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Author Wallert, Werner.

Title Hostage terror : abducted by the Abu Sayaff / by Werner Wallert
Published Singapore ; London : Marshall Cavendish, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (184 pages) : color illustrations
Contents Cover; INTRODUCTION; 01; 02; 03; 04; 05; 06; 07; 08; 09; 10; 11; Colour Photo; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22
Summary Easter Sunday, 23 April 2000. Time: 19.50. A diver s paradise in Malaysia turns in seconds into a tropical hell for the Wallert family. An extremist Islamic rebel group takes them hostage and they are transferred to the Philippine island of Jolo. The days, and then months, become a torture for the hostages as the carefully planned commando operation tries to extort political concessions and money from the Philippine government. Ten divers from Germany, France, South Africa, Lebanon and Finland, and eleven hotel employees and WWF rangers find themselves political chips of Philippine and interna
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Subject Wallert, Werner -- Captivity, 2000
SUBJECT Wallert, Werner fast
Subject Abu Sayyaf (Organization)
SUBJECT Abu Sayyaf (Organization) fast
Subject Political kidnapping -- Philippines
Hostages -- Philippines -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY.
Captivity
Hostages
Political kidnapping
Social conditions
SUBJECT Philippines -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97008239
Subject Philippines
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789812619839
9812619836
9789814346061
9814346063