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...father, Amin, in a radical project to re-make Lebanon as a bastion of pro-Western liberalism, aligned with Israel and free from Syrian domination and Iranian influence. That effort failed: Bashir wound up dead; Amin went into temporary exile; U.S. credibility evaporated and Americans remaining in Beirut became kidnap targets; and Israel got mired in an 18-year military occupation. By contrast, Syrian and Iranian influence in Lebanon swelled...
...While the American Automobile Association (AAA) encourages carpooling with someone you know, it warns against ride sharing when you don't know who is behind the wheel. "You're hooking up with a perfect stranger," says Robert Sinclair Jr., a spokesman for AAA. "Beyond the fact that they could kidnap you and rob you, you don't know how good of a driver they are and what kind of insurance they have...
...missing persons on the wall of that Baghdad police station reminded me of the pictures and notes on walls in downtown Manhattan after 9/11. The desperation and sorrow of people whose loved ones have disappeared is very familiar. The story of Waddah al-Anbari's ordeal as a kidnap victim made me shiver, cringe and wonder whether I would be able to keep my wits in a similar situation. It also got me to thinking about the untold consequences of war. Please keep telling these stories...
...Suspicion over Tuesday's kidnapping immediately fell on the Shi'ite militias who have waged a massive campaign of sectarian kidnapping and murder. The kidnap bore many of the hallmarks of a militia operation, including the use of military uniforms and the targeting of Sunnis. Al-Ujaili is a member of the Iraqi Islamic Party, a Sunni organization, and some Shi'ites have accused him of filling his department with cosectarians. It is common for Iraqi ministries to recruit mainly from the sect of the minister concerned...
...Karrada neighborhood, where the research directorate is located, residents said the scale of the kidnapping suggested collusion - perhaps even participation - by real policemen. "How can you kidnap 100 people in the middle of the city and not be caught at a checkpoint?" said Raed Hussein, a shop assistant who works not far from the directorate. "The only way you can get away with this is if you have the support of the police." There are hundreds of police checkpoints in the Iraqi capital, and it is almost impossible to travel more than a mile without having to pass...