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.
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