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	fbihost.htm
		What is viable and what is needed is a rescue team that has been trained to a high-level of skill that would kill or disable the hostage takers without harm to the hostages, themselves.
		These special teams have been developed, trained and are equipped to handle well-armed and determined opponents and have a very good chance of being able to minimize the loss of hostage lives.
		The catalyst for the development of these teams is acknowledged to be the Israelis and their successful 1976 rescue of hostages from Entebbe, Uganda.
	www.emergency.com /fbihost.htm (0 words)

	Hostage Rescue Team (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Hostage Rescue Team is an elite FBI SWAT unit, though not held in especially high regard among the American law enforcement community.
		The Hostage Rescue Team was founded in 1982 as part of the Critical Incident Response Group.
		The members of the HRT are among the most highly trained and exquisitely equipped combat personnel in the world, although they have rarely, if ever been called upon to fulfil their original mandate of rescuing hostages.
	www.casimiro.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/ho/hostage_rescue_team.html (240 words)

	swat team
		The team also has one team physician and one paramedic from a local fire department who have been commissioned as reserve officers with the department, and who respond to SWAT incidents for medical support.
		The SWAT entry team is the sharpest and most potent arrow in the quiver of last resort and when the buck finally stops, it stops in front of the team commander who must send them into contact with armed offenders.
		All team members are trained to an 'expert' level and, and some are trained to 'instructor' level on a variety of weapons systems, and the team is full of firearms, defensive tactics, and other instructors.
	www.co.pierce.wa.us /pc/abtus/ourorg/sheriff/swatteam.htm (464 words)

	HRT
		The FBI's Hostage Rescue Team is the primary unit responsible for counterterrorist operations within the United States.
		HRT operations are directed out of the Strategic Information Operations Center, located on the fifth floor of the J Edgar Hoover Building in Washington DC.
		And while HRT is tasked primarily with domestic operations, their capability has recently been enhanced, permitting more use of the team abroad, to capture federal fugitives.
	www.purrads.com /CT/FBI.htm (506 words)

	Federal Bureau of Investigation - Investigative Programs - Critical Incident Response Group
		The mission of the HRT is to be prepared to deploy to any location within four hours of notification by the Director of the FBI or his designated representative, and conduct a successful rescue of United States persons and others who may be held illegally by a hostile force, either terrorist or criminal in nature.
		The HRT is structured to deploy with part, or all of its personnel and resources, depending upon the magnitude of a crisis, and can be augmented by other CIRG entities with specialists trained in areas of negotiation, behavioral science, and communications.
		HRT operators are selected based upon their background and experience, as well as their demonstrated performance during a rigorous two week selection course.
	www.fbi.gov /hq/isd/cirg/tact.htm (0 words)

	Special Operations.Com
		HRT operations are directed out of the Strategic Information Operations Center, located on the fifth floor of the J Edgar Hoover Building in Washington DC.
		And while HRT is tasked primarily with domestic operations, their capability has recently been enhanced, permitting more use of the team abroad, to capture federal fugitives.
		January 1987 - HRT members traveled to Frankfurt, Germany to retrieve Mohammed Hamadei for his part in the hijacking of TWA flight 847 in which a U.S. Navy enlisted man was murdered.
	www.specialoperations.com /Domestic/FBI/HRT.htm (0 words)

	Random House for High School Teachers \| Catalog \| Don't Try This at Home by Hunter Fulghum
		Hostage rescue is one of the more difficult and dangerous challenges for a SWAT team.
		Hostage negotiation is a skill combining an understanding of the psychology and behavior of the hostage-taker(s) and their motivations with a degree of gut feel for the situation.
		Hostages may be able to confirm that all terrorists are present or note when one or more left the area.
	www.randomhouse.com /highschool/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780767911597&view=excerpt (2416 words)

	ITR - International Training Resources
		Team member skills involving tactics, weapons, deliberate and dynamic clearing, team movement and mission execution procedures.
		Training addresses team operations involving hostage rescue operation, high risk warrant service, critical threat/location procedures, weapon tactics, sniper team operations, rules of engagement and mission execution procedures.
		Provides technical skills to allow team members to ascend/descend exterior and interior configuration of objective sites for tactical and/or emergency access to breach points, hostage locations, rescue areas, etc. Additionally, provides techniques to tactically move beyond/over walls, fences, low buildings and other obstacles using specialized lifting procedures and ladder equipment.
	itr-swat.com /tact_ops.php (0 words)

	FindLaw's Writ - Dorsen: A Review Of Christopher Whitcomb's Cold Zero: Inside The FBI Hostage Rescue Team
		The HRT members insist on perfection, both for its own sake and because of the relentless competition among the members of the team.
		The overwhelming majority of the troops and team leaders are well trained, both mentally and physically, and highly disciplined.
		Suddenly, Vicki Weaver was dead, killed by one of the HRT snipers.
	writ.news.findlaw.com /books/reviews/20011130_dorsen.html (974 words)

	The S.W.A.T. Team
		The main goal of the SWAT Team is to provide protection and safety for innocent civilians and Police personnel while reducing the possibility of injuries or death at high risk incidents.
		A two man team that is sent out ahead of the main body of the team to ascertain any information that will assist in the safe deployment of the team.
		Team members that are responsible for forcibly opening secured doors and clearing blocked avenues of entrance for the SWAT team to make their entry.
	www.hollywoodpolice.org /special_units/swatteam.htm (336 words)

	Counterterrorism and Hostage Rescue Units (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This team is made out of computer specialties that scan and photo all major potential terrorists Takeover installations in Israel (schools, public buildings, etc.), insert all the data (including the blueprints) into a computer, create a three dimensional (3D) computer image of the area, and then stored it on CD-ROMs.
		For example- in the Thunderbolt Operation (the Entebbe airborne hostage rescue raid) in 1976 SM was the designated Takeover Unit with Sayeret Golany (belongs To the North Command) and Sayeret T'zanhanim (belongs to the Center Command) as the designated Engagement units.
		Each team is made up of two 14 members regular teams, who are combined together at the time of the alert (except from D4 and Unit 269 who are already 28 members of one integral team).
	www.geocities.com /mazanga9/IDF/IDFCounterterrorismHostageRescueUnits.htm (5649 words)

	Operational Tactics - SWAT Training, Sniper Training, Hostage Rescue
		The Operational Tactics Hostage Rescue Program offered information and tactics that were extremely beneficial to everyone in attendance.
		The Operational Tactics Hostage Rescue Program was very informative with new material and concepts being presented.
		Stuart's knowledge and examples are in the pioneer stage of transformation of sniping for police and counter-terrorist teams.
	www.operationaltactics.org /trained/schools.html (0 words)

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		Students will be introduced to basic SWAT topics, tactics and techniques including a historical overview of SWAT, team organization and structure, resolution of barricaded suspect situations, covert individual and team movement, searches and room clearing, chemical agents, less-lethal options, warrant service and multiple field training exercises.
		Topics include hostage rescue concepts, rapid deployment and emergency entry tactics, tactical operations center concepts, crisis negotiations concepts and hostage rescue force options including tactical precision long rifle operations, stronghold and vehicle options.
		This course is designed to expose department personnel to an overview of procedures and tactics to be employed to resolve armed and barricaded suspect(s) and hostage rescue situations.
	www.ntoa.org /training/courses/tactics/courses.shtml (0 words)

	Urban Ops: Hostage Rescue Team Seattle - Action Adventure Travel Experience
		We will equip and train you to conduct an urban hostage rescue mission, gather intelligence, identify and capture high value targets and then exfiltrate the area with your entire team after completing the mission successfully.
		When you arrive in Seattle, you’ll be met at the airport and transported to your hotel.
		Participants in our Urban Ops: Hostage Rescue Team Seattle adventure stay at the Sea-Tac Courtyard Marriott.
	www.incredible-adventures.com /urban-ops-hrt.html (620 words)

	FBI: Hostage Rescue Team Review - PC
		Each level has a timer attached to it, the point of the game is that negotiations have broken down and there is only a few crucial minutes left before the hostage takers start killing the hostages.
		The hostages are the human equivalent of a lemming.
		Hoo boy, the game has an issue with mouse speed while the rest of the controls can be configured to your liking the interaction of the environments is spotty and the hostages would apparently rather eat broken glass then follow their rescuer out of a burning building.
	pc.gamezone.com /gzreviews/r23376.htm (0 words)

	Bookreporter.com - COLD ZERO by Christopher Whitcomb
		His recollections range from the humorous (interviewing a woman who insists that she was sexually assaulted by Martians and remains consistently aroused) to the deadly serious (taking up close photographs of the dead body of Kathy Weaver at Ruby Ridge and the charred and fleshy remains of Branch Davidians in Waco).
		Perhaps the most interesting revelation, though, is that a sniper's job actually consists of long periods of boredom and inactivity speckled with brief, adrenaline-pumping episodes.
		But in fact, Whitcomb and the rest of his team were required to literally lay in wait for weeks just for the possible chance of getting off one shot.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews2/0446611824.asp (655 words)

	HRT: Rescue Team or Death Squad
		According to Ronald Kessler, author of The FBI, the HRT was not started for the purpose of rescuing hostages, but for the purpose of capturing suspects (pg.
		According to the Chicago Tribune, April 21, 1993, "The hostage rescue team undergoes the same kind of rigorous training as military commandos, and the FBI believed the unit's complement of storm troopers and snipers stood the best chance of rescuing the children from the compound."
		Is the HRT a rescue team or a death squad?
	www.public-action.com /SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/war/page/w_h.html (1363 words)

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		The task force concluded in a 1994 reportthat the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team overreacted to the threat ofviolence and instituted a shoot-on-sight policy that violatedbureau guidelines and Fourth Amendment restrictions on policepower.
		HRT members assumed their position around the Weaver compound late in the afternoon of August 22, 1992 but before doing so they were instructed that their conduct was to be governed byspecially formulated Rules of Engagement ("Rules").
		The second and third teams focused on the FBI role in the caseincluding the FBI Laboratory, the FBI's handling of the crimescene, and the actions of the FBI HRT and its Rules ofEngagement.
	www-2.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/wbardwel/public/nfalist/ruby_ridge1.txt (15241 words)

	frontline: waco - the inside story: FAQs \| PBS
		The FBI's hostage rescue team was nearing its seventh week at Waco, and experts had advised me that they would soon have to be pulled back for retraining if they were to maintain their state of readiness.
		The FBI is increasing the size, composition and equipment of the hostage rescue team or HRT to permit the replenish of resources and personnel during long-term hostage barricade situations.
		There are now 19 enhanced SWAT teams strategically placed around the country; SWAT teams now cross-trained with the hostage rescue team, and the SWAT training unit is now under the direct supervision of the HRT commander.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/waco/renoopeningst.html (1565 words)

	Britain's hostage rescue team landed in swamp \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		It was also revealed that at least one senior member of the mission was seriously injured, forcing a rapid reorganisation; and that some of those taking part were as young as 18 and had joined the regiment four days before being chosen for the 150-strong mission force.
		The 12 injured in the rescue were taken to a military hospital; after checking in their weapons, the rest were given leave.
		Forming the bulk of the rescue team was A company, as most of its members had recently completed jungle training in Jamaica.
	www.guardian.co.uk /sierra/article/0,,367818,00.html (866 words)

	Armchair World: How To Survive If You Are Taken Hostage
		Whether it is a demonstration of violence to reinforce a demand or to incite fear in the minds of the hostages, the violence will be motivated by fanaticism and/or fear and that violence will be directed at the person(s) who are perceived to be a threat or a nuisance to the hijackers.
		Once you are on the tarmac, follow the instructions of the rescue force or local authorities; if neither are there to guide you, move as quickly as possible away from the aircraft and eventually move towards the terminal or control tower area.
		Expect to be treated as a hijacker or co-conspirator by the rescue force; initially you will be treated roughly until it is determined by the rescue force that you are not part of the hijacking team.
	www.armchair.com /info/hostage.html (877 words)

	Moberly Police Department (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Moberly Police Department’s Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is an elite unit within the department, which is comprised of seven highly trained, motivated and dedicated officers, with a combined law enforcement experience of almost 90 years.
		Five of the team members are supervisors, due to their dedication and motivation.
		In the words of the Hostage Rescue Team: “Failure to prepare is to prepare for failure”.
	www.moberlypd.com /hrt.htm (203 words)

	Iran Hostage Rescue Mission
		We know about the disaster in the desert - the rescue mission to free the American hostages that went horribly wrong when a helicopter crashed into a C-130 full of fuel.
		With a team of CIA and Special Forces prepping the Iranian desert landing site and readying a fleet of disguised trucks to bring the team into Tehran, almost two hundred Special Forces troops were to attempt one of the most ambitious hostage rescue operations in history.
		You'll command a team of Delta Force operators in today's mission, leading an assault team in a re-creation of the planned mission, Operation Eagle Claw.
	www.kumawar.com /IranHostageRescue1/overview.php (279 words)

	Team HAK Editorials
		The quality associated with Team HAK mods didn't happen by accident and I thought I would once and for all describe the style that I worked very hard to establish so you'll know where all the look-a-like mods got their muse.
		Team HAK was the first to take HRT (Hostage Rescue Team) uniforms and make Camo variations of them.
		I took the standard HRT uniform and gave it a Camo / Terrain theme, such as Desert, and made the balaclava, sleeves, and leggings all have a desert pattern fabric (texture).
	www.planetrainbowsix.com /teamhak/hakstyle.htm (981 words)

	Photo gallery of Waco key players, federal perpetrators and their infamous quotes.
		A hostage rescue team member who testified at the trial said the tanks' first assignment was gassing and cutting off access to the area around the trap door to prevent Branch Davidians from reaching the bus.
		Rogers and team members risked their lives to enter the underground bus, as the compound burned, in hopes of finding the sect's children still alive there.
		Aguilera was the author of the of the arrest warrant that was to be served on February 28 1993.
	www.wizardsofaz.com /waco/keyplayers.html (1827 words)

	TRAINING THE WORLD´S ELITE SINCE 1991
		HOSTAGE RESCUE COURSE was designed for an advanced look at, and practical application of, rescuing victim(s) during a tactical team or terrorist incident.
		The training includes: Discussion of hostage situations and tactical solutions, overview of hostage rescue team options, hostage rescue team make up (Sniper, Arrest Rescue/React, Perimeter, Delivery teams, Negotiators, Command post and Entry team), team members (selection), team equipment and tactics.
		Also included is an overview of tactics for each Hostage Rescue Element (Sniper, Arrest Rescue, Perimeter, Delivery teams, Negotiators, Command post and Entry team), Entry team (movement techniques/room clearing), Sniper team (hide selection, observation skills), hallway movement, stairway clearing drills and full speed, 360 degree hostage rescue scenarios.
	www.hssinternational.com /hr.php (136 words)

	Smith and Wesson Knives: S&W HRT Hostage Rescue Team; Badge knife, Military-Boot knife, Survival.
		Smith and Wesson, S&W HRT (Hostage Rescue Team) knives: Many are designed by Darrel Ralph, some by Stewart Taylor-all designed to meet the specific needs of Military and Law Enforcement applications.
		S&W HRT knives are designed for quick deployment and are available in a variety of designs from fixed blades to folders-all of which utilize high tech materials in the construction of blades, handles and sheaths.
		The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), part of the Tactical Support Branch of CIRG (Critical Incident Response Group), is a full time, national-level tactical team, headquartered in Quantico, Virginia.
	www.knivesplus.com /smith-wesson-sw-hrt-knives.html (571 words)

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