Who woulda thunk it? Our dear leader was just spouting during his little shindig how the war is over and it's time for prosperity in America. Of course the swooners lap it all up.
"The Egyptians involved in both attacks were killed by Algerian forces during the
four-day ordeal that ended in the deaths of at least 38 hostages and 29 kidnappers, the official said. But three of the militants were captured alive, and one of them described the Egyptians’ role in both assaults under interrogation by the Algerian security services, the official said. If confirmed, the link between two of the most brazen assaults in recent memory would reinforce the transborder character of the jihadist groups now striking across the Sahara. American officials have long warned that the region’s volatile mix of porous borders, turbulent states, weapons and ranks of fighters with similar ideologies creates a dangerous landscape in which extremists are trying to collaborate across vast distances."
This is actually what the democrats wanted...........
“This is the result of the Arab Spring,” said the official said, who spoke on condition of anonymity because investigations into the hostage crisis were still under way. “I hope the Americans are conscious of this.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/wo...eid=auto&_r=2&