hostage-taking

There have been other cases of hostage takings in recent years.

In his words, "hostage taking has gone beyond the criminal framework onto the political stage."

Over the course of the next five years, the international community endured several hostage takings.

"Hostage taking has one goal only: that's to draw the attention to the cause of terrorists," the official said.

Look at what's been going on in the last ten years - Lebanon, the hostage takings.

And the shooting has revealed problems in the department's preparation for hostage takings on the street.

Complex cases, such as those involving intensive negotiations during hostage takings, require dedicated months of work.

He also strongly condemned hostage takings and said that after the end of the war the new president should be democratically elected.

The squad not only answers suicide calls, but deals with hostage takings and kidnappings.

Armed hostage takings, particularly those planned (e.g., by a terrorist group) for political purposes, could be considered suicide missions.

Black September did attempt and carry out a number of attacks and hostage takings against Israel.

Hostage takings, shootouts and occasional bombings left dozens dead and wounded.

Bombings have become commonplace in many towns as have hostage takings and public hangings.

Since the war ended, clashes, violent attacks and hostage takings followed by executions of hostages have become increasingly frequent.

As Ms. Bening's worldly character points out, it's often the television cameras that matter most in hostage takings.

In addition, such hostage takings often occur in a country foreign to those participating in it, making their chances of escape very limited.

Mr. Rabe negotiated more than a dozen hostage takings in the decade before his retirement in 1979.

Hostage taking has become common, and as long as the West needs oil they will be able to threaten their neighbors and the rest of the world.

Healing or 'hostage taking'?

But a number of Western hostage takings have ended with wads of cash being handed over, say foreign and Afghan officials.

The unit's objective, Kit told me, was to "provide emergency response to a variety of crises, including terrorist activities, hostage takings, and barricaded subject situations."

CACs also act as impartial observers during institutional crisis such as riots and hostage takings.

The violence has included bombings of buildings, trains and domestic flights, as well as mass hostage takings in a hospital, a school and a theater.

Hostage taking has been discussed by the Council of the EU in the same way that it has directly between Member States.

The Algerians organised the hostage takings and they did it in cahoots with the Americans – although Washington always denied it.