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Algeria finds dead Canadian militants as siege toll rises
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian forces have found the bodies of two Canadian Islamist fighters after a bloody siege at a desert gas plant, a security source said on Monday, as the death toll reached at least 80 after troops stormed … Continue reading
Obama blames siege ‘terrorists’
US President Barack Obama blames “terrorists” for the death of at least 23 hostages at a besieged desert gas facility in Algeria.
Algeria siege ‘ends in bloodshed’
Algerian troops end a siege at a gas facility in the Sahara desert killing 11 Islamist militants after they killed seven hostages, state media say.
Algeria siege: ’30 unaccounted for’
Hundreds of hostages freed from militants at a gas facility, state media say, but about 30 foreigners remain unaccounted for, including ’10 Britons’.
In Syria, siege is test for new rebel order
* As opposition argues in Doha, battle tests bid for unity
Gunman dies in hail of bullets as French siege ends
TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) – A 23-year-old gunman who said al Qaeda inspired him to kill seven people in France died in a hail of bullets on Thursday as he scrambled out of a ground-floor window during a gun battle with … Continue reading
French gunman siege ‘nearing end’
The siege of a gunman suspected of seven killings in southern France is nearing an end, police sources say, as loud blasts are heard.
William J Davis Battle Of Bexar
William Charles M. Baker, Captain, unknown, Missouri, killed in battle . Davis, John John Davis, Private, Gonzales Mounted Rangers, 1811, Kentucky . He fought in both the Battle of Concepcion and the Siege of Bexar. Bexar, Fby. 24th, 1836 To … Continue reading