Word: kidnapings
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...Peerpanjal hills overlooking the main Srinagar-Jammu highway, gunmen burst into a mud-walled house and, without a word, open fire. Herdsman Mohammed Shaffi, his wife Fatima, daughter Janoo and another relative are shot dead. The killers then enter a neighbor's house and kidnap the owner, Nizamuddin. (He remains missing.) Soon after the first shootings, rebels attack army camps at Waripora Magam and Zachaldar in Kupwara. Five soldiers, members of the 21 and 24 Rashtriya Rifles, are killed and 13 more wounded. The Lashkar-i-Tayyaba admits carrying out the assaults, which it says were the work...
Vacation in Bangladesh? you're kidding, right? The name is synonymous with every kind of disaster, from fatal floods and endemic disease to violent strikes, crushing poverty and?an extra recent thrill?rebels who kidnap foreigners for ransom. A local writer once said Bangladesh was a place where no one should ever have lived. He was only half joking. This is not a destination for relaxation, pampering or guided tours of picture-perfect settings. Leave that for Bali or the Bahamas. The country used to sell itself with the rather telling slogan: "Come to Bangladesh before the tourists." This...
...Sobero's nightmare began May 27, when he and a Filipina were dragged out of their bungalow at the Dos Palmas diving resort in Palawan island by rebels of the Abu Sayyaf, an Islamic militant group described by a U.S. official as "Kidnap Inc." The terrorists also grabbed a Kansas missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham, who were celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary, and 13 Filipinos. They were forced into speedboats and hauled 400 km to Basilan, the terrorists' island lair off southern Mindanao. Rebels last week claimed they had beheaded Sobero, but the Philippine military said it couldn...
...Sayyaf is also fragmented, having split into three factions after the military killed its founder-leader Abdurajak Janjalani in 1998. That exacerbates Arroyo's challenge. Even if her government manages to capture the current rebels, there are two more outfits ready to kidnap and kill in the future. "It was easier to deal with them when they had a single leader?and an ideology," says a Basilan politician. "Now, these guys are in it for the money, and there's no stopping them...
...other faction, based in the Sulu islands, is led by Galib Andang, nicknamed Commander Robot for the mechanical way he dances. Addicted to shabu (methamphetamines) and married to at least two of his female ex-kidnap victims, Andang directed the Sipadan raid. He is also known to be generous: so much of the Sipadan ransom spilled over onto his native island Jolo that the dollar fell among local traders from 50 pesos to 25. Another Sulu island commander is Raddulan Sahirun. In his 60s, Raddulan wears two revolvers around his waist like a fast-draw artist, even though...