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Hostage terror : abducted by the Abu Sayaff / by Werner Wallert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wallert, Werner.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wallert, Werner--Captivity, 2000.
- Wallert, Werner.
- Abu Sayyaf (Organization).
- Hostages--Philippines--Biography.
- Hostages.
- Philippines--Social conditions.
- Philippines.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions ; Tarrytown, N.Y. : Marshall Cavendish Corp., c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- Contents:
- Cover
- INTRODUCTION
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- Colour Photo
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- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9789814346061
- 9814346063
- 9789812619839
- 9812619836
- OCLC:
- 621039706
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