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Interesting article and news out of Algeria this morning...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...446_story.html

The militants had said during the standoff that their group included Canadians, and hostages who had escaped recalled hearing at least one of the militants speaking English with a North American accent.


In addition to the Canadians, the Algerian prime minister said the militant cell included men from Egypt, Mali, Niger, Mauritania and Tunisia, as well as three Algerians.
Officials in Canada could not immediately confirm whether two of the attackers were citizens.


“Canada condemns in the strongest possible terms this deplorable and cowardly act and all terrorist groups which seek to create and perpetuate insecurity,” said Chrystiane Roy, a spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs.


“We are pursuing all appropriate channels to seek further information and are in close contact with Algerian authorities,” she said in a statement.