Algeria

In Algeria, Sahara Attack Revives A Fear Of Renewed Terrorism

Eleanor Beardsley — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:47:00 +0000

When Muslim extremists overran an oil and gas facility in Algeria's Sahara desert last month, Algerians saw the drama through the lens of their own painful history.

The news that terrorists had seized the In Amenas oil and gas plant stunned people in Algiers, the Algerian capital, who thought they'd seen the last of such attacks.

For most of the 1990s, a brutal civil war between Islamists and the military engulfed the country. More than 150,000 Algerians — mostly civilians — lost their lives in the violence.

Algeria Attack A 'Wake-Up Call' For Energy Companies

Tom Gjelten — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:39:00 +0000

A week has passed since the terrorist attack on a natural gas facility in Algeria, but risk analysts and security experts are still undecided about the incident's likely impact in the energy world.

The price of oil, a good indicator of anxiety in the energy market, went up modestly right after the attack, but then it stabilized.

Reports: Death Toll In Algeria At 80

Mark Memmott — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:07:00 +0000

Update at 1:50 p.m.

Nightmare Details Emerge After Siege In Algeria

Philip Reeves — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:41:00 +0000
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MONTAGNE: We're learning more about the siege at a natural gas plant in the Sahara Desert. Militants in Algeria took many hostages - hundreds. Algerian forces quickly retook the plant.

Death Toll May Rise After More Bodies Found At Algerian Plant

Dana Farrington — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:13:00 +0000
More bodies have been reported found at the gas plant in Algeria where a four-day standoff with Islamist militants came to a bloody end on Saturday. An Algerian security official tells the AP that the state of the bodies makes it difficult to tell whether the dead are hostages or attackers.
The standoff ended Saturday, after Algeria stormed the plant for a second time.