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Al Qaeda turns to kidnapping for ransom to fund operations
US officials citing files from Osama bin Laden show al Qaeda's core network in Pakistan has shifted toward abductions as a money source as donor funding wanes. Affiliates in North Africa Yemen Iraq Pakistan and Afghanistan have abducted diplomats tourists and merchants with ransoms reaching tens of millions.
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Washington
al-Qaida
Pakistan
Osama bin Laden
bin Laden
al- Qaida
Abbottabad
U.S
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
Maryland
House Intelligence Committee
CIA
National
Treasury Department
FBI
Military
Persian Gulf
David Cohen
Sept. l
Ruppersberger
Scott Hellstein
U.S. Military Academy
North Africa
Long
Matthieu Guidere
Yemen
Iraq
Afghanistan
John Solecki
U.N