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security issues in,
3
–8

Al-Shabaab and,
77

temptations of internet in,
80

U.S. surveillance in,
169
–70

violence and crime in,
4
–5,
7
,
12
,
77
,
80
–81,
115
–16,
203

weakness of government of,
77

see also
Green Line; kidnappings, kidnappers; pirates, piracy

Somaliland,
71
,
168

South Sudan, Republic of,
46
,
51
,
57
,
59
,
63

Spain,
147
–48,
161

Special Operations Command, U.S. (SOCOM),
278

Special Protection Unit (SPU),
8

Springer, Rita,
174

Stockholm Syndrome,
160

Susan,
44
–51,
58

and Buchanan’s trip to Kenya,
44
–46

Shekinah Fellowship Children’s Village and,
46
–51

Sweden, Swedish,
33
–35,
61
,
101
,
114
,
193

and Buchanan’s first meeting with husband,
65

Buchanan’s husband’s Migration Board work and,
53
–54

Buchanan’s husband’s military career and,
53

Buchanan’s husband’s Puntland work and,
54

politics in,
69

T

terrorists, terrorism,
76

child soldiers and,
49

FBI intelligence collection and,
231

physical appearance of,
21

and road between North and South Galkayo,
5

of Al-Shabaab,
4

Thisted, Poul,
211
–12

Abdilahi’s Mine Risk Education bracelet and,
107

Abdi’s conversations with,
96
–98

Abdi’s rage and,
161
–64

Adado and,
143
,
216
–17

and arguing between Abdi and Jabreel,
117
–18

attack on car of,
10
–11

background of,
11
,
14
,
19
,
125

at Banda place,
95
–96,
104
–5,
112
,
119
–20,
122
–23

beatings of,
161
–63,
211
,
249

Buchanan’s bread baking and,
174
–75

Buchanan’s fevers and,
148

Buchanan’s husband’s conversation with,
191
–92

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

Buchanan’s relationship with,
18
,
88
–89,
125
,
128
,
130
,
174
,
222
,
226
–27,
274

Buchanan’s separations from,
124
–25,
128
,
130
,
200
,
208
–9,
222
,
224
,
226

and Buchanan’s thoughts about death,
249

in captivity,
84
–89,
93
–98,
104
–5,
107
–10,
112
,
117
–20,
122
–25,
130
–31,
137
,
139
,
143
,
149
–50,
153
–54,
159
–64,
167
,
173
–83,
215
–19,
222
–27,
243
–46,
249

debriefing of,
270

departure from Banda place of,
123

on despair,
107
–8,
125
,
130

diet of,
159
,
218
,
224
–25

difference between situation of Buchanan and,
11

on display by kidnappers,
217
–18

escape thoughts and,
87
–88,
95
,
245
–46,
256

fears for life of,
119
,
141
,
163
–64,
234

hostage negotiations and,
194
–96,
208

hygiene concerns of,
120
,
139

isolation of,
95
,
176
,
216
,
222
,
224
,
226

Jabreel and,
108
–9,
177
,
208
–9

khat
chewed by,
224

kidnappers’ sleeping guards and,
244
–45

kidnapping of,
11
–12,
14
–15,
18
–19,
23
–24,
26
,
77
,
85
–86,
89
,
93
–98,
213

medical care for,
143
,
149
,
232
–33

mock executions of,
83
–85,
105
,
110
,
120
,
153

money demanded from,
12

new mattress and pillows of,
159
–60

no attack zone message of,
122

prayer groups on behalf of,
281

and proof-of-life phone calls,
110
–11,
117
,
119
,
122
,
132
,
190
–92,
194
–97,
224

ransom demands and,
109
,
117
–19,
131
,
141
,
153
,
162
–63,
179
,
181
–83,
194
,
204
,
208
,
217
,
224
,
227
,
249

religious beliefs of,
281

rescue of,
36
,
167
,
179
,
213
,
232
,
234
,
236
–39,
256
–59,
261
,
266
,
268

secondary kidnappings and,
124
,
208
–9,
249

stomach bugs of,
212

toilet concerns of,
139
,
161

tough-guy routine of,
14

trip to Galkayo of,
6
–7

video message of,
177
–81

walks in desert of,
18
–19,
85
,
93
–95,
112
,
137
,
162
–63,
202

water concerns of,
105
,
108
,
119
–20,
154
,
173

Turd,
207
,
211

24
(TV series),
49

U

Uganda,
46

Underwater Demolition Teams,
36

United Nations,
6
,
241

V

Victoria Falls,
66
,
68

Vietnamese kidnap victim,
261

W

women:

in Africa,
4
,
43
,
84
,
177
,
208
–11

defiant,
211

emotional displays of,
84
,
208
–10

and rapes of female abductees,
177

see also
girls

Z

Zambezi River,
66

Zambia,
61
,
66

Zanzibar,
120
,
228

Zimbabwe,
61

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Impossible odds : the kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and her dramatic rescue by SEAL Team Six / Jessica Buchanan & Erik Landemalm with Anthony Flacco.—1st Atria Books hardcover ed.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Buchanan, Jessica—Kidnapping, 2011–2012. 2. Kidnapping victims—Somalia. 3. Kidnapping—Somalia. 4. Rescues—Somalia. 5. United States—Armed Forces—Search and rescue operations—Somalia. I. Landemalm, Erik. II. Flacco, Anthony. III. Title.

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