nablusoss1008: > It's not resource plunder. It's humanitarianism. > >From what I've read, the leader of the al Qaeda in Algeria terrorists is a one-eyed Arab - Mokhtar Belmokhtar.
It's not clear if the terrorists wanted to plunder the resources or to just kill the hostages as a an act of Islamic "humanitarianism". Go figure. "Algeria, scarred by a civil war with Islamist insurgents in the 1990s which claimed 200,000 lives, had insisted there would be no negotiation in the face of terrorism..." 'Algeria Hostages Death Toll: 25 Bodies Found In Gas Facility' Huffington Post, January 20, 2013 http://tinyurl.com/b6jcyjf "The field commander of the jihadist faction is a veteran fighter from Niger called Abdul Rahman al-Nigeri..." 'Algerian crisis ends with deaths of militants and hostages' The Gaurdian, January 19, 2013 http://tinyurl.com/b2w5fc6
