Horse****, that idea was kicked around then and wasn't bought then either. The plan all along was to get weapons to the Muslim Brotherhood. Its not coincidental that the Al Queda guys who grabbed it were later waylaid in Egypt. Remember, about the same time it came out that we were washing weapons manifests in Turkey bound to Syria?
Someone might have gotten the idea to grab him also for such a purpose. Maybe as the guy who knew most about the weapon smuggling someone arranged it so he was supposed to be kidnapped and then tragically die while arrangements were made for his release. Whatever the reason was, if it ever was intended to be anything but his execution, it was secondary to the weapon issues.
Now both first paragraphs are there...weird.