Wednesday morning killing two people and injuring six others. U. S. Officials say theyre in Constant Contact with algerian authorities. By all indications, this is a terrorist act, and the United States strongly condemns these kinds of terrorist acts. The terrorist group called the mass brigade is reportedly under the command of this man. He goes by an arabic nickname meaning oneeyed man and is known to have ties to al qaeda. The Obama Administration says it is not releasing the names of the american hostages for their own security. Im not going to get into any further details as we continue to work on this issue with the algerian authorities. The militants say they took over the gas plant in retaliation for the air strikes in mali. With u. S. Support the french started bombing last week to keep Islamist Group from taking over the country. The terrorists say they will not release any hostages until france calls off the militant operations. The workers from the complex are from several