Thirty hostages reported killed in Algeria assault

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gregbrew56 wrote:

The beginning of WWIII? Islamists against the world?

Jan 16, 2013 8:18pm EST  --  Report as abuse
nose2066 wrote:

It appears that, even now in the post 9-11 world, France does not understand guerilla warfare. It’s all about picking “soft” targets and attacking where your opponent does not expect it.

Jan 16, 2013 8:53pm EST  --  Report as abuse
sae-sho wrote:

that would be a very short war, when you are afraid of loosing you grab hostages ” It’s all about picking “soft” targets and attacking where your opponent does not expect it.” yeah, women , children ,people trying to earn money for their family’s. what a bunch of great warriors for islam. pathetic losers with a gun

Jan 16, 2013 9:18pm EST  --  Report as abuse

Ohhhh France attacking ‘rebels’ in one country which supporting them in another next door…

Actually France attacking the same rebels it just supported in Libya!!

This is ugly… remember frenchys you play with fire you get burned!

Jan 16, 2013 10:41pm EST  --  Report as abuse
nose2066 wrote:

Short war? Some analysts say that the rebels (Tuareg tribesmen and Islamic fighters) left Libya after the fall of Muammar Qaddafi and entered Mali. So you might consider the conflict in Mali as just being a continuation of the “war” in Libya. I don’t think that any of the conflicts in that part of the world ever have an ending – too many different tribes, different religions, lots of over-population, people used as “pawns” by their leaders.

Jan 16, 2013 11:18pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Fromkin wrote:

Be suspicious people, be very suspicious. It appears that islamists are being manipulated to destabilize different countries under various motives. The West is giving different reasons to spread”the war on terror”, “Arab spring”…..

Why western officials are complaining? Islamist militants took Iranians hostage in Syria, western media said they were IRGC members insinuating it was fair game. There was no condemnation by the media. Western governments need to negotiate with terrorists the same way Iranian government did.

This is a global war on natural resources, a continuation of Libyan, Syrian wars. The setting where the hostage taking is taking place is telling. You will see, this will turn into a full fledged rebellion. Militants will make increasing demands…Remember Algeria has not been affected yet by the”Arab spring” and has oil and natural gas….

Terrorism is being used to attack nations.

Jan 17, 2013 1:08am EST  --  Report as abuse
Armando2402 wrote:

French, as always, since Napoleon, are untunned in this new wartimes…What Hollande, tought? That it would be easy as a picnic day go to Sahara and drop some very well inventoried bombs and come back after to home?…. what a shame the politicians of the old world….with mountains of debt on their back and mistakes like this still they feel leaders….

Jan 17, 2013 2:11am EST  --  Report as abuse
Invictuss wrote:

don’t thing anyone should fear the frenchies they haven’t done anything worth mentioning since napoleon sank in the Russian snow lol

Jan 17, 2013 2:34am EST  --  Report as abuse
Yamayoko wrote:

Fighting across the border would turn a war global ? This is an empty threat. Despite pledges of support from Nato allies, the war remains French DIY.

Jan 17, 2013 3:27am EST  --  Report as abuse
Jocomus wrote:

Now the reputation of EU, as a Nobel peace prize winner, is tarnished by France and its war-mongering president to keep order of Mali for his own re-election cause or for freedom from Islamic control of this former colony.

Jan 17, 2013 4:06am EST  --  Report as abuse
Tiu wrote:

And there will still be idiots around calling to arm the terrorists in Syria… with France leading the call.
A cynic might even think these situations have been purposely engineered. Idiots would say such a thing could never be engineered on purpose.

Jan 17, 2013 5:11am EST  --  Report as abuse
randburg100 wrote:

renumeratedfrog wrote:

Imperialism must be taught a lesson. Cut their heads off and send them to their families. Maybe then France will think twice before bombing women and children.

Very clever – I presume this is better than the k*****s who kill school girls, murder people dancing, who have a thing for paedophilia, who brainwash kids into suicide bombers, who execute groups in front of a trench – just like the Nazis….BS ..islam the religion of peace & toleration….yeah right!

Jan 17, 2013 6:26am EST  --  Report as abuse
stambo2001 wrote:

“War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small ‘inside’ group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes.” – Major General Smedley D. Butler, 1935

Jan 17, 2013 6:29am EST  --  Report as abuse
artvet2 wrote:

But, but, but … al Qaeda is on the ropes! Mr. Obama told me so! He said if I don’t look at anti-Muslim films, the bad people will leave me alone!

Jan 17, 2013 8:07am EST  --  Report as abuse
jabusse wrote:

Maybe Jimmy Carter can go and negotiate. He can trade a few mud huts , some bombs and rockets and maybe a sub for their release.

Jan 17, 2013 8:18am EST  --  Report as abuse
Randy549 wrote:

Perhaps Mr. Obama should just ban assault rifles in this area; problem solved.

Jan 17, 2013 8:25am EST  --  Report as abuse
Texasbil wrote:

You can bet our president will do nothing about this, just like he did in Libya.

Jan 17, 2013 8:29am EST  --  Report as abuse
USAMark wrote:

Those world wide liberals blogging that we should turn our swords into plowshares rather than touch entitlements, will be the first cowering behind whomever has a gun when these extemeists bring their war to their homes.
Obama’s pandering to Muslims, strippjng people of their access to certain weaponry and his demogoging of economic issues is emboldening our enemies.
Most western politicians play the short game from election to election. Islamic nuts play the long game from entury to century.

Jan 17, 2013 8:37am EST  --  Report as abuse
Melvinleigh wrote:

“The Battalion of Blood?” Who are these clowns? Are the world’s leaders so inept that with all of the greatest weaponry in the world we as people in the Western World cannot kick the, “Battalion of Blood,” backsides?
This is a direct insult to all professional fighting men and women in the world, to let this circus act causing this type of trouble. If the Western World’s leaders have no intention of kicking these guys butts, then bring our fighting men and women home.
Let Barrack Obama disarm and confiscate the firearms from the, “Battalion of Blood.”

Jan 17, 2013 8:53am EST  --  Report as abuse
Melvinleigh wrote:

“The Battalion of Blood?” Who are these clowns? Are the world’s leaders so inept that with all of the greatest weaponry in the world we as people in the Western World cannot kick the, “Battalion of Blood,” backsides?
This is a direct insult to all professional fighting men and women in the world, to let this circus act causing this type of trouble. If the Western World’s leaders have no intention of kicking these guys butts, then bring our fighting men and women home.
Let Barrack Obama disarm and confiscate the firearms from the, “Battalion of Blood.”

Jan 17, 2013 8:54am EST  --  Report as abuse
MelAnosis wrote:

Half of America has been taken hostage at home…why should we care about overseas hostage taking?

Jan 17, 2013 9:03am EST  --  Report as abuse
Ranger01 wrote:

Whats This? I just heard on the news from the Radio this moprning 01/17/2013, that the Hostages escaped? Americans among them. I do not think Death is in the same catagory as escaping!

Jan 17, 2013 9:11am EST  --  Report as abuse
ss31704 wrote:

Not the most intelligent strategy…for the hostages benefit…shooting from helicopters…not the best aim, high collateral damage. Did the Algerians even THINK about his one for longer than 5 minutes?

Jan 17, 2013 9:24am EST  --  Report as abuse
ss31704 wrote:

Not the most intelligent strategy…for the hostages benefit…shooting from helicopters…not the best aim, high collateral damage. Did the Algerians even THINK about his one for longer than 5 minutes?

Jan 17, 2013 9:24am EST  --  Report as abuse
BiteRight wrote:

Starting a war without parliamentary approval ; declining absolutely to negotiate with rebels….this is democratic France who caused this bloodbath !Having just pulled troops from Afghanistan, France should not engage in another muddy war that drags onto nowhere.

If an independent country cannot stand up to defend itself by own forces, it’s inevitable that it will fall. When color of the table cloth faded or changed, nobody can stop this.

Just keep hands off Africa !

Jan 17, 2013 9:29am EST  --  Report as abuse
sailordude wrote:

Well, once Obama’s solar cars take effect this will all stop.

Jan 17, 2013 9:42am EST  --  Report as abuse
bladyblah wrote:

send in the Navy Seals!

Jan 17, 2013 9:48am EST  --  Report as abuse
Crash866 wrote:

Was this caused by a video too…

Jan 17, 2013 9:51am EST  --  Report as abuse
Gomperzoni wrote:

WWIII started at least 20 years ago.

Jan 17, 2013 9:54am EST  --  Report as abuse
Mickelenische wrote:

I’m relieved that Obama said last Fall that Al Qaeda was on the run and basically finished. No need to worry about this little fallout from his Arab Spring bombing of Libya to depose Quaffafi and arm the “rebels” like AQIM with Quaddafi’s arms stockpiles.

Thanks, Obama. I’m glad Al Qaeda is finished do now you can focus on filling out your NCAA tournament bracket sheet and cut defense some more.

Jan 17, 2013 9:56am EST  --  Report as abuse
jimconch wrote:

WWIII for sure. Do you think our president, ‘his worshipful’ will do anything other than appoint devout muslims to Home Land Security posts. Since when do you appoint members of a group which has declared war on you to positions where they can make decisions on your security. Like appointing the fox to guard the hn house.

Jan 17, 2013 9:56am EST  --  Report as abuse
jimconch wrote:

WWIII for sure. Do you think our president, ‘his worshipful’ will do anything other than appoint ‘devout muslims’ to important Home Land Security posts. Since when do you appoint members of a group which has declared war on you to positions where they can make decisions on your security. It’s kind of like appointing the fox to guard the hen house.

Jan 17, 2013 9:57am EST  --  Report as abuse
Mickelenische wrote:

Good thing Obama told us during the campaign that Al Qaeda was beaten and on the run. Islamic terrorists are now one less thing to worry about with the upcoming NCAA basketball tournament bracket sheet needing to be filled out by BO. He can then focus like a laser beam on jobs after the tournament and engineer the fourth consecutive Recovery Summer.

Jan 17, 2013 9:59am EST  --  Report as abuse
DeanMJackson wrote:

Ladies and gentlemen, France refuses to assist its former colony the Central African Republic (CAR) resist rebel encroachments there, yet is gung-ho to “assist” its former colony of Mali resist rebels in that nation. Anyone see something odd here?

Both nations are controlled by despots. In the case of Mali, the despot is the military, which appointment Dioncounda Traoré President after the March 21, 2012 coup.

In the case of CAR, the rebels are assisted by the United States, so that explains France’s boredom with that former colony, while in Mali the rebels are the United States’ controlled fake Al Qaeda fronts, therefore France is interfering to assist the military coup plotters there, in fact it was France that approved the March 21, 2012 coup.

What’s it all about? The SPECIFIC reason is to deny China strategic minerals and oil. What else? Africa suffers while we in the West wreck Africa because the West had no stomach to defeat the Chinese Communists in 1949.

However, the GENERAL reason for America’s “War on Terror” is a cover for the Cold War that never ended. The collapse of the USSR was a strategic ruse (under the “Long-Range Policy”, which all Communist nations signed onto as their “new” and more subtle strategy to defeat the West with), as will be the upcoming “collapse” of the Chinese Communist government (which will stymie Taiwan from not peacefully joining the mainland).

As such, “Al Qaeda” (and other related “Islamic” groups) are cut-out creations of the Central Intelligence Agency, the purpose of which is to (1) maintain a credible defense budget since the USSR still exists (if not in name); and (2) deny China access to strategic minerals/oil.

Will the United States’ counter strategy work? No, it won’t. In fact the West’s counter strategy only weakens the West.

At the appropriate time African armies thought to be allies of the West will turn on the West’s militaries there. Since the West has turned its back on Christianity, Africa naturally turns its back on the West and naturally is attracted to the only other ideology around: Communism, though that ideology implodes when analyzed at its core foundation: Dialectical Materialism. However few can go that deeply into the foundational error of Dialectical Materialism as it relates to the changes of historical eras claimed to be brought about by the Material Productive Forces.

Proof that the collapse of the USSR was a strategic ruse:

(1) The hated Communist Red Star was never removed from Russian naval vessels and military aircraft, and is attached to new such military equipment (if the collapse of the USSR were real, the hated Communist Red Star would have been immediately removed on December 26, 1991);

(2) Russian Orthodox Church (and all other religious institutions within the “former” USSR/East bloc) are still controlled by Soviet era Communist agent Quislings (If the collapse of the USSR/East Bloc were real, such Quislings would have been identified and thrown out of their respective religious institutions);

(3)The “electorates” of the 15 republics that made up the USSR are only “electing” for President persons who were Communist Party Quislings during the Soviet era (If the collapse of the USSR were real, such Quislings would have either been (a) arrested in the interest of national security; or (b) ostracized by the 90% of the “post” Soviet populations who were persecuted by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union);

(4)Lenin’s tomb still exist in Red Square (If the collapse of the USSR were real, Lenin’s tomb would have been destroyed as was the Berlin Wall);

(5) No de-Communization program to ferret out Communist agents still in power (The fact that there were no Allies in the “freed” USSR to carry out a de-Communization program, meant the freed Soviets would not only have had to take up that program themselves but ensure, unlike the German de-Nazification example in post war Germany, its effectiveness since; (a) there was no occupation force to ensure the Communists weren’t still in power or could mount a violent comeback; and (b) unlike the Nazis that persecuted minorities in Germany, and were not generally hated by the dominant society, in the USSR Communists were the hated minority who persecuted the majority); and

(6) not one “crime against humanity” indictment of the thousands of criminals still alive who committed crimes on Soviet territory (Even post Nazi Germany (West and East) convicted and imprisoned Nazi war criminals).

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Like all other “post” Soviet republics, Kazakhstan has remained a Communist dictatorship since the “collapse” of the USSR in 1991. However, because of the small number of Communist Party members in that republic before the fraudulent collapse of the USSR, one man has ruled Kazakhstan, “President” Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev – April 24, 1990 – Present.

Sample of other “Presidents” of “former” USSR republics and their political affiliation before the “collapse”:

Armenia:

Levon Ter-Petrossian – October 16, 1991 – February 3, 1998, Communist.

Robert Kocharyan – February 4, 1998 – April 9, 2008, Communist.

Serzh Azati Sargsyan – April 9, 2008 – Present, Communist.

Azerbaijan:

Ayaz Niyazi oğlu Mütallibov – October 30, 1991 – March 6, 1992, Communist.

Abulfez Elchibey – June 16, 1992 – September 1, 1993, not Communist.

Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev – June 24, 1993 – October 31, 2003, Communist.

Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev (Son of third President) – October 31, 2003 – Present, Communist.

Belarus:

Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko – July 20, 1994 – Present, Communist.

Kyrgyzstan:

Askar Akayevich Akayev – October 27, 1990 – March 24, 2005, Communist.

Ishenbai Duyshonbiyevich Kadyrbekov – March 24, 2005 – March 25, 2005 (Interim), Communist.

Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev – March 25, 2005 – April 15, 2010, Communist.

Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva – April 7, 2010 – December 1, 2011 Communist.

Almazbek Sharshenovich Atambayev – December 1, 2011 – Present, Communist.

Moldova:

Mircea Ion Snegur – September 3, 1990 – January 15, 1997, Communist.

Petru Chiril Lucinschi – January 15, 1997 – April 7, 2001, Communist.

Vladimir Nicolaevici Voronin – April 7 2001 – September 11, 2009, Communist.

Mihai Ghimpu – September 11, 2009 – December 28, 2010 (Acting), not Communist.

Vlad Filat – December 28, 2010 – 30 December 2010 (Acting), not Communist.

Marian Lupu – December 30, 2010 – Present (Acting), Communist. 1988.

Russia:

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin – July 10, 1991 – December 31, 1999 – Communist.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin – 31 December 1999 – 7 May 2000 (Acting) and May 7, 2000 – May 7, 2008 – Communist.

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev – May 7, 2008 – May 7, 2012, during his studies at the University he joined the Communist Party.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin – May 7, 2012 – Present, Communist.

Tajikistan:

Emomalii Rahmon – November 20, 1992 – Present, Communist.

Turkmenistan:

Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov – November 2, 1990 – December 21, 2006, Communist.

Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow – December 21, 2006 – Present, Unknown.

Ukraine:

Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk, December 5, 1991 – July 19, 1994, joined Ukraine Communist Party in 1958.

Leonid Danylovych Kuchma, July 19, 1994 – January 23, 2005, Communist, 1960.

Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko, January 23, 2005 – February 25, 2010, Communist, 1980.

Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych, February 25, 2010 – Present, Communist, 1980.

Uzbekistan:

Islam Abdug‘aniyevich Karimov – March 24, 1990 – Present, Communist.

Imagine it’s 1784 America. The Treaty of Paris (1783) was signed the previous year ending the revolutionary war with Britain. So who do the electorates of the newly independent 13 colonies elect for their respective governors? They elect persons who were Loyalists (American supporters of Great Britain) during the war for independence! Of course, in reality the persecution was so bad for Loyalists in post independence America that they had to flee the country en masse for Canada.

Or try this one out: After the collapse of the South African Apartheid Regime in 1994, the majority black population reelect for their Presidents only persons who were National Party members before the 1994 elections!

Jan 17, 2013 10:04am EST  --  Report as abuse
CindyBP wrote:

huh

Jan 17, 2013 10:11am EST  --  Report as abuse
CindyBP wrote:

We have been fighting with islam since Thomas Jefferson.
He said there is only one way to deal with a group of people who’s only goal is to kill you and that is kill them first.

Jan 17, 2013 10:13am EST  --  Report as abuse
MikeyLikesIt wrote:

@DeanMJackson

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Whew! Thanks for starting my day off right buddy.

Jan 17, 2013 10:28am EST  --  Report as abuse
CaptPhil wrote:

There are many things that the West does not understand about the middle east and Africa when it comes to dealing with these savages. Not the least of which is how to deter such kidnappings from happening in the first place. They are conducted for 3 reasons. First, publicity, second, money and finally, hatred of the west and all things western.
The solution is to capture and kill not only the kidnappers but also their extended families, every man woman and child, no trial, no imprisonment no negotiation. The West will never do this so the kidnappers and jihadists will win everytime. I ‘ve lived and worked there and understand intimately, the mindset and will of those who perpetrate these acts. We are viewed as pansies to be picked just like Benghazi.

Jan 17, 2013 10:38am EST  --  Report as abuse
silentwarrior wrote:

What shall we do now get our slingshots out Mr President??

Jan 17, 2013 10:54am EST  --  Report as abuse
Koan wrote:

“WHERE ARE THE AMERICANS?!”

They are busy taking the peoples guns away.

Jan 17, 2013 10:56am EST  --  Report as abuse
jkjacksonhole wrote:

Time for the world to unite against Muslims wherever they are.

Jan 17, 2013 10:56am EST  --  Report as abuse
rbblum wrote:

Most understandable: The facility under attack was a carbon-based energy plant that was owned and operated by colonial capitalist interests. An understanding that resonates perfectly well with the deafening silence of Obama’s ideology of US foreign policies.

Jan 17, 2013 11:06am EST  --  Report as abuse
rbblum wrote:

Most understandable: The facility under attack was a carbon-based energy plant that was owned and operated by colonial capitalist interests. An understanding that resonates perfectly well with the deafening silence of Obama’s ideology of US foreign policies.

Jan 17, 2013 11:06am EST  --  Report as abuse
rbblum wrote:

Most understandable: The facility under attack was a carbon-based energy plant that was owned and operated by colonial capitalist interests. An understanding that resonates perfectly well with the deafening silence of Obama’s ideology of US foreign policies.

Jan 17, 2013 11:06am EST  --  Report as abuse
rbblum wrote:

Most understandable: The facility under attack was a carbon-based energy plant that was owned and operated by colonial capitalist interests. An understanding that resonates perfectly well with the deafening silence of Obama’s ideology of US foreign policies.

Jan 17, 2013 11:06am EST  --  Report as abuse
loweed wrote:

Where are the Americans? Yeah, where is Obama, and Hillary, Biteme! MIA as usual, I bet she will have another concussion soon, and Obama will blame it on her too! Hillary, Bush, NRA and guns, any-other scape goats?

Jan 17, 2013 11:08am EST  --  Report as abuse
kommy wrote:

Dozens of hostages died in Algeria: the body count rises to 43.

Read more at: http://theeuropeanaffairs.blogspot.ca/2013/01/dozens-of-hostages-died-in-algeria-body.html

Jan 17, 2013 11:17am EST  --  Report as abuse
Doc62 wrote:

Time for some drone attacks in Algeria/Mali. Motto of the al qaida leadership: “A camel in every garage and a goat in every bed”

Jan 17, 2013 11:21am EST  --  Report as abuse
DeanMJackson wrote:

CindyBP says, “We have been fighting with islam since Thomas Jefferson.

He said there is only one way to deal with a group of people who’s only goal is to kill you and that is kill them first.”

Back to school, Cindy, because obviously you flunked American History!

Jan 17, 2013 11:26am EST  --  Report as abuse
hombre41 wrote:

Were the terrorists armed with weapons provided by the Obama Administration to jihadis in Libya and Syria?

Jan 17, 2013 11:31am EST  --  Report as abuse
microbob wrote:

Get used to it. This is how our president protects American citizens. Just wait to see how he runs to the golf course when the Israel & Iran situation comes to a head.

Jan 17, 2013 11:33am EST  --  Report as abuse
Cleveland2012 wrote:

The US spent 600 Million in Mali according to al Jazeera. Some of that money was used to overthrow the Democratic Government of Mali. Then our invasion of Libya, and now the whole area is unstable.

MBM and those like him have an advantage: he fights a coalition. And that coalition is so big and involves so many people and so many bureaucrats that nothing can happen against him without a thousand people being involved. By the time all the turf wars are fought nothing is done. And the whole US involvement has been like a carnival. Now France steps in.

Jan 17, 2013 11:37am EST  --  Report as abuse
LesLegato wrote:

Mackeson, you are the fool here. Look up the Barbary Wars.

ISLAM is the imperialist cancert that must be eradicated. Read the koran and read the history of islam, there is no tolerance of any other religion / political system inside Islam.

PS -”"Mister Marlboro” by some locals for his illicit cigarette-running business, ”

Send BLOOMBERG after him!

“Belmokhtar’s links to those who seized towns across northern Mali last year are unclear.”

They are all muslims, seems clear enough.

Jan 17, 2013 11:46am EST  --  Report as abuse
loweed wrote:

What does Al Gore’s network report? the one who supports Islamic terrorists. But, sells mgabarrles of oil.

Jan 17, 2013 11:58am EST  --  Report as abuse
hugbear281 wrote:

Well Why the heck would you SIGN UP TO GOTO ALGERIA, NOR ANY OTHER WACO COUNTRY!

Jan 17, 2013 12:00pm EST  --  Report as abuse
RUKidding9 wrote:

Well, obama, Clinton? Are you going to sit back and watch these Americans be murdered like you did Libya? Where are the Marines?

Jan 17, 2013 12:07pm EST  --  Report as abuse
loweed wrote:

What does Al Gore’s new network say? the one that is paid for by big oil, the one that supports islamic extremeists! That one! Maybe this is due to the movie ARGO??? inflamed the desert rats! Arrest Afflack!!! NOW, call in Sec. Defense, Loony Cloony! hs is in charge of African military matters.

Jan 17, 2013 12:11pm EST  --  Report as abuse
roccotool wrote:

And not one word or expression of concern from the Messiah President. How is that empty chair working for you? Don’t blame me! I voted for Romney!

Jan 17, 2013 12:31pm EST  --  Report as abuse
aberdeenvet wrote:

Where ever the American hostages are, we can rest assured that the American government is doing nothing to assist them, just as they were invisible while our people in Benghazi were murdered as they watched.

Jan 17, 2013 1:06pm EST  --  Report as abuse
jns.esq wrote:

Begging the question, “Why would any Westerner go to ANY Islamist country anymore?” Let them have it — they deserve each other.

Jan 17, 2013 1:07pm EST  --  Report as abuse
bojosatchmo wrote:

Where is Obama?! Where is the US Media? Pravda during the USSR would have been more open. What has happened to America? There are 7 American hostages unaccounted for and not a peep from the White House? Why? To keep the perpetrating the myth that there is a kinder, friendlier Radical Islam now that Osama is dead and Obama is in charge? Obama is the most politically corrupt and morally bankrupt president in our nation’s history and he will not do or say anything about this, or anything else for that matter, until he can turn it to his political advantage (please see calculated false narrative on Benghazi aka lies,and lack of promised follow through for reference). Shameful!

Jan 17, 2013 1:17pm EST  --  Report as abuse
gregbrew56 wrote:

Fromkin – Astute analysis. I have to agree with you on this one.

Jan 17, 2013 1:24pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Rubicons wrote:

Obama has finally agreed to provide support. Unfortunatel he’s providing it to the Islamist militants!

Jan 17, 2013 1:29pm EST  --  Report as abuse
we_the_people wrote:

I guess this will also come up when H.Clinton has her interview.

Jan 17, 2013 1:40pm EST  --  Report as abuse

Hey, maybe Obama and Hillary can outlaw guns in the middle east and that would solve everything, no?. Or, maybe we could just arm all the people in the middle east and really have some positive results.

Jan 17, 2013 1:49pm EST  --  Report as abuse
truthlst wrote:

someone please sober up ms clinton this time

Jan 17, 2013 2:05pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Balonee wrote:

if Obama does something about this he is showing money talks(oil men saved by white house) if he does nothing it shows his continued support for terrorists(at least france is trying to look like they are against terrorists)
he got us here, if he had not empowered terrorists worldwide for the last 4 years, they would not be taking over the entire region like they are.
the opening shots of WW3 took place on sept 11 2001, we have spent billions, and lost many american lives trying to contain the scourge of the islamic radicals, and to what end? The american president goes and tells the press we are failures in afghanistan, and he even hires al quaeda to protect our people in libya(wow) we all know how that ended. now he places missles in turkey(pissing off the Russians) as he uses an illegal healthcare initiative to control the 2nd amendment rights of americans. So to all You people (worldwide) who love this incompetant failure of a man, this is exactly what you deserve.

Jan 17, 2013 2:05pm EST  --  Report as abuse
watchful wrote:

According to Obama this does not classify as terroism but work place violence.

Jan 17, 2013 2:08pm EST  --  Report as abuse
DeanMJackson wrote:

LesLegato says, “you are the fool here. Look up the Barbary Wars.”

What has the Barbary Wars got to do with Islam?

Look up Europe’s use of pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries. Are you going to blame Christianity for that too?

Jan 17, 2013 2:34pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Jose3 wrote:

One country’s terrorists are another country’s freedom fighters.

Jan 17, 2013 2:42pm EST  --  Report as abuse
stonehillady wrote:

Informed people know that west is sponsoring the overthrow of all of Africa for a race with the Chinese for the African Nations resouces. Only thing is the Chinese are giving the Africans Jobs while the Westerners want Regime change using the rebels like how the used them in Libya. Who is using the RIGHT tactic ?
It’s plain as day now, the rebels are going to be using the wests money & arms supply & then doublecross them in the process.
This blowback is only going to cost western blood & pure hatred of the west as we are seeing, for the Chinese us honey & NATO uses Blood & deception.

Jan 17, 2013 2:48pm EST  --  Report as abuse

Worst President in United States history. What more need be said?

Jan 17, 2013 3:05pm EST  --  Report as abuse
terpsez11 wrote:

never accept the words “civil war ” at face value today….

Jan 17, 2013 3:12pm EST  --  Report as abuse
moetheshmo wrote:

The odor of barbecued swine and liquor has been corrupting nostrils of the holy. Everywhere in Algiers and the Casbah there is that devilish temptation. It is no wonder that Islamic militants have gone a Jihad.

Jan 17, 2013 3:14pm EST  --  Report as abuse
MikeyLikesIt wrote:

Just 7 Americans missing? No worries then, you have to hit a specific number before they pass the “Bump in the road” threshold for Obama and Clinton…

Stop making such a big deal out of a nothing story.

Jan 17, 2013 3:18pm EST  --  Report as abuse
mamawati wrote:

Where in God’s name are the united States’ leaders in all this? Not a peep! Soemthing is as wrong here as Benghazi. I suspect a number of Americans were murdered and our President is going on his gun grabbing campaign instead. Wake up Amereica, Wake up!!!!

Jan 17, 2013 3:23pm EST  --  Report as abuse
mamawati wrote:

Madness. The United State is missing in action and our people are probably dead.

Jan 17, 2013 3:28pm EST  --  Report as abuse
mamawati wrote:

Somone please help our country. We have been taken hostage by our government.

Jan 17, 2013 3:32pm EST  --  Report as abuse
GreggC wrote:

Obama Administration, Hilary Clinton as Secretary of State… EPIC FAIL!!!!

Jan 17, 2013 3:41pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Demstruction wrote:

This isn’t surprising. They know American leadership is too weak to do anything.

Jan 17, 2013 4:41pm EST  --  Report as abuse
AlkalineState wrote:

“Hey I got this cool job in Algeria, pays really good.”

This is like the people who think Iran is a good place to go snowboarding.

Jan 17, 2013 5:00pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Choppedlow wrote:

We are busy trying to ban a type of gun that is involved in less than one half of one percent of gun crimes because they look like the ones the military uses. That is where our President is focused. And he is using kids to push it, even though he has straddled each one of them with about $100,000 grand of debt by the time his 8 years of F ing up the country is up.

Jan 17, 2013 5:27pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Vinny33 wrote:

I just can’t believe this..this morning at 5am I read that the hostages has been taken and now they’re all dead? When will blind hatred end? Can’t we just grow as a society and realize how ridiculous it is to hate for no reason and kill for no reason. It just sickens me.

Jan 17, 2013 5:37pm EST  --  Report as abuse
RogerN wrote:

Obama: “I am “Present” but the workers are not…”
Clinton: “It takes a village…to storm a gas plant”

Jan 17, 2013 5:37pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Zimmer555 wrote:

That France president sure made ass of him self.
What a stupid move. He may lose his job over it.

Jan 17, 2013 5:38pm EST  --  Report as abuse
AlkalineState wrote:

Why would you take a job in Algeria if you were not able to defend yourself? Now they want major government intervention for a private business enterprise? Again?

Jan 17, 2013 5:51pm EST  --  Report as abuse
LynCe wrote:

When the reports from the area are still confused, all these hours later, you can bet the number of hostages dead is higher than presently disclosed. Is most of the civilized world sick of this kind of thing? Let’s view all these militant Muslim atrocities as a major job opportunity …

Jan 17, 2013 6:08pm EST  --  Report as abuse
sdmouth wrote:

the stench of this type of Islam is spreading and must be stopped. It serves no purpose other than subjecting people to their extreme views. It is a religious power grab of a type that has plagued mankind since time began. This is our next global war. The barbarism of this Islam is not what the religion is supposed to be. The more ignorant, the more religious BS. But Islam is not alone on this radicalism.

Jan 17, 2013 6:09pm EST  --  Report as abuse
AlkalineState wrote:

Religion kills.

Jan 17, 2013 6:31pm EST  --  Report as abuse
AlkalineState wrote:

Did the gas company not disclose the risk of working in Algeria during a civil war next door? Was it not obvious even without disclosure from the company? Risks sometimes go bad. You either learn from that or you….. call the government again.

Jan 17, 2013 6:50pm EST  --  Report as abuse

Meanwhile, the Islamist terrorists killed 142 people today in Syria, while the West cheers them on…

Jan 17, 2013 7:06pm EST  --  Report as abuse
CppThis wrote:

Why any Westerner would choose to go to a hellhole like Algeria is beyond me. The only way someone could convince me to do it is with a few million bucks, a top-notch personal armory, and a few squads of mercs or Marines backing me up. They might get me, but it’d be a cross between Scarface and North Hollywood, not just another Islamic beheading.

Jan 17, 2013 7:18pm EST  --  Report as abuse
NC10T wrote:

2013, back to the propaganda keeping “Terrorist” in the news to maintain control and the military’s stranglehold on public money, everywhere….
Terror, terrorism, terrorist, terrorism, terrorism, terrorism, terror, terrorist, terrorism…..ad nauseum, 24/7/365

Jan 17, 2013 7:35pm EST  --  Report as abuse
darenrowdy wrote:

I agree with the Algerians. Give no quarter and snuff them now, make your position known, no negotiating with bugs.

Jan 17, 2013 8:05pm EST  --  Report as abuse

This was not a terrorist attack and Jay Carney lies when he says it is.

This was clearly a spontaneous protest conducted by some local citizens in response to a YouTube video and it got a little out of control.

Jan 17, 2013 8:27pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Popsiq wrote:

The Touareg live in the parts of a good number of northwest African counties. Any ex-colonials where Christians were raised to a native ‘ascendancy’ have had, and will continue to have, trouble with these desert warriors who ruled the area before Europeans appeared.

They have the potential to light-up the Sahara.

Jan 17, 2013 10:36pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Suspecto wrote:

Better if Algeria had first advised British/America on the raid? But, we don’t really know what was at stake. It could be that the Algerian fast and decisive action was the best message. A few innocents lost, regrettably, but a small price to pay measured against how many more might have been lost if Al Qaeda has gained some foothold, and repeated such grabs throughout north Saharan-Africa oilfields. Now, all such places are warned .. including British/American readiness for it.

Jan 17, 2013 11:19pm EST  --  Report as abuse
IrfanKhan wrote:

I would ike to say to France that history must not forget who started attaking first. For sure it is not by people from Mali whom you called Terrorist.

Jan 18, 2013 4:13am EST  --  Report as abuse
LesLegato wrote:

Which video or cartoon upset them this time? I thought Barack Hussein Obama said that “Al Qaeda was on the run and no longer a threat.”

Lets skip the drones and the “nation-building” this time, and simply carpet bomb every location with “islamists”.

Seems like “islamists” are the scourge of the planet and have bee for over 1300 years.

Jan 18, 2013 1:04pm EST  --  Report as abuse
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