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A security expert told Fox News Digital the first 48 hours are critical in the search for an American Christian missionary kidnapped in the West African nation of Niger<\/a>, who may have already been moved between Islamic State-controlled areas where an ISIS offshoot operates.<\/p>\n

Bryan Stern, founder of the crisis response group Grey Bull Rescue, said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital that in most organized kidnappings, those who seize a hostage are rarely the same people who hold them.<\/p>\n

“What happens in most of these cases is whoever took the hostage isn’t who’s holding on to the hostage,” Stern said. “The people who hold hostages generally are a lot smarter, a lot more capable, less disposable\u2026 so getting to them as soon as possible does matter in a very demonstrable way.”<\/p>\n

Stern said every passing hour reduces the chance of recovery. In many cases, hostages are quickly traded or sold<\/a> between groups with differing motives \u2014 from ransom to propaganda \u2014 making it difficult to know what the captors want.<\/p>\n

AMERICAN MISSIONARY KIDNAPPED IN NIGER BY SUSPECTED ISLAMIST MILITANTS, SOURCES SAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“It’s easy to understand who took somebody, but once people start getting traded around like cards and stuff, it’s hard to then understand what the current holding party wants,” he said.<\/p>\n

The groups often operate with their own chain of command and pecking order, each with different goals and levels of influence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“All those different things play into how you\u2019re gonna get somebody back, and the most dangerous thing to do is send ninjas in and shoot everybody,” Stern said. “That\u2019s the most highest-risk thing that we do because there\u2019s no margin for error.”<\/p>\n

I WAS KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM, AND SURVIVED. NO THANKS TO THE WEST’S SILENCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. officials confirmed they are aware of the kidnapping, which took place in Niamey, about 100 yards from Niger\u2019s presidential palace. The missionary, a pilot for the evangelical group Serving in Mission, was reportedly taken north toward an area controlled by an ISIS offshoot.<\/p>\n

A State Department<\/a> spokesperson said embassy officials are working closely with local authorities and that the Trump administration views the safe return of the U.S. citizen as a top priority. The U.S. Embassy has also restricted staff movements to armored vehicles and prohibited visits to restaurants and open-air markets.<\/p>\n

Stern described the region as “31 flavors,” meaning there is everything from Russian proxies to criminal gangs and Islamic fundamentalists running around.<\/p>\n

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While it\u2019s easy to assume Islamist militants<\/a> were behind the abduction, Stern cautioned, “until you know\u2026it becomes speculation.”<\/p>\n

“At some point, somebody will ask for something, you hope,” he said. “It\u2019s very scary when they don\u2019t ask for anything\u2026 the worst case scenario is a hostage taken by someone who doesn\u2019t want anything<\/a>. Then there\u2019s no play to be made other than find them and kill them, and hopefully you survive that process.”<\/p>\n

For now, the focus is on finding proof of life and establishing communication.<\/p>\n

U.S. special operations units<\/a> are likely monitoring surveillance and communications from the region, but Stern cautioned that a rescue attempt would be “the most dangerous thing special operations does.”<\/p>\n

Officials have not said whether any group has claimed responsibility or issued any demands.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Michael Dorgan and Paul Tilsley contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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