Americans taken after Algeria attack: US

January 17, 2013 01:48

AP reports: Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said today the US 'will take all necessary and proper steps' to deal with an Islamist attack on a natural gas field in southern Algeria that has resulted in Americans and other foreigners taken hostage.

Panetta would not detail what such steps might be in response to what he called a 'terrorist attack'. A terrorist group that claimed responsibility says it's holding seven Americans, but State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said she wouldn't provide details to protect those who were kidnapped.

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