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Boofon Kidnapped In Algeria?


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Breaking on BBC News now. BBC, EE

 

 

BRITONS were among about 20 workers kidnapped today by a group claiming to be al Qaida at a gas field partly operated by BP in southern Algeria.

 

Japanese, Norwegian, Irish and French nationals were also among the group who were taken captive this morning.

 

They were being kept in a compound by their abductors and it was believed there had been injuries among the workers.

 

A security guard was killed in the raid and seven others wounded, but Algerian forces caught up with and surrounded the kidnappers and negotiations for the release of the hostages were continuing, an Algerian security official said.

 

He said Britons, Japanese and Norwegians were among the hostages.

 

The Foreign Office confirmed “a terrorist incident is ongoing” near the facility in Ain Amenas, 60 miles from the Libyan border and 800 miles from the capital in Algeria’s vast desert south.

 

BP, together with Norwegian company Statoil and the Algerian state oil company, Sonatrach, operate the gas field. A Japanese company, JGC, provides services for the facility as well.

 

Statoil also confirmed an attack had taken place, adding that it has 20 employees in the facility.

 

BP confirmed there had been a “security incident this morning” at the Ain Amenas field.

 

Al Qaida’s North Africa branch has long been active in northern Algeria and occasionally in the desert south, but it has never before attacked the country’s many oil and gas facilities.

 

The Department of Foreign Affairs said it was providing consular assistance to the family and was in close contact with its international partners and a wide range of other contacts in order to establish the facts of the situation.

 

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Potentially a Brit killed.

If it is Boof its a shame for his family but I'm sure they'll move on. Kids won't remember him anyway and his wife is probably shagging around for love and affection and has been for years.

 

You seem to like talking about other folks families.

 

I assume that's because you're a frigid bitch who disna have the capacity to slam bairns out of you.

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Now there's something clam lickers are never going to be able to muster.

 

Indeed they are not. Not sure of your point though.

 

after your holiday from the Hat, you're seemingly re-energized and back with a vengeance, and an acerbic tongue. :moonie: welcome back. i think.

 

He really doesn't like when he's put in his place lol.gif But welcome back Tup thumbup1.gif

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It would be pretty sweet if Boofon is the corpse in question. We could play the weepy victim card, maybe contact the press about how we've suffered a massive emotional blow to our small online community. We might even get some national face time on the telly. Really play up the loss of Boof and how it has left a huge, gaping hole on the site.

 

Obviously we'll all be laughing and joking about it in reality, but hey.. free publicity for the site?

 

:crossfingers:

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