“Terrorists should be on notice,” said Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta today in London, following the Algerian army’s raid to
release an unknown number of hostages captured when al-Qaeda
overran a Sahara gas plant earlier this week. A second operation by
the Algerian army is reportedly underway, with as many as 650
workers at the plant taken captive, according to Algerian media.
Among the foreign workers there, survivors include about eight
Americans airlifted out of Algeria aboard a
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