101.   Over the years tribesmen have kidnapped many foreigners in a bid to win concessions from the central government.

102.   Tapias said at that time that, according to intelligence sources, the foreigners had been kidnapped after making a forced landing in a rural area.

103.   The group basically funds its activities by kidnapping foreigners.

104.   The prime suspect is Sheikh Omar, a British-born militant who already spent six years prison in India on allegations of kidnapping foreigners.