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How do you deal with a kidnapping?

Anu Anand | 12:39 UK time, Thursday, 24 August 2006

Today in , , Mexico, Iraq, , the , Gaza, Bangladesh, and -- to name just a few countries!- kidnappings are in the headlines. While the western media is reporting the of two journalists; in Iraq, a recent put the number of kidnappings this year alone at twenty thousand.

Why are kidnappings on the rise? How do the victims deal with the predicament? We're gathering your and experts to talk about it. We're hoping to have someone like Jill Carroll, the American journalist held in Iraq, to talk about her experience, but also, we'll be speaking to terror experts and negotiators on why this is happening.

What's your story? Have you or someone you know been touched by a kidnapping? Should you negotiate, or refuse to deal with criminals or terrorists who are holding a loved one to ransom. Let us know, post a comment below.

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