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ALGIERS, Algeria The hostage situation in an Algerian natural gas complex
appeared to reach a dangerous crescendo Thursday, with Islamic militants
claiming that Algerian helicopter attacks left 35 hostages and 15 captors
dead, according to the Associated Press.
Islamists with the Masked Brigade, who have been speaking through a
Mauritanian news outlet, said according to the AP that seven hostages were
still alive Thursday, including three Belgians, two Americans, a Briton and
a Japanese citizen.
There was no official confirmation from U.S. or other governments involved
on the emerging details. The British Foreign Office did confirm that they
were aware of an "ongoing military operation." France also confirmed an
attack was under way.
A spokesman for the Masked Brigade said according to the AP that the
Algerians opened fire as the militants tried to leave the vast energy
complex with their hostages a day after seizing the installation deep in the
desert.
The information came from the Nouakchott Information Agency, which has often
carried reports from al Qaeda-linked extremist groups in North Africa.
A diplomatic source confirmed to CBS News that the Algerian military had a
plan to retake the facility and that there had been casualties among both
the terrorists and hostages, including multiple deaths.
A British security source, citing a contact close to the scene, told CBS
News "that the Algerians were firing from helicopters at anything that moved
," but could not confirm any deaths.
The militant spokesman said the leader of the kidnappers, Abou El Baraa, was
among those killed. He said the militants would blow up the remaining
hostages if the Algeria army approached.
The Algerian government did not immediately comment on the situation, but
both Japanese and British authorities confirmed to the AP that they had been
told by the Algerians there was an ongoing operation to free the hostages.
The militants originally said they had seized 41 foreigners, including
Americans, Britons, French, Japanese, Romanians, Malaysians, Irish and
Norwegians, among others.
CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan reports the State Department has
only confirmed that three Americans were among those taken hostage, and that
10 in total worked at the facility.
Meanwhile, multiple sources reported the earlier escape of some hostages,
but details differed. An employee at the facility, partly operated by BP,
told CBS News that 26 Algerians and four foreigners, including one American,
had escaped, citing a briefing from BP officials. Two Britons and one
French hostage accounted for the other foreigners.
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An Algerian security official had told the Associated Press that around 20
foreign hostages had escaped.
Those reports were also unconfirmed by government officials.
The Masked Brigade was formed by Moktar Belmoktar, a one-eyed Algerian who
recently declared he was leaving the terror network's Algerian branch, al
Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, to create his own group. He said at the time
he would still maintain ties with the central organization based in
Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Earlier on Thursday, the Al-Jazeera television network spoke via telephone
to three purported hostages, and to a man identifying himself as Baraa, the
commander reportedly killed in subsequent attack.
"Yesterday, the Algerian army deliberately opened fire and they injured some
of the hostages from Japan and South Korea," Baraa told Al-Jazeera. "If the
army withdrew from the area, lifted this siege, and abandoned their
obstinate approach, this can open the door for negotiations with governments
of the hostages' countries."
A man identifying himself as a Japanese hostage told the network that he and
a Norwegian hostage had been wounded by sniper fire. Two others, who
identified themselves as a Briton and an Irish national, said they had
communicated to their respective embassies that the situation was "
deteriorating," and urged the Algerian military to pull back from the
confrontation and stop engaging the kidnappers.
The Irishman said the "message does not seem to be getting through," warning
that the incoming fire from Algerian troops was continuing, "up until
recently, about 10 minutes ago, they were still firing into the camp."
The complex is jointly operated by BP, Norway's Statoil and the Algerian
Sonatrach company. A Japanese company, JGC Corp, provides services for the
facility as well.
The Algerian government said some 20 militants hit the gas complex at Ain
Amenas, 800 miles south of Algiers, the third largest in the country, early
Wednesday morning and occupied it, taking hostages. They were then
surrounded by the Algerian military and a tense standoff ensued.
The militants had said the gas plant attack came in retaliation for Algeria
allowing France to use its airspace to attack al Qaeda-linked rebel groups
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发帖数: 4877 | 2 新华网阿尔及尔1月17日电（记者黄健）据阿尔及利亚媒体17日报道，日前在阿东部一
处合资气田遭绑架的人质中有数十人已成功逃离，其中包括30余名阿尔及利亚人和15名
外国人。
这些人质是16日早晨在伊利济省艾因阿迈纳斯市一处合资气田被绑架的。据阿官方通讯
社报道，30余名阿尔及利亚人成功从营地出逃，目前已被阿安全部队直升机接走。但也
有报道说，这些阿籍人质是被绑架者释放的。
另据一家阿尔及利亚电视台报道，15名外国人质成功从绑匪手中逃脱，其中包括一对法
国夫妇。阿安全部队目前将武装人员包围在气田的生活营地，双方对峙仍在继续。有消
息说，事发地区的长老正在与绑匪谈判。
16日早晨，在艾因阿迈纳斯市一处由阿国家石油天然气公司、英国石油公司和挪威国家
石油公司共同开发的气田，一伙武装人员袭击了一辆运送外籍员工的大巴车，随后攻入
营地并劫持了数十名员工。袭击造成2人死亡、6人受伤。一个自称为“蒙面旅”的极端
武装组织宣称制造了这起事件，称此举旨在报复法国对马里北部伊斯兰武装的空袭行动
，以及阿尔及利亚政府允许法国战机飞越阿领空。
目前，被绑架人数及所属国籍仍没有得到官方确认。阿通社援引当地消息人士的话说，
武装人员仍然控制着20余名外国人质，他们分别来自挪威、美国、英国、法国和日本。
而据“撒哈拉媒体”网站报道，武装人员共绑架了41名外国人。也有消息说，人质中还
有菲律宾人和马来西亚人。
绑架事件发生后，阿尔及利亚内政和地方政府部部长卡布利亚表示，政府不会与武装分
子谈判，也不会答应他们提出的任何要求。他说，武装分子共20多人，全部来自当地，
并非从利比亚和马里入境
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: 里面有鬼子。希拉里又该忙活了。
: ALGIERS, Algeria The hostage situation in an Algerian natural gas complex
: appeared to reach a dangerous crescendo Thursday, with Islamic militants
: claiming that Algerian helicopter attacks left 35 hostages and 15 captors
: dead, according to the Associated Press.
: Islamists with the Masked Brigade, who have been speaking through a
: Mauritanian news outlet, said according to the AP that seven hostages were
: still alive Thursday, including three Belgians, two Americans, a Briton and
: a Japanese citizen.
: There was no official confirmation from U.S. or other governments involved
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