Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Terror and Abductions - Theoretical Background -- Defining Terror -- Defining Abduction -- The Goals of Abduction -- The Modus Operandi -- The Timing of Abduction -- Abduction: An Act of War or a Criminal Act? -- The Dilemma of Hostages, POWs, and Prisoners -- State Intervention in Abductions -- Chapter 2: Al Qaeda and Terror Abductions -- Al Qaeda and Abduction: The Financial Aspects -- Al Qaeda Abduction Manual -- Reasons for Detaining One or More Enemy Individuals -- Requirements Needed to form a Kidnapping Group -- Types of Kidnapping -- Stages of Public Abduction -- Security Measures for Public Abduction -- Stages of Secret Kidnapping -- Security Measures for Secret Kidnapping -- How to Deal with Hostages in Both Kidnapping Types -- Al Qaeda and the Use of Terror Abductions (2003-12) -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Iran and Terror Abductions -- Iran's Use of Terror -- The Iranian Terror System -- The Islamic Revolution in Iran -- The Crisis at the American Embassy in Tehran -- The Attack on the Embassy (November 1979) -- Negotiations -- The Rescue (Operation Eagle Claw) -- The End of the Crisis -- Iranian Involvement in Terror Abductions in Iraq -- The Abduction of Five Britons in Baghdad (May 2007) -- Iranian Capture of Three British Ships and Crews (June 2004) -- Iranian Capture of Two British Ships and Sailors (March 2007) -- Iran's Abduction of Three American Hikers (July 2010) -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Hizballah and Terror Abductions in Lebanon -- Hizballah Abductions Against Israel -- The Abduction of Two IDF Soldiers in Lebanon (February 1986) -- The Ron Arad Affair (October 1986) -- "Operation Poplar's Whistle" (the Israeli SEALs' Debacle) (September 1997) -- The Abduction of Three IDF Soldiers from Mount Dov (October 2000).

Hizballah Abduction Attempt at Rajar (November 2005) -- The Abduction of Two IDF Soldiers: The Second Lebanon War (July 2006) -- The Winograd Commission (April 2007) -- Israel's Efforts to Obtain the Release of IDF Soldiers Held by Hizballah -- The Abduction of Sheikh Abd al Karim Obeid (July 1989) -- Iranian and Hizballah Attempts to Release Sheikh Obeid -- The Abduction of Mustafa Dirani (May 1994) -- The aftermath -- Reciprocal Links Between Hamas and Hizballah Abductions -- Israeli Policy Regarding POWs and Hostages -- The Abduction of Foreign Nationals in Lebanon (1984-91) -- Imad Muraniya and the Attack Mechanism -- The United States -- The Abduction of William Buckley (March 1984) -- The "Irangate" Affair (September 1985) -- The Hijack to Lebanon of TWA Flight 847 (June 1986) -- The Abduction of Colonel William Higgins (February 1988) -- International Response -- The End of the Western Hostages' Affair in Lebanon -- Links Between Foreign Hostage Abductions and Israel -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Terror Abductions in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India -- Abductions In Afghanistan -- Abduction of Foreigners -- The Abduction of Twenty-Three South Korean Missionaries (July 2007) -- The First American Soldier Abducted in Afghanistan (June 2009) -- The Abduction of Two American Soldiers (July 2010) -- Abductions in 2010 -- French Hostages in Afghanistan -- Taliban Prisoners Escape from Afghan Jails -- Taliban Abductions -- Armed Attacks on Afghan Jails -- Summary -- Abductions in Pakistan -- The Abduction of Tariq Azizuddin, Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan (February 2008) -- The Abduction of John Solecki, Head of Balochistan UNHCR (February 2009) -- The Abduction and Murder of Daniel Pearl (January 2002) -- The Pakistani Taliban Abduct a Swiss Couple (July 2011) -- The Aafia Siddiqui Affair (December 2002).

An American Aid Worker Abducted in Pakistan (August 2011) -- Summary -- India and the Islamic Terror Threat -- The Abduction of Rubaiya Sayeed (December 1989) -- The Hijack of Indian Airlines Flight 814 (December 1999) -- The Mumbai Terror Attacks (November 2008) -- Chapter 6: Terror Abductions and Decapitations in Iraq -- Fallujah as a Hostage Center -- The Coalitions' Approach to the Hostage Issue in Iraq -- The Abduction of US Soldiers in Iraq -- Plots to Kidnap US Soldiers in Iraq -- Abduction and Massacre in a Baghdad Catholic Church (October 2010) -- The Rescue Operation -- An al Qaeda-Affiliated Group Takes Responsibility -- Condemnation -- New Threats to the Iraqi and Egyptian Coptic Churches -- Summary -- Abductions, Decapitations, and the Media -- The Tradition of Decapitation in Islam -- Abduction and Decapitation in Iraq from the Religious Aspect -- Chapter 7: Terror Abductions in Saudi Arabia -- The Siege of the Grand Mosque in Mecca (1979) -- Juhayman ibn Muhammad ibn Sayf al Otaibi -- Juhayman and the Mahdi -- The Takeover of the Grand Mosque (November 1979) -- The Siege -- The Shiite Rebellion in East Saudi Arabia -- The American Response -- The American Embassy Crisis in Pakistan (November 1979) -- The Iranian Response -- The Response from the Muslim World -- The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan (December 1979) -- The Assassination of Anwar Sadat (October 1981) -- The Assassination Attempt on Pope John Paul II (May 1981) -- Juhayman's Movement and al Qaeda in Iraq and Jordan -- The Abduction and Murder of Paul Marshall Johnson (June 2004) -- The Response of Saudi Arabia -- The al Khobar Massacre (May 2004) -- The al Khobar Petroleum Center -- The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation Building -- The Oasis-3 Compound -- The Rescue Operation -- Saudi Arabian Security Forces Free Two German Girls Kidnapped in Yemen (May 2010).

Al Qaeda in Yemen Urge Kidnappings of Saudi Royals and Christians (June 2010) -- The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia Issues a Kidnapping Warning to its Citizens -- A Saudi Diplomat Kidnapped in Yemen (March 2012) -- Chapter 8: Terror Abductions in Yemen -- Yemen and Islamic Terror -- The Abduction of Foreign Residents in Yemen -- The Arrest of the "British" Terror Network in Yemen (December 1998) -- The Abduction of Foreign Tourists (December 1998) -- Three French Aid Workers Abducted in Yemen (July 2011) -- The French Response -- The Release -- Summary -- Yemen and the "Arab Spring" -- Chapter 9: The "Arab Spring" and Terror Abductions in Syria and Lebanon -- The Abduction of Foreign Nationals in Syria -- The Abduction and Release of Iranian Pilgrims (August 2012) -- The Abduction of Two Russians and an Italian (December 2012) -- The Abduction of a Ukrainian Journalist (October 2012) -- The Abduction and Release of UN Peacekeepers (March 2013) -- The Abduction and Release of US Journalists (December 2012) -- Abductions and Beheadings in Syria -- The "spillover" of Terror Abductions from Syria to Lebanon -- The Abduction of Eleven Lebanese Pilgrims (May 2012) -- The Abduction of Hassan Salim al Miqdad (August 2012) -- The Abduction of Twenty Syrians in Lebanon (August 2012) -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Terror Abductions in the Philippines -- The Abu Sayyaf Terror Organization -- US Involvement in Counter-terror Operations in the Philippines -- Examples of Asg Abductions -- The Sipadan Kidnapping (May 2000) -- The Abduction and Release of American Jeffrey Schilling (August 2000) -- The Dos Palmas Abductions (May 2001) -- The Abduction Of Three Aid Workers (January 2009) -- The Abduction of Australian Warren Richard Rodwell (December 2012) -- The Abduction of Jordanian Journalist Baker Atyani (June 2012) -- List of Asg Terror Abductions.

Chapter 11: Al Qaeda and Terror Abductions in the Maghreb -- GSPC and AQIM Abductions (2000-2008) -- The Abductions of 2009 -- The Abductions of 2010-11 -- The In-Amenas Hostage Crisis in Algeria (January 2013) -- The Target: In-Amenas Gas Field -- The Militants: The "Masked Brigade" -- Mokhtar Belmokhtar -- The Algerian Response -- The Response of the United States -- France -- United Kingdom -- Conclusions -- Criminal and Terrorist Cooperation in Abductions -- Summary -- Recommendations -- Chapter 12: Terror Abductions in the Horn of Africa -- Terror Abductions in Somalia -- French Security Advisors Abducted in Somalia (July 2009) -- The Abduction of Foreign Nationals from Kenya -- British Woman Abducted in Kenya (September 2011) -- The Abduction of a British Couple from their Yacht (October 2009) -- Disabled French Woman Abducted in Kenya (October 2011) -- The Abduction of Two Spanish Aid Workers (October 2011) -- The Kenyan Armed Forces Offensive into Somalia (October 2011) -- Summary -- Piracy and Terror in the Gulf of Aden -- Piracy in the Gulf of Aden -- Al Qaeda and the Maritime Jihad -- Counter-piracy and Counter-terrorism -- Conclusions -- Chapter 13: Islamic Terror Abductions in the Russia-Chechnya Conflict -- Background -- The Budyonnovsk Hospital Hostage Crisis (June 1995) -- The Hostage Crisis -- Resolution of the Crisis -- Casualties -- Aftermath -- The Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye Hostage Crisis (January 1996) -- The Kizlyar Airbase Raid -- The Chechen Terrorists' Breakout -- The Hijack of a Turkish Ferry -- Casualties -- The Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis (October 2002) -- The Rescue Operation -- Summary -- The Beslan School Hostage Crisis (September 2004) -- Day One -- The Beginning of the Siege -- Day Two -- Day Three -- The Assault by Russian Forces -- Aftermath -- The Identity of the Hostage-takers, Motives, and Responsibility.

The Hostage-takers.