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Mike Rogers: “It is a cash business and we should make no mistake about it. It could be an Al-Qaeda affiliate. Al-Nusra or Al-Sham…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2015
It is a cash business and we should make no mistake about it. It could be an Al-Qaeda affiliate. Al-Nusra or Al-Sham that is in Syria. It could be a criminal enterprise that understands their value is a cash proposition.
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Mike Rogers
Republican · Alabama

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Describing the financial motivations behind kidnapping for ransom.

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