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Somali truck driver Ali Ahmed Musa is taken hostage by an Iraqi militant group. He is freed unharmed at the beginning of August
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South African History Online. (2012, July 20). Somali truck driver Ali Ahmed Musa is taken hostage by an Iraqi militant group. He is freed unharmed at the beginning of August. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088724
South African History Online (2012) 'Somali truck driver Ali Ahmed Musa is taken hostage by an Iraqi militant group. He is freed unharmed at the beginning of August', South African History Online, 20 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088724 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).
South African History Online, Somali truck driver Ali Ahmed Musa is taken hostage by an Iraqi militant group. He is freed unharmed at the beginning of August [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088724, (accessed 7 August 2026).
"Somali truck driver Ali Ahmed Musa is taken hostage by an Iraqi militant group. He is freed unharmed at the beginning of August." South African History Online, 20 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088724. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Somali truck driver Ali Ahmed Musa is taken hostage by an Iraqi militant group. He is freed unharmed at the beginning of August." South African History Online. July 20, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088724.
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