re: #458 sattv4u2

Yeah ,,, I think i’ll stick with domestic travel for the time being!!!

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called in an interview for militants to kidnap Westerners, especially Americans, to exchange them for jihadist captives
news.yahoo.com

Ah, this explains it. JIhad for fun and profit
France denies it paid ransom for Syria reporters

Focus, a German magazine, published on its website a report that France paid 18 million dollars for their release, citing NATO sources in Brussels.

Ka-ching!