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Iraq-Jordan
Sale of hostages in Iraq makes tracing impossible
2004-06-11
Posted by:Super Hose

#1  "If light-weights have hostages, they know they can sell them on to Al-Qaeda-type groups," he said. "This will really complicate things for us because these groups have little respect even for the Islamic authorities." A regular visitor to Iraq for seven years, and an experienced troubleshooter in the Middle East, White is using his long-standing ties with key Sunni and Shiite clerics in the hope that their combined moral authority can persuade kidnappers to free their hostages.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-06-11 10:51:16 PM  

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