ZitatIslamist militants from Mali have attacked and taken control of a natural gas field partly owned by BP in southern Algeria, killing two and reportedly taking 41 people hostage, including seven Americans.
A group called the Katibat Moulathamine, or the Masked Brigade, called a Mauritanian news outlet to say one of its subsidiaries had carried out the operation on the Ain Amenas gas field, taking 41 hostages from nine or 10 different nationalities.
The group's claim could not be independently substantiated and typically there would be fewer than 20 foreign staff members on site on a typical day, along with hundreds of Algerian employees.
The group said the attack was in revenge for Algeria's support of France's operation against Al Qaeda-linked Malian rebels groups far to the southeast.
Al Quaeda at it again.
America's hope is not the donkey or the elephant, but the Lamb.
Poor people, hillary is going to let you die and tell everyone some story about a video. And the idiot governor of new york has some anti gun laws ready. When are you going to stop all those people from getting killed, raped, robbed, on the new york subway.