Al-Qaida Chief Urges Westerner Kidnappings for Prisoner Exchanges

Posted By Jasmine Opperman

Posted 10 years ago

Al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, particularly Americans, who could then be exchanged for jailed jihadists including a blind Egyptian cleric convicted in 1995 of…

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