Islamic Terror Abductions In The Middle East
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Author | : Shaul Shay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-03-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781845197360 |
This book investigates abductions, hostage taking, beheadings, and global jihad influences in four theatres in the Middle East over the last 25 years (1980-2005): Israel (as a part of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict), Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq. It includes discussion of the William Buckley, William Higgins and "Iran gate" abductions. The "Nahshon Waxman" affair -- the Israeli soldier abducted and murdered by HAMAS in 1994 -- is presented as a case study in understanding the four major phases of an abduction -- preparation and planning; carrying out the abduction; negotiations; and the rescue attempt. Terrorist organisations use abduction as a tool for promotion of their and their patrons' interests. Examination of Middle East abductions, and the relations/correlations between Islamic terrorist organisations and Iran, demonstrates Iran's role as a terror supporting state, and the promotion of Iranian interests by its terrorist surrogates. The research examines the challenge posed by terrorist organisations for countries whose citizens have been abducted and the answers to that challenge, and provides theoretical classifications of the terror phenomenon in general and abductions/beheadings in particular.
Author | : Shaul Shay |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1782841423 |
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.
Author | : Shaʾul Shai |
Publisher | : Transaction Publishers |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 076580347X |
The disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s ended the Yugoslavian Federation, which for nearly fifty years had succeeded in preserving a delicate coexistence among the ethnic, religious, and national components contained within it. Following this, the Balkans became a violent arena of confrontation due to these warring factions. "Islamic Terror and the Balkans" describes and analyzes the growth of radical Islam in the Balkans from its inception during the years of World War II to the present. Shay's account shows how the Bosnian War between the Muslims and the Serbs provided the historical opportunity for radical Islam to penetrate the Balkans, at a time when the Muslim world, headed by Iran and the various Islamic terror organizations, including Al-Qaida, came to the aid of the Muslims in Bosnia. In the framework of the mobilization of these entities in aiding the Muslim side in the conflict, the operational and organizational infrastructure of Iranian intelligence and the Revolutionary Guards was established, as well as those operated by other Islamic terror organizations. When war in Bosnia ended, terrorist infrastructures remained in the Balkans and served as a basis for these entities' intervention in the confrontation that developed in the Balkans in the late-1990s, specifically in Kosovo and Macedonia. Today, the Balkans serve as a forefront on European soil for Islamic terror organizations, which exploits this area to promote their activities in Western Europe, Russia, and other focal points worldwide. Shay's analysis of terror activity in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and exposure of terror cells throughout the world, and particularly in Europe, attest to the increasing involvement of the "Balkan alumni" and of the terrorist infrastructure from this area in creating global terror activity. "Shaul Shay" has served in various senior capacities in Israel's intelligence community. He is a research fellow at the International Counter-terrorism Policy Institute at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya and heads the Israel Defense Forces' Department of History. An expert on international and Fundamentalist Islamic terrorism, he has published studies and articles in Israel and abroad and written ten books on the subject including "The Axis of Evil," "The Red Sea Terror Triangle," and "The Shahids" (all Transaction).
Author | : Shaul Shay |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781845198237 |
Kidnapping constitutes a central component in the "attack repertoire" of terror organizations. It is a means of promoting the goals of their organizations and their patrons. Since the 1960s, Israel has been extorted by terrorist organizations holding Israeli soldiers and civilians hostage, who would be returned in a deal securing the release of imprisoned members of these terror organizations. In the wake of the Islamic revolution in Iran and the ascent of a terror-supporting regime in that country, Islamic terror entities-such as the Lebanese Hezbollah organization and the Palestinian Hamas movement-have become preeminent in the Middle East in all matters connected to terror in general, and kidnappings in particular. This study analyzes the challenges that radical Islamic groups pose, and the response of Israel relating to abductions in Lebanon via the Hezbollah organization (1983-2016), and abductions in Israel via the Hamas movement (1989-2016). The main debates about prisoner exchange within Israeli society revolve around the following questions: (1) Does conceding to terrorists lead to further kidnappings? and (2) Do the terrorists that are released return to terrorist activity? The challenge issued by terror organizations to Israel whose citizens have been kidnapped, and the way Israel has risen to that challenge, is the prime focus of this study. It follows two earlier books by the author published by Sussex Academic on the regional and global aspects of terror abductions. Subject: Middle East Studies, Politics, Israeli Studies, Terrorism]
Author | : Dilip Hiro |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Islam and politics |
ISBN | : 9780415288019 |
Appendices include: the United Nations Security Council Resolution #1368 and #1378.
Author | : U. S. Military |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 121 |
Release | : 2017-11-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781973281184 |
This book provides policymakers, practitioners, and academics with data and analysis regarding kidnapping events perpetrated by jihadist groups against Westerners in non-Western countries. It will do so by first examining all non-state actor kidnappings from both a macro- and micro-level to place the phenomenon in context. This general approach then becomes the springboard from which to compare and contrast trends in jihadist kidnappings with those of other non-state actors. Following a brief introduction that outlines the scope, data, and methods used in the study, the first section's macro-level analysis uses data from the Global Terrorism Database (GDT) maintained by the University of Maryland's START Consortium (7,048 incidents between 1970 and 2013). The second section's micro-level analysis of kidnapping events involving Western hostages since 2001 utilizes an original Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) dataset consisting of 1,485 observations that incorporated data from individual academics, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), non-profit and for-profit research think tanks, and private sector insurance companies. There has been a worldwide spike in kidnapping events since 2003. The trend is global and not confined to one specific region. The overwhelming majority of kidnappings are domestic (intra-state); kidnappings of Westerners are rare in comparison to the universe of kidnappings. Kidnapping of Westerners (2001-2015) Overall Trends - Although total non-state actor kidnapping incidents and victims peaked in 2008 due to Somali piracy, the number of incidents and victims have trended upward from 2010 to 2014. Jihadist groups are primarily responsible for these increases. The Middle East, followed by Africa, accounts for the most total kidnappings and the most Sunni jihadist kidnappings, however, most abductions in Africa are conducted by non-jihadist actors. Trends in Nationality of Victims - Six countries (Turkey, United States, Italy, United Kingdom, France, and Germany) account for more than 60% of total, jihadist, and other non-state actor kidnappings. Trends in Sunni jihadist kidnapping rates from 2010-2014 for these countries generally mirror the overall increase in Sunni jihadist abductions, casting some doubt on the ability or desire of Sunni jihadist groups to target by nationality.
Author | : Source Wikipedia |
Publisher | : Booksllc.Net |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 2013-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781230776248 |
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: History of the Middle East, Islamic terrorism, Jean de Menasce, Middle Eastern cuisine, Middle Eastern music, Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Orient-Institut Beirut. Excerpt: Islamic terrorism is a form of religious terrorism committed by extremists of Islam mostly for the religious beliefs and sometimes on achieving varying political ends again in the name of religion. Islamic terrorism has been identified as taking place in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and United States since the 1970s. Islamic terrorist organizations have been known to engage in tactics including suicide attacks, hijackings, kidnapping and recruiting new members through the Internet. Some scholars, such as Mark Burgess of the Center for Defense Information, trace the roots of Islamic terrorism back to the 11th-century Assassins, an order of Isma'ili Shi'ism that targeted political and religious opponents who stood in the way of the Assassins' sectarian ideology. In positing a continuity between Islamic terrorism's medieval and modern manifestations, Burgess identifies a common underlying motive, namely loyalty to a divine imperative, and similar tactics, such as actively seeking out martyrdom. The emergence of modern Islamic terrorism has its roots in the 19th century. The Wahhabi movement, an Arabian fundamentalist movement that formed in the 18th century, began to establish a broad following during the 1800s and gradually inspired other fundamentalist movements during the 20th century. Waves of politically motivated terrorist movements in Europe during the 1800s (e.g. the Narodnaya Volya, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation) and early 1900s (e.g. the IRA, the Irgun) served as inspirations and models which would inspire the Islamists over the course of the 20th century...
Author | : Amir Taheri |
Publisher | : Adler & Adler Publishers |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Explains what motivates Islamic fundamentalists, where they think they are going, and how they plan to get there.
Author | : Mindy Belz |
Publisher | : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1496411471 |
"Examines the escalating persecution of Christian groups in the Middle East by ISIS forces, offering testimony of the brutalization and annihilation of Christians along with their refusal to abandon their faith in the face of it all,"--NoveList.
Author | : Walid Amin Ruwayha |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Arab-Israeli conflict |
ISBN | : |
Forfatteren, der er araber, beskriver terrorisme og gidseltagning i Mellemøsten. Bogens hovedtese er, at den egentlige terrorisme er statsterrorisme udøvet af den vestlige verden anført af USA og Israel.