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The Passionate Eye | Season 2013 | Sep 29, 2013 | 43:17

Siege in the Sahara

Survivors of the terrorist attack on an Algerian gas plant offer a gripping reconstruction of their hostage-taking, raising key questions about the role of the Algerian army and Canadian jihadists in the deaths of 40 hostages.

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