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>> the afghan algeria forces have surrounded the area. we are told there are 2 to 300 algerian soldiers around the compound have been speaking to a former security officer who works at the compound. it is a huge sprawling complex of about 1 square kilometer inside. it has separate quarters they are holding some of the hostages in one week in the living quarters it has it's own airstr airstrip. a number of workers were attacked as they were being transferred from the airstrip into the gas facility. three of those workers who were injured in this initial attack has been talking saying testimony ...

Jen, we mentioned a lot of contradictory reports. walk us through about what we know for sure. >> reporter: well, we do know there are presumed to be still u.s. hostages being held at the facility. there was a release by the hostages, a report suggesting that 35 of the hostages had been killed when the algerians opened fire. we can't confirm that at this time, but what we can confirm is that at around seven a.m. ian time the -- eastern time th algerian military did fire on the facility on what was presumed to be the hostage takers who were presumably in a vehicle at the facility. that's from r...

Land that separates this peninsula from ukraine and tried to take control of a gas facility. the ukrainian governments say they were confronted by ukrainian troops and then withdrew. it is the case that crimea depends upon mainland ukraine for its gas, power and oil supplies. so it is in that case very vulnerable. so this would seem a logical extension of the russian operation. the russian occupation here. at the same time, of course, we've got this build-up, 10,000 russian troops close to the east ukraine border at a time when there have been flare-ups, violence in big cities in the east. so ...

Precondition for moving toward a settlement that's acceptable at the diplomatic level. >> and of course we saw russian troops taking control of a gas facility that was outside of crimea so there are a lot of fears as you say of them moving beyond this one region. one more question while we have you here, how do you see russia's moves today affecting its broader relationships with nato companies which seem to be increasing ly frougt. >> all of the nato countries in eastern europe joined nato specifically because they knew russia might pull something like this. 20 years ago one of the four princ...

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