21.   Kidnappings occur frequently in Yemen, large parts of which are controlled by armed tribesmen who do not hesitate to take the law into their hands.

22.   Large swaths of Yemen are virtually lawless and ruled by armed tribesmen who kidnap foreigners to demand money or press for other concessions from the government.

23.   Large swaths of Yemen are virtually lawless and ruled by armed tribesmen, who have kidnapped foreigners to demand money or press for other concessions from the government.

24.   Large swaths of Yemen are virtually lawless and ruled by armed tribesmen, who kidnap foreigners to demand money or press for other concessions from the government.

25.   Large swaths of land in Yemen are ruled by armed tribesmen who often kidnap foreigners to demand money or press for concessions from the government.

26.   Large swaths of land in Yemen are virtually lawless and ruled by armed tribesmen who often kidnap foreigners to demand money or press for other concessions from the government.

27.   Large swaths of Yemen are virtually lawless and ruled by armed tribesmen who kidnap foreigners to demand money or press for concessions from the government.

28.   Karzai, meanwhile, had cut deals with Pashtuns in Uruzgan to abandon the Taliban and began moving southward toward Kandahar with several thousand armed tribesmen.

29.   Kidnappings like this are common in Yemen, where the heavily armed tribesmen in remote regions are virtually a law unto themselves.

30.   Large swaths of land in Yemen are ruled by armed tribesmen, who often kidnap foreigners to demand money or press for concessions from the government.