Sentence examples similar to hostage taking from from inspiring English sources

Although Isis was quick to publish photos it claimed were of dead hostages taken from inside the restaurant, some analysts questioned whether the group was really responsible.

A leader of Al Qaeda's North Africa branch said Thursday that any negotiations over the fates of five French hostages taken from a mining town in Niger must be conducted with the network's leader, Osama bin Laden.

There have been many hostages taken from all over the world before and since that long, drawn out incident, hostages that didn't survive their ordeal, which makes me wonder if the more recent eclipses the others, putting them out of mind -- for those of us not directly involved anyway.

Lalji said al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) earned $20 million from hostage taking between 2011 and 2013.

In north Africa, al-Qaida hostages have been financed by money from hostage taking.

Under an agreement made by the Carter administration, America promised Iran immunity from suits stemming from the hostage taking.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, described North Korea's actions as an "abhorrent" act of hostage taking and banned North Koreans from leaving Malaysia in response.

The immediate and visible wreckage resulting from the recent hostage taking crisis ("throw granny under a bus or the global economy gets it!") places the better half of the blame clearly in the Republican corner, again.

And their business model involves hostage taking.

First, no more hostage taking.

That is, the baseline resilience reports of hostages may be an underestimate of the true value, owing to the extent of trauma experiences associated with the hostage taking.