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September 8, 2016

As the U.S. Pays Ransoms, Iranian Proxies Kidnap and Torture American Citizens

What other secret deals have been made?

On January 17, evidently in exchange for a large and secretive cash payment from Washington, Iran freed three American hostages. But only two days earlier, Shiite militiamen captured three U.S. contractors in Baghdad and subjected them to a month of horrific torture before releasing them. Max Boot, commenting on recently published interviews with the captives, notes that the two incidents were connected:

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