When Obama puts him on a hit listhttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/how-to-survive-americas-kill-list-699334/
“One of the guys said, ‘You know what? I heard you get $20,000 for kidnapping an American.’”Kareem pauses as he recalls the scene. He would have stood out in that crowd, as he does everywhere in the Middle East: a black New Yorker with a loud belly laugh.“You’ve got these nanoseconds to come up with some kind of response,” he explains. “You don’t want them to see you sweat.”All the eyes in the room turned toward Kareem. Would this American fetch $20,000?“Nah, man,” he said to his audience. “That’s just for the white ones.”The room roared with laughter.“I was like, ‘Phew,’” Kareem says. Then, slipping out: “‘All right, guys, I gotta go.’”
