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  • Yemeni Tribal Kidnapping Negotiations Are Surprisingly Civil

    While the media tends to focus on the rare occurrences involving foreigners or those somehow linked to al Qaeda, the vast majority of kidnappings in Yemen are domestic tribal affairs that end peacefully without any government involvement. In the absence of a strong state, most rural Yemenis place greater trust in tribal forms of arbitration than in the governmental version. Full story

    2013 Jan 31 Adam Baron News
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