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    treatment. Because of this and other reasons, on November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students seized the United States Embassy in Tehran, and took 66 hostages. Shortly afterward, they released the women, African-Americans, and non-US citizens; thirteen hostages in all. A fourteenth Hostage was released because of health problems. This left 52 hostages, one of which was Michael Metrinko…

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    she agrees to attend a weekend therapy camp held in a rebuilt warehouse. After the camp attendees are taken hostage by three masked men, Riley and another patient named Max, the other POV, have dig deep to trust each other in order to escape the warehouse. The story…

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    Stockholm Syndrome. Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological phenomenon in which victims of captivity or hostage situations…

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    are cutting off their supply routes. The English the surrender to get their supply routes back. The French want 6 hostages, all men, with white shirts and rope around their necks to arrive by sunset the English then send 5 men and 1 boy, all of them having a high place in society. The French thought that the English were going to send people with a low place in society. The hostages arrived and when they did the French king was going to kill the boa swell as but the French queen wanted to save…

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    Entebbe Raid Analysis

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    On the 8th of July 1976, the decision was made by Israel that the only solution to the hostage situation of their citizens at Entebbe, was to raid the airport as a rescue mission. The Entebbe raid was justified as the hostage’s lives were in extreme danger and with the terrorist’s ultimatum drawing nearer, there seemed to be little other option. There were those, however, that tend to disagree and believe that there could have been another solution. The United Nations saw the raid as the…

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    The Aborted First Mission

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    The aborted first mission didn’t end their involvement in the hostage rescue as the CIA tasked them for the two subsequent missions, so they returned to Langley and became involved in the exercises conducted for Project Honey Badger. First, the men started at Ft. Campbell, right under the noses of the army and later moved to Norton Air Force Base with Jackson undergoing qualifications on Army Blackhawk helicopters for night operations with men who later became members of the 160th Special…

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    Utilitarian Vs Mill

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    individual would have to define what right moral judgement is, in the eyes of utilitarians. For utilitarians, the right action, as stated, would be the one that brings the most pleasure to the individual. In this example, that would be killing the hostage that has caused the abductor mass turmoil in their life. If the utilitarian were to amend their position, it would essentially mean going against what their principles revolve around, which is seeking pleasure and diminishing pain for anybody.…

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    and contra rebels in Nicaragua. President Regan in 1983, also ordered U.S forces to invade Grenada, code name Operation Urgent Fury in an effort to establish an independent non-Communist government. In the Mid-1980s, several US citizens were taken hostage in Lebanon by radical Shiite groups supported by Iran. The Regan administration in 1985-86 secretly sold arms to Iran, in an effort to persuade Iran to convince the…

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    Over time, a hostage victim may come to believe that the abuse he or she has endured was done out of kindness or love on the part of the captor. It is important to remember that SS develops subconsciously and on an involuntary basis. This “survival strategy” is a developed…

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    Attila The Hun

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    spend the money on useless things such as silk and wine and don’t help their people. Along with this the city keeps hostages from their allies. The Romans send a hostage of their own in a type of handoff. One of these hostages in real life and in fiction was Attila The Hun. The roman city is easily off of its golden status and is about to fall. Attila is treated badly by the other hostages and the royal family. This is why he has a deep hatred for Rome and wishes to destroy it to the ground.…

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