[Palladin]

Kidnappings to be next? From Debka:

New Al Qaeda Kidnap Guide to Force Release of Detainees in US, Saudi, Yemeni Hands

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

November 25, 2003, 11:47 PM (GMT+02:00)


Bin Laden sets sights on new objective.


Just 24 hours after its countdown threat to the United States (reported below) , al Qaeda has compiled a detailed kidnappers manual for snatching American troops, diplomats and civilian personnel working with US forces – or any Americans at all - in Muslim countries.

The manual, a copy of which has reached DEBKAfile’s counter terror sources, lists dos and don’ts for the Islamic kidnap team. They are told how to organize for a mission, trail their quarry and cover up their tracks cunningly enough to buy time and lose themselves before the abduction is discovered and the “enemy” sets out in pursuit.

Young soldiers, they are told, can hold out for several days without food or water until the previously prepared hideout is reached.

Hiding places must be selected in sparsely-populated regions. The kidnappers or their commanders must know the locals well enough to be sure they can be trusted “not to go running to the authorities to sell the whereabouts of the secret prison."

[Fred Mertz]

Thanks for posting something more credible to this thread.

[Quix]

People can decry Debka all they want.

In this case, a lot of highly reliable, reputable sources are saying very similar things.

Besides that, Debka has more hits than people give them credit for.

And in today's complex world rife with floods of disinformation and great complexities at best . . . no one's going to get it anywhere near 100% right even most of the time.

[Marysecretary]

We need to surround our troops and others in Iraq and Afghanistan with 24 hour around the clock prayer. These people will stop at nothing to destroy us. We have to hold the course in spite of them. Mxxx