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Title

Islamic terror abductions in the Middle East / Shaul Shay.

Author

Shay, Shaul.

Publication

Brighton ; Portland : Sussex Academic Press, 2007.

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Description

viii, 197 p.; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Terrorism > Middle East
• Kidnapping > Middle East

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-184) and index.

Contents

Terror and abductions : western vulnerability and dilemma -- Defining terror -- Defining abduction -- Abductions : an "act of war" or a "criminal act"? -- State intervention in abduction and bargaining incidents -- Abductions in the Palestinian arena and the Nachshon Wachsman affair -- Abductions and bargaining incidents in the Israeli/Palestinian confrontation -- The Hamas movement : ideological, operational, characteristics -- Abductions and attempted abductions by the Hamas -- The abduction and killing of Nachshon Wachsman -- The main characteristics of Hamas abductions -- The Hizballah and abductions in the Lebanese arena -- Iran and its use of terror -- Exporting the Iranian revolution -- Iranian intelligence and terror agencies -- The Iranian terror system -- The Hizballah Organization -- Links between Iran and the Hamas -- Hizballah abductions against Israel -- Israel's policy regarding captives and hostages -- The abduction of foreign hostages in Lebanon -- Imad Muraniya and the attack mechanism -- The kidnapping of foreign nationals -- Abductions in the Iraqi arena -- Hostage-taking and decapitations, 2003-2005 -- The Islamic tradition of decapitation -- Justification through religious doctrine -- Abductions in Yemen -- Yemen and Islamic terror -- The abduction of foreign residents -- The arrest of the "British" terror network in Yemen (December 23, 1998) -- The confrontation arenas, western governments' policy, and crimes against humanity by offending states and organizations -- The Israeli-Palestinian confrontation arena -- The Lebanese arena -- Yemen -- The Iraqi arena -- Points of emphasis and lessons to be drawn -- Epilogue : abduction of Israeli soldiers and civilians (June and July 2006) -- The Hamas government, Abu Mazen and kidnapping -- Abductions by Hizballah in the Zar'it sector -- Al Qaida claims responsibility for the murder of the Egyptian Ambassador in Iraq.

Call Number

JFE 08-3795

ISBN

• 9781845191672 (alk. paper)
• 1845191676 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2006102347

OCLC

• 77504121
• vendor

Author

Shay, Shaul.

Title

Islamic terror abductions in the Middle East / Shaul Shay.

Imprint

Brighton ; Portland : Sussex Academic Press, 2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-184) and index.

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Research Call Number

JFE 08-3795