Spoils of kidnapping financing al-Qaida, reveals NY Times
Clip: 7/30/2014 | 7m 7s
Spoils of kidnapping are financing al-Qaida, reveals New York Times
An investigation by The New York Times reveals that European and Gulf state governments have routinely paid millions of dollars in ransoms to win the release of their citizens kidnapped by al-Qaida. Judy Woodruff talks to Rukmini Callimachi of The New York Times about the coordinated effort to turn a profit with foreign hostages.
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Spoils of kidnapping financing al-Qaida, reveals NY Times
Clip: 7/30/2014 | 7m 7s
An investigation by The New York Times reveals that European and Gulf state governments have routinely paid millions of dollars in ransoms to win the release of their citizens kidnapped by al-Qaida. Judy Woodruff talks to Rukmini Callimachi of The New York Times about the coordinated effort to turn a profit with foreign hostages.
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