New Information: Warned of Bloodshed Before Attack

 September 16, British hostages were killed at an Algerian gas plant at the In Amenas complex. There were 40 hostages in total, involved in a four day stand off that started on the 13th.
       It was a worker who was behind the stand up, and he allegedly threatened management with bloodshed the night before their deaths.
    "Bridget Dolan, counsel to the coroner, put to him claims that a translator had overheard one of the drivers' representatives say: 'You have made your law but tomorrow when you wake up you will have a surprise and there will be bloodshed.' " Mark Cobb, In Ameans deputy general management, denied knowing that that was said. He stated that know one translated that for him. He went on to say that if he knew that it was said, he would've been worried.
    Carl Bilsland, a worker and one of the six killed, had recently written to his family about the security. He wrote, "The job is fine but security is not good and not safe compared to other places I've worked." 

ime for U.S. to focus on Western Sahara

Against the backdrop of North Korea and the conflicts in Afghanistan, Syria, and the Palestinian territories, it is understandable that within the United States, the Western Sahara is largely forgotten. It should not be. Across North Africa and the Sahel, political chaos reigns and stability is in short supply. Nature abhors a vacuum, but terrorists love them. Fueled by loose weapons from Libya, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and other offshoot terrorist groups have destabilized wide swaths of the Sahel. Freedom House once categorized Mali as the most free Muslim majority country in the world, but now it teeters on the brink of state failure, victim of weapons smuggling, terrorism, and its own porous borders. Across North Africa and the Sahel, from the Red Sea to the Atlantic, the only truly stable country is Morocco, a country whose sovereignty over the Western Sahara remains at the center of a decades-long diplomatic dispute.

Egypt Restores Samples of Stolen Pieces From Cheops Pyramid

At 146 meters tall, the Cheops pyramid in the Giza area, west of Cairo, is considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, built some 4,500 years ago.

The Egyptian embassy in Berlin will receive on Friday the samples of King Khufu's (Cheops) cartouche that were stolen a year ago by two German researchers, Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El-Damaty said on 08/14/2014.

Damaty thanked German government for cooperation with Egypt to restore the stolen samples, which are subject to the Ancient Monuments Protection Law of 1983.

The ministry said German authorities opened an investigation into the case. The Minister also thanked the Egyptian embassy's staffers for their efforts in this file. Efforts are underway to bring the culprits to trial under the international law, the minister said.