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02014aam a2200289Ii 4500 001 4D3D110426B811E994CCD44997128E48 003 SILO 005 20190202010039 008 180215t20192019nyu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9780999745427 020 $a 0999745425 035 $a (OCoLC)1022977425 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d CDX $d ORX $d SILO 100 1 $a Simon, Joel, $d 1964- $e author. 245 10 $a We want to negotiate : $b the secret world of kidnapping, hostages and ransom / $c Joel Simon. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Columbia Global Reports, $c [2019] 300 $a 189 pages : $b map ; $c 19 cm 520 $a Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria -- journalists and aid workers -- began disappearing without a trace. A year later the world learned they had been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Throughout 2014, all the Europeans came home, first the Spanish, then the French, then an Italian, a German, and a Dane. In August 2014, the Islamic State began executing the Americans -- including journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, followed by the British hostages. Joel Simon, who in nearly two decades at the Committee to Protect Journalists has worked on dozens of hostages cases, delves into the heated hostage policy debate. The Europeans paid millions of dollars to a terrorist group to free their hostages. The US and the UK refused to do so, arguing that any ransom would be used to fuel terrorism and would make the crime more attractive, increasing the risk to their citizens. We Want to Negotiate is an exploration of the ethical, legal, and strategic considerations of a bedeviling question: Should governments pay ransom to terrorists? 650 0 $a Kidnapping. 650 0 $a Terrorists. 650 0 $a Ransom. 941 $a 3 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200529015204.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20200318013406.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20190402012706.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4D3D110426B811E994CCD44997128E48 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search