Why Is The Islamic State So Determine To Gain The Release Of This Woman

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This Is The Prisoner ISIS Wants To Trade For An American Hostage -- Daily Beast

As the life of another American hangs in the balance in Syria, ISIS shows its hand by demanding more than $6 million and the curious release of a female Pakistani scientist serving an 86-year prison term in a Texas prison mental ward.

Few details have emerged about the identity of a 26-year-old American woman now at the center of an apparent terrorist trading plea by the Islamic State (also known as the “caliphate,” ISIS, or ISIL). According to press reports, the unnamed woman, who was kidnapped a year ago, was working at a hospital in Aleppo when armed gunmen captured her, apparently because of her American passport.

On Tuesday, the terrorist group offered her freedom in exchange for $6.6 million and the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist with ties to al Qaeda, who is serving an 86-year prison term in the mental health unit at the federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Update #1: Why is Aafia Siddiqui a terrorist bargaining chip? -- Nick Logan, Global News
Update #2: Who Is Aafia Siddiqui, The Woman ISIS Wanted In Exchange For Journalist James Foley? -- IBTimes

My Comment: This is being done purely for propaganda purposes. .... nothing more and nothing less.