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001 2006102347
003 DLC
005 20080110083440.0
008 061226s2007 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006102347
020 $a9781845191672 (alk. paper)
020 $a1845191676 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm77504121
035 $a(OCoLC)77504121
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050 00 $aHV6433.M5$bS52 2007
082 00 $a364.15/40956$222
100 1 $aShay, Shaul.
245 10 $aIslamic terror abductions in the Middle East /$cShaul Shay.
260 $aBrighton ;$aPortland :$bSussex Academic Press,$c2007.
300 $aviii, 197 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 182-184) and index.
505 0 $aTerror 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.
650 0 $aTerrorism$zMiddle East.
650 0 $aKidnapping$zMiddle East.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006102347.html