Authors: Jessica Buchanan,Erik Landemalm,Anthony Flacco
Buchanan’s video message and,
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on captives’ release,
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child soldier and,
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comparisons between Dahir and,
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disappearance of,
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drugs used by,
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fear for life of,
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Hardy’s text message to,
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hostage negotiations and,
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intelligence collection on,
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and medical care for hostages,
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physical appearance of,
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ransom demands and,
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secondary kidnappings and,
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sexual advances toward Buchanan of,
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Jama,
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Jazeera, Al,
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Jessica’s Captive Campfire Sand Rolls,
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Jesus,
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Kenya,
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Buchanan’s courtship and,
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Buchanan’s departure from,
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Buchanan’s husband’s home and work in,
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and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls,
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Buchanan’s trip to,
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Buchanan’s wedding in,
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carjackings in,
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and fear for Buchanan’s life,
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social life in,
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child soldiers’ use of,
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deliveries of,
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kidnappers’ use of,
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Somali pirates and,
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symptoms of use of,
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kidnappings, kidnappers:
Adado and,
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aerial surveillance and,
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at Banda place,
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of Buchanan,
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Buchanan and Thisted separated by,
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Buchanan placed on display by,
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Buchanan’s bladder infections and,
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Buchanan’s bread baking and,
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Buchanan’s communication with,
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Buchanan’s debriefing and,
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Buchanan’s dehumanization and,
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Buchanan’s diet and,
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and Buchanan’s fear of retaliation,
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Buchanan’s fevers and,
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Buchanan’s hostage training and,
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Buchanan’s husband’s dreams and,
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Buchanan’s husband’s lies and misinformation tactics and,
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Buchanan’s husband’s secrecy concerns and,
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and Buchanan’s husband’s work on behalf of prisoners,
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Buchanan’s lies to,
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and Buchanan’s nausea and vomiting,
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Buchanan’s observation of,
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and Buchanan’s plea-for-ransom phone call,
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and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls,
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and Buchanan’s relationship with Jabreel,
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and Buchanan’s thoughts about death,
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and Buchanan’s thoughts about escape,
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Buchanan’s toilet concerns and,
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Buchanan’s video message and,
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Buchanan’s visualizations and,
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Buchanan’s water concerns and,
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and care packages for Buchanan,
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car repaired by,
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child soldiers among,
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clans suspected in,
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collecting intelligence on,
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on displays of emotion from women,
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dogs lacked by,
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drugs used by,
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hierarchy of leadership of,
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hostage negotiations and,
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ignorance of,
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and medical care for hostages,
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paranoia of,
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rages and cruelty of,
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raid on camp of,
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ransom demands and,
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rescues and,
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secondary,
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sexual advances toward Buchanan of,
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sleeping guards of,
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surviving first twenty-four hours in,
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Thisted’s communication with,
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training of,
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U.S. targeting of,
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Vietnamese victim of,
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weaponry of,
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Landemalm, August (son),
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Landemalm, Erik (husband),
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anger and frustration of,
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baby wanted by,
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Blackhawk Down ambush and,
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childhood and adolescence of,
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crisis counseling of,
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dancing of,
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dreams and nightmares of,
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education of,
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Espenshade and,
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failed engagement of,
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FBI and,
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and fears for wife’s life,
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Hargeisa and,
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hostage negotiations and,
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hostage rescues and,
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