Islamic terror abductions in the Middle East
By: Shaul Shay.
Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845191672
Subjects: Terrorism -- Middle East; Kidnapping -- Middle East
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Terror and abductions; title: Western vulnerability and dilemma; title: Defining terror; title: Defining abduction; title: Abductions : an act of war or a criminal act?; title: State intervention in abduction and bargaining incidents; title: Abductions in the Palestinian arena and the Nachshon Wachsman affair; title: Abductions and bargaining incidents in the Israeli/Palestinian confrontation; title: The Hamas movement : ideological, operational, characteristics; title: Abductions and attempted abductions by the Hamas; title: The abduction and killing of Nachshon Wachsman; title: The main characteristics of Hamas abductions; title: The Hizballah and abductions in the Lebanese arena; title: Iran and its use of terror; title: Exporting the Iranian revolution; title: Iranian intelligence and terror agencies; title: Links between Iran and the Hamas; title: The Iranian terror system; title: The Hizballah Organization; title: Hizballah abductions against Israel; title: Israel's policy regarding captives and hostages; title: The abduction of foreign hostages in Lebanon; title: Imad Muraniya and the attack mechanism; title: The kidnapping of foreign nationals in Lebanon; title: Abductions in the Iraqi arena; title: Abductions and decapitations; title: The Islamic tradition of decapitation; title: Justification through religious doctrine; title: Abductions in Yemen; title: Yemen and Islamic terror; title: The abduction of foreign residents; title: The arrest of the British terror ring and the abduction Of tourists on December 28, 1998; title: The confrontation arenas, western governments :  policy, and crimes against humanity by offending; title: States and organizations; title: Epilogue : abduction of Israeli soldiers and civilians (June and; title: July 2006); title: An interview with the chief of staff Ehud Barak following the IDF operation to rescue Nachshon Wachsman; title: An interview with senior Hamas leader Mahmoud A Zahari; title: Al Qaida claims responsibility for the murder of the Egyptian Ambassador in Iraq.