Quote of the Day: British survivor on Algeria raid

"I feel sorry for anybody who has been hurt but, other than that, I enjoyed it."

I was very impressed with the Algerian army. It was a very exciting episode. I feel sorry for anybody who has been hurt but, other than that, I enjoyed it.

A British survivor from the Algerian hostage crisis sounds ready to go through it all again.

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