Kidnappers Spread Terror Among Locals ; Insurgents, Criminals Have Different Motives
The Washington Times › October 06, 2005
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Widespread lawlessness is providing incentive for kidnappers, who have largely turned their attention to their fellow Iraqis since a wave of high-profile abductions forced foreign journalists and contractors to step up security measures last year.
"One of the most ignored dimensions of the Iraqi insurgency are the Iraqis themselves who are regularly abducted, held for ransom and sometimes executed," said Bruce Hoffman, a counterterrorism specialist at the Rand Corp., an American nonprofit research group.See the full content of this document
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Kidnappers Spread Terror Among Locals ; Insurgents, Criminals Have Different Motives
The kidnapping crisis is so severe that it is difficult to speak with any Iraqi in Baghdad who does not know a family that has been victimized.
Iraq's Ministry of Inte...See the full content of this document
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