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Thursday, January 24, 2013

6 OFWs Die in Algerian Gas Plant Terrorist Attack.

     Six Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are confirmed dead in a Gas Plant terrorist attack in Algeria a few days ago. The report was officially released by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) after Algerian Officials have established the identities and nationalities of the fatalities. The death of the Filipinos and other nationalities was a result of a botched Algerian Military assault to rescue the hostages in the said gas plant located in the Sahara Desert.

     The gas plant which was operated by a Japanese company was attacked by an Islamic terrorist group connected to the Al Qaeda, according to news reports. The Algerian authorities said the military was forced to launch a rescue attempt when the terrorists started to execute some of their hostages after their demands were not met by the Algerian Government.

     At least 30 hostages were killed after the bloody and messy rescue effort. Most of the fatalities were gas plant workers that were used as human shield by the extremists as they tried to escape the military which has surrounded the facility. Survivors said they were hogtied and explosives were placed by the terrorists all over the plant. It was not known if the victims were killed by the terrorists or were hit by bullets coming from the Algerian forces during the firefight.

     Four Filipino workers are still missing and the Algerian Government are still trying to locate them. It is still unclear if the missing OFWs were taken as hostages by the fleeing terrorists or if they got lost and now aimlessly wandering in the Sahara Desert after the bloody rescue attempt.

     Let's all hope that the four missing Pinoys are all safe and sound. The Overseas Filipino Workers all over the world are our new heroes which has kept our economy afloat during the Global Economic Crisis. These OFWs are solely responsible in making our economy strong and robust despite the US and European recession. It's the ordinary Filipino worker abroad that is keeping our country alive despite these global difficulties.

     It was never the handiwork of our Government or our Political Leaders that kept our economy afloat....although these SOBs keep on claiming it as their accomplishments! Let us all pray for our OFWs safety.....

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