The Iraq hostage crisis: abductions in Iraq, April-August 2004

This report provides a brief and preliminary overview of the phenomenon of abductions of foreigners in Iraq between 1 April and 31 August 2004. Having reconstructed a timeline which includes 63 abduction incidents (159 hostages) in this period, the author uses statistical tools to describe the main...

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Main Author: Hegghammer, T
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) 2004