Sentence examples for hostage taking of from inspiring English sources

The GIGN – Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale – was created in the aftermath of the deadly failure to counter the hostage taking of Israeli Olympians at the 1972 Games in Munich.

The United States and Iran have not had diplomatic relations since the aftermath of the 1979 hostage taking of the United States Embassy in Tehran, but natural disasters have sometimes been a way of engaging in direct communication, beyond politics.

Whether or not the trade encourages the hostage taking of Americans by terrorists seeking to free their comrades is an empirical question that will vindicate either Obama or his critics.

How could any credit rating agency watch the ideological fanaticism and debt-limit hostage taking of the Tea Party Republicans in the House of Representatives and not downgrade its confidence in the ability of the United States government to address our nation's economic needs effectively?

The son of another member of the group of five students who took over the embassy also told the BBC: "The names of the first five and the 10 that joined to execute the takeover are public and there is no doubt that Mr Aboutalebi was not in any way a major player in planning or execution of the hostage taking of US embassy staff in Tehran".

Legislation affecting children is also threatened by some in Congress (both members and congressional staff) who like to engage in "hostage taking" of issues, such as CHIP, that are popular with the public.

Davis, basically the Phil Spector of AFC football/Raiders/stadium hostage taking, fell out of favor with Allen in the 90s for reasons nobody knows.

Among the numerous controversies surrounding Lim's administration were the filing of human rights complaints against him and other city officials by councilor Dennis Alcoreza on 2008, the resignation of 24 city officials because of the maltreatment of Lim's police forces, and his bloody resolution of the Rizal Park hostage taking incident, one of the deadliest hostage crisis in the Philippines.

He spoke to the American people of his sense that the hostage taking posed something of a dilemma, not easily solved.

The siege began on Sunday when Taliban prisoners disarmed two guards and took them hostage, taking over much of the prison, which houses 580 insurgents.

"They always get work done at the end of sessions, they always put things off until they have to do them, but it's the hostage taking and recklessness of it all that is so unusual".