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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

"the Bergdahl trade opened a kind of Pandora’s box..."

January 28, 2015 al Qaeda , James Kirchick 0 Comments
Freed Al Qaeda Agent Was Part Of Proposed Swap For Jailed Americans

Shane Harris and James Kirchick, Jan. 25, 2015, Daily Beast

The proposed swap involving the al Qaeda agent, Ali Saleh Al-Marri, raises troubling questions about whether the Bergdahl trade opened a kind of Pandora’s box, signaling to foreign governments that they can pressure the United States to make concessions on terrorism by trading American prisoners abroad for dangerous extremists held in the United States.

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Monday, November 17, 2014

Next to be executed

November 17, 2014 American Hostage , Beheading 0 Comments
A 26-Year-Old Woman Is ISIS’s Last American Hostage

Shane Harris, Nov. 17, 2014, The Daily Beast

The extremists didn’t show her off in their latest snuff film. And her family doesn’t want her name released. But what is known about ISIS’s remaining U.S. captive is heartbreaking.

With ISIS’s brutal murder of Peter Kassig, a 26-year-old American aid worker who dedicated his life to the plight of Syrian refugees, the militant group has one more U.S. citizen remaining in its clutches, according to current and former U.S. officials, as well as individuals involved in efforts to free the Americans.

The hostage is the only American woman held by the militant group. She is the same age as Kassig, and, like him, was kidnapped while trying to help people whose lives have been upended by the long Syrian civil war. She was particularly moved to help children who have been orphaned and separated from their families. The woman was taken in August 2013, along with a group of other aid workers who have reportedly been released.

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