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american family. an american has been killed overseas. his death believed to be the result of a mission launched to free a large group of hostages who were taken at a bp natural gas complex. islamic militants took hostages at the facility in the sahara desert in algeria. in retaliation for the fact that france has launched a war against islamic insurgents over these past few days in the nearby nation of mali. the u.s. found itself caught in the middle of this with u.s. citizens working overseas, held hostage, and a rescue mission to free them carried out by a foreign nation. there s still a lot we don t know about survivors, casualties, the living and the dead. we begin tonight with nbc s stephanie gosk. reporter: the attack on the gas field in western algeria has left one american dead. fred butacio. u.s. officials say five americans were working at the complex. two escaped and two more are being held. a statement from the kidnappers posted by an african news agency said t
New-yorkUnited-statesTexasAlgeriaCaliforniaIndianaLafayette-parkGeorgiaFort-benningWashingtonDistrict-of-columbiaDjibouti from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. good evening, there s some sad news heading into this weekend for at least one american family. an american has been killed overseas. his death believed to be the result of a mission launched to free a large group of hostages who were taken at a bp natural gas complex. islamic militants took hostages at the facility in the sahara desert in algeria. in retaliation for the fact that france has launched a war against islamic insurgents over these past few days in the nearby nation of mali. the u.s. found itself caught in the middle of this with u.s. citizens working overseas, held hostage, and a rescue mission to free them carried out by a foreign nation. there s still a lot we don t know about survivors, casualties, the living and the dead. we begin tonight with nbc s stephanie gosk. reporter: the attack on the gas field in western algeria has left one american dead. fred buttaccio
New-yorkUnited-statesTexasAlgeriaCaliforniaIndianaLafayette-parkGeorgiaFort-benningWashingtonDistrict-of-columbiaDjibouti kidnapped in algeria hope he s still alive. we were asked every night, he s in our prayers. reporter: algerian state news reported 100 out of 132 hostages have been freed with multiple kidnappers and hostages killed. it s not clear how many are still held hostage. those who did escape have shared frightening details of their ordeal. stephen mcfaul told his family in ireland the militants forced him to wear an explosive belt. his young son was overwhelmed by the news that his dad was okay. i never want him to go back there. reporter: with the fate of dozens of hostages still unknown, there is frustration among some foreign leaders that the algerian government gave them no warning before launching the rescue operation. they weren t told until it was already under way. i think the u.s. and other governments would have liked to have coordinated this much better with the algerians to protect the hostages in a way that, frankly, i m not sure the algerian military either f
New-yorkUnited-statesBrusselBruxelles-capitaleBelgiumMaliTexasAlgeriaCaliforniaIndianaLafayette-parkIrelandChristie Porter is the managing editor of Salt Lake Magazine. She has worked as a journalist for nearly a decade, writing about everything under the sun, but she really loves writing about nerdy things and the weird stuff. She recently published her first comic book short this year.
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