(P/B) GLOBAL JIHAD AND THE TACTICS OF TERROR ABDUCTION

Παρουσίαση

In recent decades, the taking of hostages has proven to be a particularly effective tactic for Islamic terrorist organizations worldwide, including al Qaeda. The "global jihad" movement regards citizens of foreign (mainly western) countries as prime targets for abduction, although in fact local residents have constituted the majority of kidnapping victims.
This book analyzes Islamic terror abductions over the last 30 years in the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia), Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and the Philippines), Africa (the Maghreb, the Sahel regions, and Somalia), and in Russia as a part of the Russian-Chechen conflict. Discussion also focuses on the abduction by Hizballah of Israeli soldiers, the "Second Lebanon War" of 2006, the Mumbai terror attack (2008), the Chechen hostage crises in Moscow and Beslan (2002 and 2004), and the kidnapping of employees of the Algerian In Amenas gas facility by "al Qaeda of the Maghreb" in January 2013 and the Nairobi "Westgate Mall" hostage crisis in September 2013.
The role of Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism, and its patronage of terror organizations that utilize the tactic of abduction to promote Iranian interests in Lebanon and Iraq, is highlighted throughout.
Discussion focuses on the challenges faced by countries whose citizens have been abducted by Islamic terror organizations and their reactions to these challenges, and provides theoretical classifications of the phenomenon of terrorism in general and terror abduction in particular. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Preface
Terror and abductions - Theoretical background
Al Qaeda and terror abductions
Iran and terror abductions
Hizballah and terror abductions in Lebanon
Terror abductions in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India
Terror abductions and decapitations in Iraq
Terror abductions in Saudi Arabia
Terror abductions in Yemen
The "Arab Spring" and terror abductions in Syria and Lebanon
Terror abductions in the Philippines
Al Qaeda and terror abductions in the Maghreb
Terror abductions in the horn of Africa
Islamic terror abductions in the Russia-Chechnya conflict
Summary and conclusions
Epilogue
Select bibliography
Index