Militant militia leader Moktar Belmoktar speaks on video as Algerian officials scramble for a way to end an armed standoff deep in the Sahara desert with Islamic militants who have taken dozens of foreigners hostage.
"Mali is in engagement. It's a crisis center right now. We all know al Qaeda wants to attack Western-type places. The problem is we get hung up on hard sites, like embassies," says Reese. "They're looking at softer targets. They're looking at people traveling in buses who are more open. They want to embarrass us instead of attacking a hard target where they're going to lose people."
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