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Memorial for victims of Algeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo taken Feb. 24, 2013, shows a monument built at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, for the victims of a hostage crisis that occurred on Jan. 16 and caused at least 40 deaths. The Algerian government held a memorial service at the facility on Feb. 24 for the victims.

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Memorial for victims of Algeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Employees of a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Feb. 24, 2013, pose in front of a monument for the victims of a hostage crisis that occurred on Jan. 16, causing at least 40 deaths. The Algerian government held a memorial service at the facility on Feb. 24 for the victims.

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Algeria hostage crisis site

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Cylinders stand charred at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16, with the crisis ending violently four days later after the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria hostage crisis site

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo shows a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Journalists report on bullet marks on the wall of a cafe in an accommodation area at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government showed the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later when the Algerian government launched a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo shows a square in an accommodation area at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government allowed the media access to the site of a recent hostage crisis for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later when the Algerian government launched a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - A bus carrying reporters enter an accommodation area at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government showed the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later when the Algerian government launched a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo shows charred vehicles left near a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government showed the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later when the Algerian government launched a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Soldiers guard a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Reporters interview a person at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Cylinders are charred due to an explosion at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Soldiers guard a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Living quarters at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, show signs of fierce combat as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to journalists for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Living quarters at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, show signs of fierce combat as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to journalists for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Soldiers stand guard at the living quarters of a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to journalists for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Living quarters at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, show signs of fierce combat as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to journalists for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Journalists visit a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on a press tour organized by the Algerian government on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government showed journalists the site of a recent hostage crisis for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo shows military helicopters parked at an airport in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013. The Algerian government the same day showed journalists a local gas facility where a recent hostage crisis occurred, the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Journalists arrive at the airport in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, to take part in a press tour of a gas facility where a recent hostage crisis occurred, as the Algerian government showed the site to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.

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Algeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo taken secretly on Jan. 16, 2013, by one of the Algerians held hostage at a gas plant in In Amenas shows Algerian workers standing outside an accommodation unit of the plant. The man in camouflage is one of the captors. Dozens of people, including many foreign nationals, died later in the hostage crisis.

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Algeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo taken secretly on Jan. 16, 2013, by one of the Algerians held hostage at a gas plant in In Amenas shows three attackers (background R) guarding foreigners while Algerians (L) are left alone. Dozens, including many foreign nationals, later died in the hostage crisis.

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Algeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo taken secretly on Jan. 16, 2013, by one of the Algerians held hostage at a gas plant in In Amenas shows Algerian workers standing outside an accommodation unit of the plant. The man in camouflage is one of the captors. Dozens of people, including many foreign nationals, died later in the hostage crisis.

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Argeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Undated photo shows weapons used by Islamist militants who took over a gas plant in In Amenas, Algeria, taking many foreign workers hostage, in January 2013. The weapons were confiscated by Algerian security forces after mounting an assault on the militants.

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Argeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Undated photo shows weapons used by Islamist militants who took over a gas plant in In Amenas, Algeria, taking many foreign workers hostage, in January 2013. The weapons were confiscated by Algerian security forces after mounting an assault on the militants.

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Argeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo shows a hospital in In Amenas, Algeria, on Jan. 21, 2013, where the bodies of some of the victims of a hostage crisis have been taken.

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Argeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Paramedics carry a coffin into a hospital in In Amenas, Algeria, on Jan. 21, 2013, where the bodies of some of the victims of a hostage crisis have been taken.

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Hostage crisis in Algeria

IN AMENAS, Algeria - A truck carries coffins into a hospital in In Amenas, Algeria, on Jan. 21, 2013, following a hostage crisis.

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Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2013, that seven Japanese nationals, who were employees of engineering firm JGC Corp., have been confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria. Islamist militants attacked a gas plant in In Amenas, southeast Algeria, on Jan. 16, taking workers of many nationalities hostage. The Algerian military ended the standoff on Jan. 19.