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Who did the Islamic State offer to trade for her release?

  • Kayla Mueller

  • Barack Obama

  • George Bush

  • Tony Blair

Answer

Kayla Mueller was an American humanitarian aid worker who was taken hostage by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in August 2013 and was subsequently held captive by the group for nearly two years. The Islamic State offered to trade Mueller for the release of imprisoned terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but the United States government refused to negotiate with the group.
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