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The aid worker, from Lewis, was kidnapped by the Taliban and died in an attempted rescue by US forces in October 2010.

These kidnappings have been targeted in areas run by the president's political opponents and rely on openly confrontational tactics designed to produce a backlash in order to justify militarizing American cities.

Upon her arrival in France, Thunberg accused Israeli authorities of kidnapping her and other activists on the boat while they were in international waters.

“The agents are armed. They are grabbing people and putting them in vehicles, which is why we are calling them ‘kidnappings’ because they are not identifying themselves,” Melendrez said.

“They had him pressed down on the ground, they had weapons drawn so no one could get near to help him. It just looked like he had been kidnapped,” said witness Yuliza Barraza, 45.