re: #433 Killgore Trout

damn

Algeria is doing this all on their own.

Official: Algeria rejected US help before raid

…A U.S. official says the Obama administration had offered military assistance to rescue the hostages, but that the Algerian government refused the help.

U.K. Says Algeria Informed PM About Military Operations After Underway

British Prime Minister David Cameron only found out about the military operations in Algeria after they were underway, a spokesman for Mr. Cameron said Thursday afternoon.

Mr. Cameron called Algerian prime minister Abdelmalek Sellal late Thursday morning and it was then that his Algerian counterpart informed him the operation was underway, the spokesman said. He added that Mr. Cameron had stressed in an earlier call between the two men that he wanted to be informed beforehand.