11.   Yemeni tribes often kidnap foreigners to force the government to finance local projects, and victims usually are freed unharmed.

12.   Yemeni tribes have frequently kidnapped foreigners to press for money or government financing of development projects.

13.   Yemeni tribes have frequently kidnapped tourists, oil workers and diplomats to demand money or government financing of projects.

14.   The tribe kidnapped the diplomat to press the government for damages for their homes which were destroyed in flooding last January.

15.   Yemeni tribes frequently kidnap foreigners, including diplomats and oil executives, to try to obtain concessions from the government.

16.   Yemeni tribes frequently kidnap foreigners, including diplomats, to try to obtain concessions from the government.

17.   Yemeni tribes frequently kidnap foreigners, including diplomats, to try to obtain demands from the government.

18.   Yemeni tribes frequently kidnap foreigners, including diplomats, to try to obtain demands from their government.