" He was known for his support of the hostage takers during the Iran hostage crisis and his fatwa calling for the death of British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie.

The threat of such an action ended the Balcombe Street Siege in 1975 but the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980 ended in a military assault and the deaths of all but one of the hostage takers.

Glass finds a bomb in the basement and works to disarm it while the SWAT team is in a shoot out with some of the hostage takers.

Beheading is often threatened if the government fails to heed the wishes of the hostage takers.

Both hostage takers died.

The hostage takers told the BBC that a special representative of President Putin planned to come to the theater for talks the next day.

The official investigation that the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office has been carrying out for three and a half years failed to provide positive information on the gas agent that killed hostages, possible antidote to that agent, the number of hostages released by the operation, the number of militants who had seized the theater ( hostages claimed that they saw more than 50 militants, whereas only 40 hostage takers were in the building according to the official version ), and the names of officials who had made the decision about the assault.

According to their version, FSB knew about the terrorist group's arrival in Moscow and directed them to the theater through their agent provocateur Khanpasha Terkibayev (" Abu Bakar "), whose name was in list of hostage takers and who left the theater alive.

All hostage takers were reportedly killed.

During the September 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis, Zakayev consented to the request of the civilian negotiators and authorities of North Ossetia – Alania to fly to Russia to negotiate with the hostage takers.

In addition to putting an end to what they believed was American plotting and sabotage against the revolution, the hostage takers hoped to depose the provisional revolutionary government of Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan, which they believed was plotting to normalize relations with the United States and extinguish Islamic revolutionary ardor in Iran.

The hostage takers played Russian Roulette with their victims.

Ghotbzadeh himself was eager to end the hostage taking, as " moderates " were being eliminated from the Iranian government one by one after being exposed by the student hostage takers as " traitors " and " spies " for having met at some time with an American official.

When the six-man international UN commission came to Iran they were not allowed to see the hostages, and President Abolhassan Banisadr retreated from his criticism of the hostage takers, praising them as " young patriots ".

By this time resolution of the crisis was made easier by the fact that two of the hostage takers demands were met — the Shah was dead and " most " of his wealth had been " removed from American banks "— while the threat of war with Iraq made availability of American-made military spare parts for Iran's materiel important.

The information was provided three weeks before the hostage takers made their decisions.

In what became known as the Ma ' alot massacre, 22 of these school children were among those killed by the hostage takers.

During the Moscow theater hostage crisis and Beslan school hostage crisis, all hostage takers were killed on the spot by FSB spetsnaz forces.

The Yamam was established in late 1974 after the Ma ' alot massacre, where a failed operation by military special forces units resulted in the 21 children being murdered before the hostage takers were killed.

The trip ended as an embarrassing failure however as the Spanish demanded that Charles must convert to Roman Catholicism and remain in Spain for a year after the wedding as hostage to ensure England's compliance with all the terms of the treaty.

At first Sun Quan nominally served as a Wei vassal with the Wei-created title of King of Wu, but after Cao Pi demanded that he send his son Sun Deng as a hostage to the Wei capital Luoyang and he refused, in 222, he declared himself independent by changing his era name.

Later that year, when Cao Pi demanded that Sun Quan send his crown prince Sun Deng to the Wei capital Luoyang as a hostage ( to guarantee his loyalty ), Sun Quan refused and declared independence ( by changing era name ), thus establishing Eastern Wu as an independent state.

The giants Fafner and Fasolt demanded the ring in payment for building Valhalla, and carried off Freyja as a hostage.

When Godfrey passed through Hungary, King Coloman demanded a hostage to ensure their good conduct, and Baldwin was handed over until his companions had left Hungarian territory.

Holding the passengers and crew hostage, they ordered the captain to sail to Tartus, Syria, and demanded the release of 50 Palestinians then in Israeli prisons, including the Lebanese prisoner Samir Kuntar.

When Mori Takamoto became Daimyo he demanded a 27 year old " child " as a hostage but Oda Nobunaga refused to give his younger brother to the Mori.

Lü Bu's followers then took Xiahou Dun hostage within his own tent, and demanded a heavy ransom.

When Cao demanded that Sun send his heir Sun Deng ( 孫登 ) to Luoyang as hostage, Sun refused and formal relations broke down.

The hijacker then held passengers and crew hostage on the aircraft while he demanded fuel, drinking water, and four parachutes and threatened to kill one passenger or blow up the plane if these demands were not met.

In response Iranian militants seized the American embassy in Iranian hostage crisis, taking 52 Americans hostage and demanded the Shah's return to Iran for trial and execution.

On remand in Woodhill he took a civilian librarian hostage, and demanded an inflatable doll, a helicopter and a cup of tea from police negotiators.

Around this time, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and demanded that Sun Quan send a family member hostage.

In 1997, McLaren and his followers kidnapped Joe and Margaret Ann Rowe, held them hostage at the Fort Davis Resort, and demanded the release of a movement member in exchange for the Rowes.

Gwin took four people hostage and demanded nationwide airtime.

Shane McMahon defended the WWE European Championship | European ChampionshipAfter The Rock won his " I Quit " match against Mankind at the Royal Rumble by playing a recording of his voice, Triple H demanded an I Quit match of his own but, as he was about to put Rock through the announce table, The Corporation came to the ring and Kane held his manager / girlfriend Chyna hostage, demanding that he quit the match.

According to an eye witness, the hostage taker demanded to speak to the German authorities, asking for his family to be allowed to join him in Germany.

The gunmen demanded US $ 50 million, to be raised from the countries whose diplomats were held hostage.

Center demanded that Wilkerson release the hostage.

When her husband was captured in 1509 and held hostage in Venice, she took control of Mantua's military forces and held off their invaders until his release in 1512.

* 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.

However, the Filipino mission was later recalled as collateral for the release of a Filipino hostage.

Reyes, found among the dead along with at least 16 of his fellow guerrillas, was known as FARC-EP's international spokesman and hostage release negotiator.

" The CRIC also indicated that neither the Colombian government nor the mediators and armed groups involved consulted with the indigenous people and their authorities about the hostage release, raising concerns about the application of national and international law guaranteeing their autonomy, self-determination and self-government.

** Lebanon hostage crisis: Lebanese kidnappers release American educator Robert Polhill, who had been held hostage since January 1987.

* April 30 – Lebanon hostage crisis: Lebanese kidnappers release American educator Frank H. Reed, who had been held hostage since September 1986.

* October 21 – Lebanese kidnappers release Jesse Turner, a mathematics professor who had been held hostage for more than 4 years.

* November 17 – Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and African American hostages being held at the U. S. Embassy in Tehran.

Later Norman chroniclers suggest alternative explanations for Harold's journey: that he was seeking the release of members of his family who had been held hostage since Godwin's exile in 1051, or even that he had simply been travelling along the English coast on a hunting and fishing expedition and had been driven across the Channel by an unexpected storm.

When John was forced to sign Magna Carta, Llywelyn was rewarded with several favourable provisions relating to Wales, including the release of his son Gruffydd who had been a hostage since 1211.

In 1990 he flew to Baghdad to attempt to negotiate the release of aircraft passengers and other British nationals taken hostage when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.

He said that if the helicopter arrived he would release one hostage, Mr. Pears, and only keep Mrs. Martin.

The Roman Senate still kept Demetrius, son of Seleucus IV and the rightful heir to the throne, as hostage, refusing to release him because they considered it better to have Syria nominally ruled by a boy and his regent than the 22-year-old Demetrius.

The next evening, although he had been warned by the UVF Brigade Staff against abducting anyone, Murphy kidnapped a Catholic, ostensibly to demand Cochrane's release in exchange for the Catholic hostage.

From 1985, Waite became involved in hostage negotiation in Lebanon, and he assisted in successful negotiations which secured the release of Lawrence Jenco and David Jacobsen.

She also appeared in the 1994 telemovie of Police Rescue as a teacher taken hostage by armed bandits, and in the 50-minute drama Parklands ( 1996 ), which received a limited release in Australian cinemas.

The remaining 40-plus Jewish men – including Rabbi Hutner, Rabbi David, and two students accompanying Rabbi Hutner, Rabbi Meir Fund and Rabbi Yaakov Drillman – and male flight crew continued to be held hostage in and around Amman, Jordan ; Rabbi Hutner was held alone in an isolated location while Jews around the world prayed fervently for his safe release.

The single was also an expression by Simple Minds of their support for the campaign for the release of Beirut-held hostage Brian Keenan, kidnapped by the Islamic Jihad.

In an earlier scene, when the Nerdlucks hold all the toons hostage, Sam sneaks up on the Nerdlucks, pointing his pistols at them, and orders them to release all the toons, only to have the Nerdlucks fire a laser pistol back at him, which leaves Sam naked and beardless as the phasers burned off his mustache.

With Marshall and his family held hostage, Bennett is forced to contact Russian President Petrov to issue Radek's release.