Page 4 College iStation, Texas Wednesday, March 10, 1971 THE BATTALION Release of U. S. airmen may mean easing of political kidnappings By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS captive U.S. airmen will arouse breaking after a contagion of The release in Turkey of four speculation whether the fever is political kidn&pings around the world. Like air hijacking, political kidnaping became a popular ter rorist weapon against establish ments. Now that energetic meas ures have been taken in many countries, air hijacking seems on the wane. Britain’s Scotland Yard says hijacking is now old hat as a revolutionary tactic. It has appeared that political kidnaping would replace hijack ing as the favorite device of ur ban guerrillas, especially in Lat in America. Since September 1969, there have been a score of abductions. Some were failures, but enough of them were spec tacularly successful to inspire imitation elsewhere. Some terrorists succeeded when governments bowed to their threats to kill the victims. In this way scores of political pris oners were freed and flown out of the countries of their impris onment. Guerrilla organizations have raked in ransom money. Three victims of political kidnap- ings have been murdered in cases where governments failed to bow. One victim is still missing. Some attempts fizzled com pletely, as was the case in Tur key, where the government re fused to consider a demand of $400,000 for the four Americans. Who, what and why are the political kidnapers? Their poli tics vary, but they have some things in common. Usually they belong to tiny extremist groups. They are likely to be young, with the recklessness that youth can command. Often they are uni versity students, or allied with them. On the left they tend to be far-out extremists worshiping at the altar of Mao Tse-tung and constant violence. On the right they may be somewhat older, em bittered men remembering dis- tatorships in which they could hope to share in power and spoils. All seem to claim ideal ism of sorts. Some are separat ists seeking to break away from a central government. Some are far-out radicals seeking complete overturn of political systems. More often than not, the aim is power or at least a voice of authority. The kidnap weapon ii used to get terrorists out of pris on, to finance revolution and to build up arsenals. Particularly on the extreme left, the ends are used to justify the means. Some, as in Brazil, claim to be answer ing terror with terror, respond ing to an oppressive government and defending revolutionary brethren subjected to imprison ment and allegedly tortured. Some as in Guatemala, claim to fight “Yankee imperialism.” Altogether, they have made diplomacy and the service of one’s country abroad a perita occupation, and have caused gov ernments to invoke the most stringent security measures. El ri B PlGGtYWIGGtt 0EBICAN AS Everyday food values WIN? 'BM S' 49. PPM® nmm^m tmrmpvFF ,FF 4A mm ABouriwr VENNY p JJV Mm (_ n T' 6 ' l ‘ r "' *£nny pincher vavoiA t CHEESE m HUMGpr JACK BISCUITS GAIN PETERSENr i-ZA mtr 2,3 f>ptces" 39c 39c 1 PiecdvtfTWic&’-M ^ vs, & *19? mipemmfc H4T I5qv AQ, \m 01t- 7^/ 1 PlALPK)RWr & Vtfl fiCL en.. ly s Iffrl 1/ SWIFTS llylW PROTEN ■Vr M " ROUND 99 OFF 41 ze UQOIP 6EG0 « \ 9 BABY fOOP 9< / if jflr n ^ey 59, £YRUP W gf: 45, i? 39< P0G RX)P 6 % 49 c ROUR K %% 43c' PINTO ^ 59< B|^CUIT9 25< l£. 59^ it. 19* u>- Q9 ilAMB-WTUEit tMTH *2' ~ ’SO ORAAOP* PMSfCHKSG 1. Low Evoriiday Pri( , e‘! ^HYriNCH^ —ANCSUffl GOUHIBBAVEP ffiN?:z3h BONNIE BAKER — HOT £S§ 49® ecmTPtAt mT/wpe&J wpQiMmT nxfcm.bTmmfr BPVAN.TEY. r .7‘- 1 f-f i '-f. i" •: w^mm i - m m m - Wte :• *•/; " '., r * '*■;... • )? 1;— ^V^-\ * Sot o Sootl will clii 1 laiyu here pi Proti over E change banek, The oiogy i ment day-to- Englisl South His an ar nance cans," U IT’S year the i as ii ( Jei gies’ Leag High hono Sout' race 0\ and Arkr out the poin soph St f