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October 29, 2003       Share:    

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Hizballah Planning to Kidnap Israelis in Africa

(Israelinsider) Ellis Shuman - Israel's Mossad intelligence agency has warned that Hizballah agents may attempt to kidnap Israeli businessmen and diplomats in Africa in the coming weeks, Yediot Ahronot reported Monday. The Mossad warning related specifically to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania, where security officials know that al-Qaeda and Hizballah are stepping up their operations, in connection with local Islamic extremist groups. Hizballah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah declared in July that if negotiations on a possible prisoner exchange "have reached a dead end and that the number of captives in our hands is not enough for a successful prisoner exchange, the alternative will not be concessions, but rather we will work day and night to abduct more and more Israelis."

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