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US vows to pursue militants behind Algeria attack

By REUTERS

JANUARY 18, 2013 13:58

LONDON - US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Friday militants who attacked the United States and its citizens will be hunted down, in the first comments by a senior US official on a hostage attack by Islamist militants in Algeria.

He said the US government was working around the clock to ensure the safe return of its citizens caught up in the Algeria crisis.

"Regardless of the motivation of the hostage takers, there is no justification, no justification for the kidnapping and murder of innocent people," Panetta said during a visit to London, adding that the United States was in close touch with the Algerian government about the crisis.

"Terrorists should be on notice that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in Algeria, not in North Africa, not anywhere. Those who would wantonly attack our country and our people will have no place to hide," he said.

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