The Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) elite tactical unit. The HRT was formed to provide a full-time federal law...
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A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the...
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Northern Nigeria, resulting in the rescue of an American hostage and the killing of six of the seven captors. The hostage, 27-year-old Philip Walton, had...
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that the FBI Hostage Rescue Team had told her that Koresh was sexually abusing children and beating babies (the FBI Hostage Rescue Team later denied evidence...
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1954) is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) sniper and former United States Army officer who was involved...
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negotiations failed to win the release of the hostages. Carter ordered the U.S. military to attempt a rescue mission – Operation Eagle Claw – using warships...
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Transgender hormone therapy, also known as hormone replacement therapy Hostage Rescue Team, the FBI's elite tactical unit HRT may also refer to: Habit reversal...
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Rainbow Six (novel) (section Team Rainbow)
and Clark's son-in-law Domingo Chavez leads Team-2. In their first deployment, Team-2 rescues hostages during a bank robbery in Bern, Switzerland. Several...
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cartridge was later decommissioned (except by the Hostage Rescue Team and Special Weapons and Tactics Teams) after their Firearms Training Unit eventually...
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and members of Weaver's immediate family refused to surrender. The Hostage Rescue Team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI HRT) became involved...
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thirty-year tenure at the FBI, Coulson created and commanded the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team and commanded four field divisions. As of Spring 2009, Danny Coulson...
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January 15, 1959) is an American author and former member of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team. He also appeared as an "expert" on the NBC game show Identity. Whitcomb...
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murdered the Israeli athletes. Named the Hostage Rescue Team, or HRT, it acts as a dedicated FBI SWAT team dealing primarily with counter-terrorism scenarios...
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the season 2 episode Gillian of the Spirits. Butler appeared in Hostage Rescue Team (TV movie, 2001) as Special Agent David Nelson. Butler has appeared...
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hostage after six hours, and the remaining three hostages escaped eleven hours into the standoff. Tactical officers from the FBI Hostage Rescue Team subsequently...
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be able to assist/augment the full-time national Hostage Rescue Team if needed. Enhanced SWAT teams are typically located at larger field offices and...
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unsuccessful operation in Bulo Marer, Lower Shabelle, Somalia to rescue French hostage Denis Allex from the militant Islamist organization al-Shabaab....
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the mayor insists Alex take the case. Alex works closely with the hostage-rescue team, which includes Secret Service supervisor Jezzie Flanagan. Within...
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MacKinnon, Ian; Foster, Peter (August 24, 2010). "Hostage rescue team 'bungled Philippines coach rescue'". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original...
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2014 rescue mission in Syria was an American led effort to locate and rescue hostages being held by Islamic State (IS) forces. Plans to rescue the hostages...
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the Presidency of State Security. Similar units include the FBI Hostage Rescue Team and the French GIGN. The SEF was established in 1972; its main job...
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November 6, 2001 by Warner Books. The novel depicts an ambush on an FBI Hostage Rescue Team unit and the titular sole survivor's investigation into how it happened...
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2024 to recover hostages taken from the Nova music festival during the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. Four Israeli captives were rescued—Noa Argamani,...
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unilaterally and seven rescued by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). 30 bodies of hostages were repatriated to Israel, with three of the hostages killed by friendly...
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The unofficial history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Hostage Rescue Team". Swat Digest. Archived from the original on 2006-05-21. Retrieved...
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The 2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen were missions to rescue hostages held by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen. The first attempt...
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the team is interrupted by an emergency call wherein ex-government agent Walter Hatch is holding his girlfriend hostage. Although the girl is rescued unharmed...
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and a new firing range. Elite units such as the Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), Evidence Response Teams (ERT), Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), and about...
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matters. Operations and Training Unit Hostage Rescue Team SWAT Operations Unit Special Weapons and Tactics Teams Crisis Negotiation Unit Tactical Helicopter...
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Los Angeles Police Department SWAT and S.I.S., the FBI Hostage Rescue Team, FBI regional SWAT teams, and 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment—Delta...
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