Global Jihad and the Tactic of Terror Abduction: A Comprehensive Review of Islamic Terrorist Organizations - Softcover

Shay, Shaul

9781845196974: Global Jihad and the Tactic of Terror Abduction: A Comprehensive Review of Islamic Terrorist Organizations

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ISBN 10: 184519697X ISBN 13: 9781845196974

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2014

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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 crisis in Moscow and Beslan (2002 and 2004), 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.

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About the Author

Shaul Shay is a senior research fellow at the International Policy Institute for Counterterrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel, and served as the deputy head of the Israeli National Security Council. He is the author of The Axis of Evil: Iran, Hizballah, and the Palestinian Terror; Islamic Terror and the Balkans; Islamic Terror Abductions in the Middle East; The Shahids: Islam and Suicide Attacks; and Somalia between Jihad and Restoration.

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