Article Photos: Algeria militants played shrewd media game



In this Jan. 16, 2013 photo secretly taken by a hostage, an Islamic militant, rear center, in camouflage uniform, stands among Algerian employees who were forced to leave their houses with their belongings at the Ain Amenas natural gas complex in Ain Amenas, Algeria. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

In this Jan. 16, 2013 photo secretly taken by a hostage, an Islamic militant, rear center, in camouflage uniform, stands among Algerian employees who were forced to leave their houses with their belongings at the Ain Amenas natural gas complex in Ain Amenas, Algeria. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE