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After Algerian standoff, debate emerges over hostage-takers’ intent
Algerian security forces on Sunday made grisly discoveries of dozens of bodies at a sprawling natural gas facility, a day after a violent showdown put an end to an international hostage crisis.
But as Algeria tallied up the losses, a debate was quickly emerging about whether the militant group linked to al-Qaeda that seized the plant had been intent on a massacre or whether it had simply been after money.
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