The gas plant workers should have been BETTER protected BEFORE al qaeda struck !

2. These people want to enforce sharia law anywhere and  everywhere else they choose to and kill foreigners, whites and christians (infidels) on sight...they believe they have the RIGHT  to!

6. And these people are ready to STOP them in their tracks anywhere, anytime!

8. They are the BEST commandos in the World  The US  navy SEALs and the British SAS they are NOT afraid of anyone or  anything and are the free World's protectors against terrorist fanatics  who murder innocent men, women and children indiscriminately and mercilessly ! and by so doing, contrary to their beliefs and motives, they do more harm to the image of islam than good !
   

1. Terrorists like  al qaeda,etc search for SOFT targets, they found one uprotected in Mali  where decent, unarmed, hard working folk from all over the World where  banded together to provide a necessary energy service. The terrorists  assaulted them, held them hostage then murdered them in cold blood!
   
3. I believe the  SEALs and SAS who could have prevented the carnage could and should have  been there BEFORE this horrific incident happened, just like they  should have been at the US consul in Libya BEFORE that recent attack  that killed the US Ambassador ! Prevention is better than cure and  surely, with all the hi-tech satellite  surveillance these days Western intelligence MUST have had SOME  indication of  heavily armed, obviously terrorists in their attire,etc  were advancing across a huge, open desert towards that facility !
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5. Of course  defense departments and governments will now scramble to cover their  incompetences but we can all clearly see their inability and irresponsibility to protect their citizens or respond UNTIL it's too late !
7. The Algerians tried, but their special forces are NOT trained up to the SEALs or SAS standards and methods so the whole scenario became a cross fire where everyone was shooting at  everyone else, there was NO inter force coordination or even proper  communication and the fact that different languages were spoken by the  French, Nigerians and Algerians created an inevitable nightmare !
9. If  the SEALs and or the SAS  been on the scene, knowing how well they are  trained they would have focused on successfully rescuing the hostages  first and foremost, not getting the terrorists...they would have  carefully quitely and logistically surveilled the place, positioned the hostages location as  best they could and more than likely waited until dark, using infra red  nightscopes to close in on their targets. They would also as an option  even tried to establish some form of communication with the terrorists  if possible, but most certainly, considering the hostages vulnerability and danger would NOT have rushed in shooting dangerously like the Algerians chose to !
11. It's  too late now I know.....23 hostages are dead  and my condolences to  their loved ones. I hope that in future the SEALs and SAS rapid response  forces will be closer at all and any potentially dangerous places where Western citizens are working.