reuters
Breaking: 34 hostages dead at Algerian BP plant after military airstrikes
A Mauritanian news agency that has been in constant contact with kidnappers holding dozens of Western hostages in Algeria reported on Thursday that 34 of the captives had been killed in air strikes.
It was not immediately possible to confirm the report by the ANI news agency, which said 14 kidnappers had also been killed in air strikes by the Algerian armed forces, which had surrounded the remote desert gas pumping station where the kidnappers were holed up.
Qatar-based Al Jazeera television carried a similar report, citing its own sources.
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Wonderful.
BigGator5 on January 17, 2013 at 8:41 AM
Someone call Susan Rice on the bat phone. Blame Bush
Bensonofben on January 17, 2013 at 8:52 AM
Zero Dark Thirty chickens coming home. I hope that film trailer monster is still in Jail.
BL@KBIRD on January 17, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Nice going/
NeoKong on January 17, 2013 at 9:17 AM
That’s one way to handle it, I guess.
Jaibones on January 17, 2013 at 9:25 AM
Is it the right article? I didn’t read anything about air strikes.
Dr. Frank Enstine on January 17, 2013 at 9:25 AM
“If you kill all the hostages, the captors have nothing to negotiate with.”, Killary ’16
trs on January 17, 2013 at 9:29 AM
The linked story say nothing that is included in the HL excerpt.
Reuters doesn’t note it’s an update. Is this one of their ‘permanent link – changing story’ situations?
Dusty on January 17, 2013 at 10:05 AM
Nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. /s
hungrymongo on January 17, 2013 at 10:19 AM
Drones?
UltimateBob on January 17, 2013 at 10:46 AM