Well, the Algerian rescue' at the gas plant worked out well:

[Are_grits_groceries]

“@nytjim: "Rescue" mission. “@SkyNewsBreak: Algerian Interior Ministry confirms 23 hostages and 32 militants are dead at gas plant””

smh.....
I know that any rescue isn't a guaranteed success. I don't think this was a real attempt to rescue them. I think they wanted to blow hell out of the terrorists come what may.

[Buzz Clik]

1. Has Twitter become a news source?

News of the failed rescue attempt has been reported by reliable sources. Why go with Twitter?

And, yes, sometimes "we don't negotiate with terrorists" really means just that.

[Are_grits_groceries]

3. Who said negotiate?

I didn't. I am have been saying that a better plan to rescue the hostages could have ben prepared.

This tweet directly cites a valid source. Twitter is a news source. It depends on who you follow and where the news comes from. .

[Buzz Clik]

5. Twitter is still second hand. It's a poor substitute for a real news outlet when one exists.

[arely staircase]

2. relatively so it would seem

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were there not hundreds of hostages?

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. I think it will be a long time before anyone decides to do this sort of thing again in Algeria

Which may have been the point.

[malaise]

6. Pretty much

[sendero]

7. Exactly..

.... and the idea that given such a situation where several countries are "involved" because their citizens are hostages, just how long does anyone think it would take to create consensus for action? Twelth of never would be my best guess.

The Algerians did what they had to do.l