Hostages - Foreign Hostages in Afghanistan, Foreign Hostages in Iraq, Kim Sun-Il, Nick Berg, Death of Linda Norgrove, David S. Rohde (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Foreign hostages in Afghanistan, Foreign hostages in Iraq, Kim Sun-il, Nick Berg, Death of Linda Norgrove, David S. Rohde, 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan, Jill Carroll, Margaret Hassan, Kenneth Bigley, Norman Kember, James Loney, Operation 14 juillet, Giuliana Sgrena, Douglas Wood, Ahmed Kousay Altaie, Gabriele Torsello, Mellissa Fung, Susanne Osthoff, Sean Langan, Tom Fox, Stephen Farrell, Fabrizio Quattrocchi, Tariq Azizuddin, James Brandon, Shosei Koda, Harmeet Singh Sooden, Roy Hallums, Daniele Mastrogiacomo, Akihiko Saito, Meir of Rothenburg, Enzo Baldoni, Ronald Alan Schulz, Ihab el-Sherif, Hostage Working Group, Jack Hensley, Sinan Krause, Kirk von Ackermann, Paul Taggart, Rory Carroll, Fairuz Yamulky, Rifat Mohammed Rifat, Marie Jeanne Ion, Florence Aubenas, Christian Chesnot, Issa Salomi, Georges Malbrunot, Fadi Ihsan Fadel, Murat Yuce, Ulf Hjertstrom. Excerpt: Beginning in April 2004, members of the Iraqi insurgency began taking foreign civilian hostages in Iraq. Since then, they have kidnapped more than 200 foreigners and thousands of Iraqis; among them, dozens of foreign hostages have been killed. Nepal (with 12) and the United States (with 11) rank the highest of hostages killed in Iraq. China ranks the highest (with 15) of hostages freed in Iraq followed by Pakistan (with 13) and Egypt (with 10). There are many motives behind these kidnappings. They include: In 2004, executions of captives were often filmed, and many were beheaded. However, the number of the recorded killings decreased significantly. Many hostages remain missing with no clue as to their whereabouts. The United States Department of State Hostage Working Group was organized by the U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, in the summer of 2004 to monitor foreign hostages in Iraq. The following is a list of known civilian foreign hostages i...