Algeria Raids Gas Plant to Free Hostages; Conflicting Reports on Fallout




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Summary: After Islamic militants tied to al-Qaida took hostages at a natural gas plant in Algeria as retribution for France's strikes in Mali, the Algerian government launched an assault to free those held, including some Americans. Jeffrey Brown reports on conflicting accounts about how many got out alive and how many were killed.