But if you think that that was a worthwhile activity, then, and was important for the future of Iraq, then of course if the kidnappers said that the price of Jill Carroll's life was to withdraw from Iraq, you wouldn't do that.
The Fatah organization said the kidnappers were not members of its group but activists in the Palestinian intifada who were acting on their own.
The prime minister said the kidnappers had crossed into the country from northern Mali, and that they were from Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Mali, Niger, Canada and Mauritania.
After grabbing the cash the kidnappers called back and said Anant was on the train.
The attorney said that his kidnappers were interested in a cassette linking Iranians to the AMIA case.
Mr Ould Kablia said the kidnappers had not entered Algeria from a neighbouring country.
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Mr Prendergast said the kidnappers had realised they had taken the wrong man and began to treat him slightly better as the days went by.
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Mr Sellal said the kidnappers had crossed into the country from northern Mali, and that they were from Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Mali, Niger, Canada and Mauritania.
Algerian Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said the kidnappers were Algerian and operating under orders from Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a senior commander of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) until late last year.
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Algerian Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said the kidnappers were Algerian and operating under orders from Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who was a senior commander of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) until late last year.
Mr Kablia said that the kidnappers were Algerian and operating under orders from Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a senior commander of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) before late last year, when he set up his own armed group after apparently falling out with other leaders.
Algerian Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said that the kidnappers were Algerian and operating under orders from Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a senior commander of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) before late last year, when he set up his own armed group after apparently falling out with other leaders.
Marwan Mustapha, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said government and intelligence officials negotiated with the kidnappers over the tourists' release.
At that steep tariff we would assume the 20-30 models expected to be built annually would be joining the fleets of the fabulously wealthy, with some likely to be used in the protection of said owners against kidnappers, assassins and outright insurrection.
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The only identified captive until Sunday had been Peter Moore, who said his name in a video released by the kidnappers.
Bowers told his wife the kidnappers were seeking a ransom, the official said.
The kidnappers are demanding that the U.S. free Iraqi female prisoners, and the U.S. has said it will not give in to kidnappers' demands because that would only encourage more kidnappings.
Mr Wolfowitz said he believed the hunt for the kidnappers was closing in.
"They know Mokhtar Belmokhtar and his gang very well and they know very well that these are people who are extremely adept at operating in the Sahara regions, " said Jon Marks, referring to reports that the Algerians intervened when some of the kidnappers and hostages tried to leave the plant.
Police said they used mobile phone records to track the kidnappers, according to AFP.
Earlier, the militants reportedly said that at least 34 hostages and 14 kidnappers died, and that seven foreign hostages had survived.
Media reports quoting militants said 34 hostages and 14 kidnappers had been killed in the operation.
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He also said that there weren't any kidnappers in custody yet, and he also said that no one in the US mission was involved in paying a ransom.
"The Somali government will assist in any way it can in the capture and the arrest of the kidnappers who murdered her husband and kept her hostage since September 2011, " he said, urging assistance from the international community in thwarting the extremism and piracy plaguing the Horn of Africa nation.
"It's very important to keep your head down, not to antagonise them (the kidnappers) in any way, not to get agitated or indeed violent, " he said.
The BBC's Caroline Hawley in Baghdad said it appeared it had not been possible to establish direct contact with the kidnappers, despite an Iraqi government effort to gather intelligence on them.
He said a man who called him last month claiming to be one of the kidnappers had refused to let him speak to his sister - which would prove that she and her partner were still alive.
He contacted her later that morning and told her that he had been taken hostage and told her that he understood that the kidnappers were demanding the hostages be exchanged for al Qaeda prisoners in Mali, the spokesman said.
Catrantzos said there are things companies can do to reduce the risk of their exposure to kidnappers -- but the risk cannot be eliminated.
Police in southern China said they found them the following month in a temple where they had been taken by kidnappers demanding a ransom.
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