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    Fate of American hostages uncertain

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Oil surging more than about today all because of events unfolding in Algeria the wide -- wasting.

The little time -- -- the key words weren't Algerian hostage crisis that's led many in the west speechless the fate of dozens of American French British Irish so many other.

European hostages -- -- Reports that several hostages and their captors died.

When Algerian forces -- that a natural gas facility where many were thought to be holed up.

Scarier still is how these -- and honest reportedly led by this guy and talked about ties to al-Qaeda.

How could they can pull this off the latest now from Jennifer Griffin but the Pentagon -- Hi -- what we understand that the siege at the complex the BP complex.

May in fact be over right now that's what Algerian.

Government sources are are saying that they of course launched an unexpected raid on two into the facility.

At 7 AM eastern this morning.

That was.

Hours ago almost twelve hours ago we can confirmed that two Americans are on board a flight right now.

On route out of out of Algeria -- -- heading towards London.

They did manage to escape.

There are still as many as seven Americans who are still missing.

We do know that that White House today confirmed that that some Americans are still not accounted for.

And it's not clear what their status is in the wake of the the -- Algerian attempt -- rescue.

These dozens of hostages this is really the largest hostage taking.

In recent memory it's it's a very significant and then it's almost immediate spillover.

From events that we've seen of late in Mali the French getting involved they're trying to push back.

Al-Qaeda -- linked rebels who have pushed into the north.

The the hostage takers themselves say that the reason that they took the hostages at this BP.

Oil facility which is also a joint facility with the Norwegian state oil stat oil.

Is that they wanted to punish Algeria for giving the French permission to fly into Molly.

So a very confusing situation that developed today but we can report that some of those.

Hostages did escape and are on route to London now.

Justin thank you very much Jennifer Griffin at the Pentagon.

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