MISSING TOURISTS UPDATE: Some of them have been freed. But there’s no information on who was holding them, or why.

(Via PrestoPundit).

UPDATE: This story says they were rescued from an “Al-Qaida linked terror group.”

In the Algerian capital Wednesday, the Army said the Salafist Group for Call and Combat was responsible for taking the travelers hostage, the official news agency APS reported. The group is on the U.S. State Department’s list of terror organizations.

Algerian news reports have said three Saudi envoys of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden met with a top leader of the Salafist Group in December.

I can’t say I’m surprised, and I wonder what else is going on down there.