Cash-strapped Al-Qaeda shifts to kidnapping: US - AFP

ABC News Cash-strapped Al-Qaeda shifts to kidnapping: US AFP WASHINGTON — Documents from Osama bin Laden's compound show Al-Qaeda is focusing more on kidnapping to raise funds as the group faces a cash shortage, US officials said Monday. Although kidnapping was not an entirely new tactic by the network's core ... Osama bin Laden a 'ranting chief executive'Telegraph.co.uk Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri, Bigger Threat Than Osama?: Raymond IbrahimBloomberg Pakistan Ambassador Defends Questioning of InformantsVoice of America Sydney Morning Herald -The Express Tribune -ThirdAge all 3,632 news articles »