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Kidnapping and holding for ransom is a practice that is continued by modern-day Barbary Pirates. A few weeks ago, I had a link to an article about Al Qaeda kidnapping Europeans for ransom becoming a big business, bankrolling its operations across the globe, with a photo of an Al Qaeda terrorist holding up his big head-cutting-off sword. Where is Thomas Jefferson when we need him?
From 2014: Modern-Day Barbary Pirates

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