Uganda: LRA hostages go hungry as militants flee
Last October President Barack Obama sent about 100 combat-ready U.S. forces to help regional governments capture or kill Kony and his top lieutenants of the LRA. bertb news feed
View ArticleRebels seize hostages in Central African Republic.
Officials and a witness say rebels took seven hostages when they attacked a French uranium plant in the Central African Republic….The resident says the rebels were a part of the Lord’s Resistance Army,...
View ArticleSyria rebels say hostages “elite Iranian guards”
Not much of an elite guard if you can catch them so easily! Only yesterday they were only “guests”not hostages. bertb news feed
View ArticleThree Iranian hostages killed in Syria. (Euronews video)
Syrian rebels have threatened to kill the remaining captives unless government forces stops their attacks WT news feed
View ArticleAlgerian commandoes release 600 hostages – General – 17/01/2013.
“…local press reported that the military operation resulted in the killing of 34 hostages and 15 kidnappers and the release of four foreign hostages – two Scottish, a Kenyan and a French.” WT news feed
View ArticleAlgeria: 32 militants killed, with 23 hostages
In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist extremists that left at least 23 hostages dead and killed all...
View ArticleAlgeria Hostages Death Toll: 25 Bodies Found In Gas Facility.
“What everyone needs to know is that these terrorists who attacked this gas plant are killers who pillage, rape, plunder and kill. The situation was unbearable,” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius...
View ArticleFrance paid 17 million dollars in vain to free hostages
According to a former US ambassador to Mali, “To get them freed, France paid a 17-million-dollar ransom. Like all ransoms, it was paid indirectly, through the Malian government, which forwarded at...
View ArticleI rescued Argo hostages in my orange Austin Maxi… it had a GB sticker on! Hit...
Martin Williams was a First Secretary at the British Embassy in Iran when militants invaded the US Embassy in November 1979, taking 52 hostages and sparking an international crisis that lasted 14...
View ArticleIran Hostages See Renewed Focus on Their 17-Year Bid for Compensation
They were blocked by the State Department from winning damages in court, because the agreement that freed them, the Algiers Accords, barred such suits. But now they could get compensated hrough fines...
View ArticleMost hostages rescued, shopping mall mostly secure: Kenyan army
Most of the hostages trapped in a Nairobi shopping mall by Islamist gunmen have now been rescued and most of the complex is secure, the Kenya army announced late Sunday. The Daily Star >> Live News
View ArticleKenya hostages evacuated, mall siege nears end: govt spokesman
All hostages are believed to have been evacuated from a Nairobi shopping mall and Kenyan special forces are not encountering any resistance, a government spokesman told AFP late Monday. The Daily Star...
View ArticlePhilippine troops rescue last hostages, kill 15 rebels: army
Philippine forces say they have rescued the last civilians held by Muslim rebels on a southern island after nearly three weeks of fighting that has raised doubts about government efforts to end...
View ArticleFrench Goodyear “Boss” Hostages Freed With Police Help
The latest example of French labor relations has ended after two days with police rescuing the two executives from Goodyear Tire from the French factory… *GOODYEAR MANAGERS FREED UNDER FRENCH POLICE...
View Article11 foreign hostages including 8 Iranians rescued in SW Pakistan: officials
11 foreign hostages including 8 Iranians rescued in SW Pakistan: officials mak-ga/erf The Daily Star >> Live News
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