B009G3EPMQ EBOK (39 page)

Jabreel’s conversation with,
194
–96

and Jabreel’s sexual advances toward wife,
177
,
201

journaling and love letters of,
102
,
116
,
133
,
142
–43,
185
–87

kidnapping fears of,
6
–7,
12

on love,
282

managing expectations of,
113
–16

in meetings with CMT and wife’s employers,
157

Migration Board work of,
53
–54

military background of,
30
,
53

misinformation tactics and lies of,
168
,
170
,
196
–97

negative thoughts of,
104
,
114
,
116

paranoia of,
203
–4

physical appearance of,
64
–65

physical exercising of,
134
–35

and post-rescue concerns for wife,
214

prison conditions and,
55
,
185
–88

Puntland work of,
54
–55

and raid on kidnappers’ camp,
250

ransom demands and,
26
,
28
,
31
–32,
115
,
133
,
168
–69,
179
,
182
–83,
187
,
194

religious beliefs and spirituality of,
133
,
157
–58,
192
–93,
195
,
281
–83

secrecy concerns and,
31
–32,
134
,
142
–43,
168

security issues and,
3
,
5
–6,
26
,
101
,
203

social life of,
61
–68

Somali gossip lines and,
26
,
31

son of,
282
,
285

on temptations of alcohol and drugs,
135

theft of car of,
203
–4

Thisted’s conversation with,
191
–92

trip to U.S. of,
71
–72

and warnings about being proactive,
29
–31

wedding of,
72

wife courted by,
66
,
68
–72

wife’s attempt to break up with,
69
–70

wife’s captivity and,
115
,
141
–42,
174
–75

and wife’s family’s move to Nairobi,
156
–58

wife’s father and,
25
–28,
69
,
71
–72,
103
–4,
204

and wife’s fear of retaliation,
266
,
273

wife’s first meeting with,
61
–68

wife’s health and,
143
,
223
–24,
233

wife’s hostage training and,
13

wife’s kidnapping and,
11
,
13
,
22
,
24
–32,
77
,
99
,
101
–4,
127
,
155
–56,
212
–13

and wife’s lies to kidnappers,
129

wife’s post-rescue phone conversation with,
272
–73

and wife’s proof-of-life phone calls,
110
–12,
120
,
122
,
132
–34,
188
–97,
199
–200

and wife’s return to ordinary life,
271
,
275
–76,
283
–85

wife’s reunion with,
272
–73,
275
–77

and wife’s thoughts about death,
247

wife’s video message and,
179

wife’s visualizations and,
223
,
227
–28

Landemalm, Johan (father-in-law),
33
–35,
69
–70

Landemalm, Lena (mother-in-law),
34
–35,
69
–70

Landemalm, Linnea (sister-in-law),
34

land mines,
4
,
23
,
105
–7,
152
,
218

Larry,
44
–46

Lisa,
208

Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA):

child soldiers and,
47
,
49
–50

Shekinah Fellowship Children’s Village and,
47
,
50
–51,
57

M

macawiis,
15

Maersk Alabama,
79

Marcinko, Richard,
79

media,
139
–41,
160
–61

Blackhawk Down ambush and,
34

Buchanan’s father and,
25
–27

Buchanan’s husband’s dreams and,
241

Buchanan’s husband’s secrecy concerns and,
168

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
23
,
25
,
29
,
31
,
161

Buchanan’s modeling career and,
39

Buchanan’s rescue and,
277

Buchanan’s video message and,
178
–80

and cartoon images of Mohammed,
11

child soldiers and,
37
–38

and execution of Pearl,
13

on kidnapping of Spanish sailors,
147
–48

and poverty in Nairobi,
45

ransom demands and,
179

on rapes of female abductees,
177

SEAL Team Six and,
265

and temptations of internet,
80

Migration Board, Swedish,
53
–54

Mine Risk Education bracelets,
105
–7,
152
,
218

Mogadishu,
108
,
241

Blackhawk Down ambush and,
33
,
75

FBI intelligence collection and,
231

Mogadishu, battle of,
36
–37

Mohammed (kidnapper),
178
–79

Mohammed (NGO employee):

Abdi’s rages and,
163
–64

Buchanan’s fever and,
149

and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls,
111
–12,
132
,
159
,
188
,
190
–91,
194
–97

hostage negotiations and,
190
,
194
–97

ransom demands and,
131
,
162
–63,
182
–83,
194
,
208

security concerns of,
111

Mohammed (Prophet),
11

N

Nairobi,
217

Buchanan’s departure from,
72

Buchanan’s family’s move to,
156
–58,
196
,
212

and Buchanan’s fear of retaliation,
266

Buchanan’s home and work in,
158
,
223

Buchanan’s husband’s home in,
55
,
223

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
23
,
27

and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls,
110
–11

Buchanan’s trip to,
43
–45

Buchanan’s visualizations and,
223

FBI and,
27
,
231

poverty in,
45
,
68

Rosslyn Academy in,
58
–59

social life in,
61
–68

Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), U.S.,
36
,
75
–77,
278

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
77
,
79
–80

qualifying for,
75
–76

training of,
75
–76,
79

see also
SEAL Team Six

Navy SEALs, U.S.,
35
–36,
278

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
75

Maersk Alabama
and,
79

military names of,
36

training of,
35
,
75
–76,
79
,
264

see also
SEAL Team Six

O

Obama, Barack:

and battle of Mogadishu,
36
–37

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
23
–24,
76
–77

Buchanan’s rescue and,
36
,
167
,
232
,
234
–35,
237
,
262
,
277

DEVGRU and,
77

FBI intelligence collection and,
232

Al-Shabaab and,
77

Obama, Michelle,
36

P

Panetta, Leon,
234
–35

Pearl, Daniel,
13

Phillips, Richard,
79

pirates, piracy,
16
,
24
,
77
–81

captives of,
16
,
24
,
78
–79,
147
–48,
161

khat
and,
77
–78

Maersk Alabama
and,
79

and proof-of-life phone calls,
110

protection of merchant ships against,
80
–81

ransom demands and,
108
–9,
148
,
204

and road between North and South Galkayo,
5

see also
kidnappings, kidnappers

post-traumatic stress disorder,
214

preemptive and proactive counterterrorist operations,
76

prisons, prison conditions,
185
–88

Buchanan’s husband’s dream about,
185
–87

Buchanan’s husband’s work on,
55
,
187
–88

kidnappers and,
187
–88

Puntland,
77

Buchanan’s husband’s work in,
54
–55

pirates and,
147

Q

Qaeda, Al,
77

R

Ray, Dr.,
269

Refugee Council for the Horn of Africa, Danish,
182
–83

Rosslyn Academy,
58
–59,
63
,
72

S

Sadie (dog),
111

satellite surveillance,
122
,
137
,
222

SEAL Team Six:

Buchanan’s debriefing and,
263

and Buchanan’s fear of retaliation,
266

Buchanan’s gratitude for,
257
–58,
263
,
267
,
270

Buchanan’s rescue and,
36
,
234
–39,
251
–52,
255
–59,
262
–68,
270
,
277
,
284

and Buchanan’s return to ordinary life,
272

HAHO jump of,
235

kidnappers’ sleeping guards and,
239

night vision capability of,
236
–37,
265

and raid on kidnappers’ camp,
234
–35,
237
–38,
255
–58,
263
–66,
270

training of,
36
,
79

weaponry of,
237
–39,
265

Shabaab, Al-,
4

and Buchanan’s departure from Banda place,
123

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
16
,
77
,
86
,
95
,
102
,
114

and Buchanan’s plea-for-ransom phone call,
209

Buchanan’s rescue and,
114

hostage negotiations and,
209

kidnappings by,
13

and raid on kidnappers’ camp,
250
–51

secondary kidnappings and,
155
,
182
,
208
–9,
249

Shekinah Fellowship Children’s Village,
46
–51,
57
–58

armed raid on,
49
–51

child soldiers and,
46
–50

desperate atmosphere of,
48
–49

physical appearance of,
47
–48

Shughart, Randy,
33

Smulan (dog),
129

Buchanan’s husband’s dreams and,
143

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
101

Buchanan’s visualizations and,
223

Somalia, Somalis, Somali,
120
,
139
–41

and attack on Buchanan’s car,
8
,
10

average size of male in,
9

and battle of Mogadishu,
36

BBC and,
160
–61

Blackhawk Down ambush and,
33
–34,
36
–37

Buchanan’s captivity and,
86

Buchanan’s husband’s dreams and,
142

Buchanan’s husband’s familiarity with politics in,
169
–70

Buchanan’s husband’s work in,
53
–54,
61
,
71

Buchanan’s rescue and,
36
,
235
,
277

Buchanan’s work in,
3
–7,
158

corruption in,
203

danger for Americans vs. Danes in,
11

defiant women in,
211

desperation in,
32
,
81
,
115
,
151

dialects of,
8

FBI intelligence collection and,
231

and fear for Buchanan’s life,
234

gossip lines in,
26
,
31
,
168
,
170
,
266

hostage negotiations and,
188
,
194
–95,
204

Islam in,
3
–4

men’s clothing in,
15
,
226

pop music in,
123

poverty in,
4
,
80

Al Qaeda and,
77