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intelligence collected by, 231–33, 236
ransom demands and, 183, 233
secrecy concerns and, 142
Fizel, 120
G
Galkayo, 121, 241
Buchanan’s rescue and, 264
Buchanan’s trip to, 5–8
and care packages for Buchanan, 253
FBI intelligence collection and, 231
violence in, 7, 157
Galkayo Prison, 185–87
Galmudug clan, 266
Garowe, 24
girls, 38, 57, 88
kidnapping of, 37, 46
modeling of, 39–40
neglected in Africa, 43
nice, 58
see also women
gossip lines, 26, 31, 168, 170, 266
Green Line, 3, 241
Buchanan’s escape thoughts and, 245
Buchanan’s kidnapping and, 28, 32, 88
Buchanan’s rescue and, 262
and Buchanan’s trip to Galkayo, 6–7
Guatemala, 43
Gypsy’s, 62–67
H
Habr Gidir clan, 231–32
Hardy, Dan:
Buchanan’s kidnapping and, 24–26, 116
and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls, 111, 133–34, 188
Buchanan’s rescue and, 167, 277
and checking of Buchanan’s and Thisted’s health, 143
hostage negotiations and, 156
ransom demands and, 133
text message sent to Jabreel by, 277–78
Hargeisa:
Buchanan’s and husband’s homes in, 3, 5, 71–72, 101, 110, 129, 266, 273
and Buchanan’s fear of retaliation, 266, 273
Green Line and, 3
Hassan, 219–20
Helper, see Dahir
High Altitude, High Opening (HAHO) jumps, 235
hijab, 159, 162, 217
homophobia, 11
Honduras, 57
Hostile Environment Individual Safety Training (HEIST), 13
human rights:
Buchanan’s husband’s dreams about, 187
Buchanan’s husband’s work on, 54–55, 66, 187–88
I
“I Don’t Understand Your Ways,” 146, 174
Islamists, Islam:
Buchanan’s kidnapping and, 102
Green Line and, 3
and punishment for theft, 107
Al-Shabaab and, 4, 77, 86
in Somalia, 3–4
Italy, 274–75
J
Jabreel, 176–78, 224
Abdi’s argument with, 116–18
Bashir’s authority and, 207, 209
Buchanan’s fever and, 148–49
Buchanan’s husband’s conversation with, 194–96
and Buchanan’s plea-for-ransom phone call, 209–10
and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls, 109–11, 120–22, 132, 159, 189, 193–96
Buchanan’s relationship with, 118–19, 123–24, 159–60, 200–201, 209
Buchanan’s rescue and, 169, 277
Buchanan’s video message and, 178
on captives’ release, 227
child soldier and, 152
comparisons between Dahir and, 246
disappearance of, 124
drugs used by, 131, 149, 159, 201–2
fear for life of, 118–19
Hardy’s text message to, 277–78
hostage negotiations and, 108, 156, 169, 176, 178, 194–96, 226, 232–33, 277
intelligence collection on, 171
and medical care for hostages, 232–33
physical appearance of, 117, 131, 201
ransom demands and, 108–9, 116, 118–19, 131, 140–41, 153, 176, 178, 182–83, 202, 209–10, 227
religious beliefs of, 202, 246
secondary kidnappings and, 155
sexual advances toward Buchanan of, 176–77, 180, 200–203, 208–9, 270
Jama, 149
Jazeera, Al, 179–80
Jen, 63–65, 67–68
Jessica’s Captive Campfire Sand Rolls, 175
Jesus, 71
K
Kenya, 4
Buchanan’s courtship and, 68, 71
Buchanan’s departure from, 72
Buchanan’s husband’s home and work in, 53, 55, 61
and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls, 111
Buchanan’s trip to, 43–46
Buchanan’s wedding in, 72
carjackings in, 10
and fear for Buchanan’s life, 234
Rosslyn Academy and, 58–59, 72
social life in, 62
khat, 80, 266
child soldiers’ use of, 20–21, 77–78, 86–87, 106, 151–52, 218–19
deliveries of, 149–50
kidnappers’ use of, 11, 17, 20–21, 86–87, 90, 92, 95–98, 106, 108, 118, 123, 125, 130–31, 138, 140, 148–54, 159, 190, 193, 200, 202–3, 218–19, 223–25, 244, 246
Somali pirates and, 77–78
symptoms of use of, 9, 11, 17, 20–21, 77–78, 86–87, 90, 92, 95–98, 123, 125, 130–31, 138–39, 152, 154, 200, 218–19, 224
kidnappings, kidnappers:
Adado and, 134, 170–71, 216–17, 233, 277
aerial surveillance and, 94, 121–22, 137, 159, 161, 169, 222, 232
arguments among, 116–18, 139
at Banda place, 95–96, 104–5, 108, 112, 122–23
of Buchanan, 11–32, 75–77, 79–80, 83–99, 101–5, 113–16, 127, 134, 145, 147, 153, 155–56, 159, 161, 212–13, 264, 271
Buchanan and Thisted separated by, 124, 128, 222, 224
Buchanan placed on display by, 217–18
Buchanan’s bladder infections and, 137–38
Buchanan’s bread baking and, 173–74
Buchanan’s communication with, 90, 96–99, 118–19, 129–30
Buchanan’s debriefing and, 270, 274
Buchanan’s dehumanization and, 153–54
Buchanan’s diet and, 173–75, 224–25
and Buchanan’s fear of retaliation, 266, 273
Buchanan’s fevers and, 148–49
Buchanan’s hostage training and, 12–14
Buchanan’s husband’s dreams and, 241, 254
Buchanan’s husband’s lies and misinformation tactics and, 168, 170, 196–97
Buchanan’s husband’s secrecy concerns and, 31–32, 134, 142–43, 168
and Buchanan’s husband’s work on behalf of prisoners, 187–88
Buchanan’s lies to, 129–30
and Buchanan’s nausea and vomiting, 128
Buchanan’s observation of, 85, 121
and Buchanan’s plea-for-ransom phone call, 209–11
and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls, 109–12, 117, 120–22, 132, 159, 188–97, 199, 224
and Buchanan’s relationship with Jabreel, 118–19, 123–24, 159–60, 200–201, 209
and Buchanan’s thoughts about death, 249
and Buchanan’s thoughts about escape, 126, 256
Buchanan’s toilet concerns and, 243–44, 257
Buchanan’s video message and, 178–81
Buchanan’s visualizations and, 212, 223–24
Buchanan’s water concerns and, 119–20
and care packages for Buchanan, 253
car repaired by, 131
of children, 37, 46–47, 50, 57
child soldiers among, 15, 20–21, 37, 87, 105–6, 150–53, 218–22, 232
clans suspected in, 101–2, 231–32
collecting intelligence on, 170–71, 231–33, 236
deaths of, 251, 265–66, 277
diets of, 212, 225–26, 244
on displays of emotion from women, 199–200, 208–10
dogs lacked by, 238
drugs used by, 11, 17, 20–21, 86–87, 90–92, 95–98, 106, 108–9, 118, 123, 125, 129–31, 138, 140–41, 148–54, 159, 162, 167, 174, 190, 193–94, 200–203, 209–10, 218–19, 223–25, 244, 246, 248
feared by Buchanan, 6–7, 12
fear of death in, 14, 16–22, 164
finances of, 94, 236
hierarchy of leadership of, 85–86, 90, 92, 94, 96, 109, 116–17, 207, 209, 215, 219, 222, 224, 226
hostage negotiations and, 108, 155–57, 161, 168–69, 176, 178, 188, 190, 194–96, 204, 208–10, 226, 232–33, 242, 277
by ideologues, 13, 16, 26–27
ignorance of, 121–22, 137–39, 170, 174
internet access of, 80, 134
and medical care for hostages, 223–24, 232–33
paranoia of, 120–23, 170, 210, 224
planning of, 15, 94
rages and cruelty of, 95, 105, 161–64, 169, 200, 207–8, 211, 215, 217, 221, 249
raid on camp of, 234–35, 237–38, 250–51, 255–59, 263–66, 270
ransom demands and, 13, 26, 28, 31, 90–91, 108–10, 115–19, 123, 131, 140–41, 148, 150–51, 153, 162–63, 168–69, 176–83, 187–90, 194, 202, 204, 207–11, 213, 217, 224, 227, 233, 248–49, 261
rescues and, 28, 30–31, 167–69, 234, 236–39, 256, 258, 266, 277
secondary, 94–95, 123–24, 155, 168–69, 182, 208–9, 249
sense of humor of, 105, 120
sexual advances toward Buchanan of, 176–77, 180, 200–203, 208–10, 270
sleeping guards of, 239, 243–46, 248–49
Somali gossip lines and, 26, 31
of Spanish sailors, 147–48, 161
surviving first twenty-four hours in, 14
Thisted’s communication with, 153–54
training of, 150–51
U.S. targeting of, 278–79
Vietnamese victim of, 261
weaponry of, 8–9, 19–21, 24, 36, 86–87, 89–90, 105–6, 139–40, 152–53, 170, 179–80, 199–200, 208–9, 211, 218, 220, 225, 232, 236, 238, 250, 257, 259, 271
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Landemalm, August (son), 282–83, 285
Landemalm, Erik (husband), 41, 146
anger and frustration of, 101–2, 241–42
baby wanted by, 6–7, 12, 98–99, 271
Blackhawk Down ambush and, 34
childhood and adolescence of, 34, 70
crisis counseling of, 127–28
dancing of, 62–65
dreams and nightmares of, 142–43, 185–88, 241, 254–55
education of, 53
Espenshade and, 27–31, 113–15, 127, 157, 167, 169, 204–5, 212–14, 254, 261–62
failed engagement of, 55
FBI and, 27–32, 116, 127, 142, 167, 169, 188, 213, 233, 273
and fears for wife’s life, 22, 25–26, 28, 31–32, 104, 114, 133–34, 156, 189, 234
guilt of, 27, 127, 134
Hargeisa and, 3, 5, 71–72, 101, 110, 129, 266, 273
hostage negotiations and, 155–57, 168–69, 190, 194–96, 204–5, 242
hostage rescues and, 28, 30–31, 113–15, 142–43, 156, 167–69, 213–14, 242, 247, 254, 261–63, 266, 277, 282–83
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
ransom demands and, 183, 233
secrecy concerns and, 142
Fizel, 120
G
Galkayo, 121, 241
Buchanan’s rescue and, 264
Buchanan’s trip to, 5–8
and care packages for Buchanan, 253
FBI intelligence collection and, 231
violence in, 7, 157
Galkayo Prison, 185–87
Galmudug clan, 266
Garowe, 24
girls, 38, 57, 88
kidnapping of, 37, 46
modeling of, 39–40
neglected in Africa, 43
nice, 58
see also women
gossip lines, 26, 31, 168, 170, 266
Green Line, 3, 241
Buchanan’s escape thoughts and, 245
Buchanan’s kidnapping and, 28, 32, 88
Buchanan’s rescue and, 262
and Buchanan’s trip to Galkayo, 6–7
Guatemala, 43
Gypsy’s, 62–67
H
Habr Gidir clan, 231–32
Hardy, Dan:
Buchanan’s kidnapping and, 24–26, 116
and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls, 111, 133–34, 188
Buchanan’s rescue and, 167, 277
and checking of Buchanan’s and Thisted’s health, 143
hostage negotiations and, 156
ransom demands and, 133
text message sent to Jabreel by, 277–78
Hargeisa:
Buchanan’s and husband’s homes in, 3, 5, 71–72, 101, 110, 129, 266, 273
and Buchanan’s fear of retaliation, 266, 273
Green Line and, 3
Hassan, 219–20
Helper, see Dahir
High Altitude, High Opening (HAHO) jumps, 235
hijab, 159, 162, 217
homophobia, 11
Honduras, 57
Hostile Environment Individual Safety Training (HEIST), 13
human rights:
Buchanan’s husband’s dreams about, 187
Buchanan’s husband’s work on, 54–55, 66, 187–88
I
“I Don’t Understand Your Ways,” 146, 174
Islamists, Islam:
Buchanan’s kidnapping and, 102
Green Line and, 3
and punishment for theft, 107
Al-Shabaab and, 4, 77, 86
in Somalia, 3–4
Italy, 274–75
J
Jabreel, 176–78, 224
Abdi’s argument with, 116–18
Bashir’s authority and, 207, 209
Buchanan’s fever and, 148–49
Buchanan’s husband’s conversation with, 194–96
and Buchanan’s plea-for-ransom phone call, 209–10
and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls, 109–11, 120–22, 132, 159, 189, 193–96
Buchanan’s relationship with, 118–19, 123–24, 159–60, 200–201, 209
Buchanan’s rescue and, 169, 277
Buchanan’s video message and, 178
on captives’ release, 227
child soldier and, 152
comparisons between Dahir and, 246
disappearance of, 124
drugs used by, 131, 149, 159, 201–2
fear for life of, 118–19
Hardy’s text message to, 277–78
hostage negotiations and, 108, 156, 169, 176, 178, 194–96, 226, 232–33, 277
intelligence collection on, 171
and medical care for hostages, 232–33
physical appearance of, 117, 131, 201
ransom demands and, 108–9, 116, 118–19, 131, 140–41, 153, 176, 178, 182–83, 202, 209–10, 227
religious beliefs of, 202, 246
secondary kidnappings and, 155
sexual advances toward Buchanan of, 176–77, 180, 200–203, 208–9, 270
Jama, 149
Jazeera, Al, 179–80
Jen, 63–65, 67–68
Jessica’s Captive Campfire Sand Rolls, 175
Jesus, 71
K
Kenya, 4
Buchanan’s courtship and, 68, 71
Buchanan’s departure from, 72
Buchanan’s husband’s home and work in, 53, 55, 61
and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls, 111
Buchanan’s trip to, 43–46
Buchanan’s wedding in, 72
carjackings in, 10
and fear for Buchanan’s life, 234
Rosslyn Academy and, 58–59, 72
social life in, 62
khat, 80, 266
child soldiers’ use of, 20–21, 77–78, 86–87, 106, 151–52, 218–19
deliveries of, 149–50
kidnappers’ use of, 11, 17, 20–21, 86–87, 90, 92, 95–98, 106, 108, 118, 123, 125, 130–31, 138, 140, 148–54, 159, 190, 193, 200, 202–3, 218–19, 223–25, 244, 246
Somali pirates and, 77–78
symptoms of use of, 9, 11, 17, 20–21, 77–78, 86–87, 90, 92, 95–98, 123, 125, 130–31, 138–39, 152, 154, 200, 218–19, 224
kidnappings, kidnappers:
Adado and, 134, 170–71, 216–17, 233, 277
aerial surveillance and, 94, 121–22, 137, 159, 161, 169, 222, 232
arguments among, 116–18, 139
at Banda place, 95–96, 104–5, 108, 112, 122–23
of Buchanan, 11–32, 75–77, 79–80, 83–99, 101–5, 113–16, 127, 134, 145, 147, 153, 155–56, 159, 161, 212–13, 264, 271
Buchanan and Thisted separated by, 124, 128, 222, 224
Buchanan placed on display by, 217–18
Buchanan’s bladder infections and, 137–38
Buchanan’s bread baking and, 173–74
Buchanan’s communication with, 90, 96–99, 118–19, 129–30
Buchanan’s debriefing and, 270, 274
Buchanan’s dehumanization and, 153–54
Buchanan’s diet and, 173–75, 224–25
and Buchanan’s fear of retaliation, 266, 273
Buchanan’s fevers and, 148–49
Buchanan’s hostage training and, 12–14
Buchanan’s husband’s dreams and, 241, 254
Buchanan’s husband’s lies and misinformation tactics and, 168, 170, 196–97
Buchanan’s husband’s secrecy concerns and, 31–32, 134, 142–43, 168
and Buchanan’s husband’s work on behalf of prisoners, 187–88
Buchanan’s lies to, 129–30
and Buchanan’s nausea and vomiting, 128
Buchanan’s observation of, 85, 121
and Buchanan’s plea-for-ransom phone call, 209–11
and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls, 109–12, 117, 120–22, 132, 159, 188–97, 199, 224
and Buchanan’s relationship with Jabreel, 118–19, 123–24, 159–60, 200–201, 209
and Buchanan’s thoughts about death, 249
and Buchanan’s thoughts about escape, 126, 256
Buchanan’s toilet concerns and, 243–44, 257
Buchanan’s video message and, 178–81
Buchanan’s visualizations and, 212, 223–24
Buchanan’s water concerns and, 119–20
and care packages for Buchanan, 253
car repaired by, 131
of children, 37, 46–47, 50, 57
child soldiers among, 15, 20–21, 37, 87, 105–6, 150–53, 218–22, 232
clans suspected in, 101–2, 231–32
collecting intelligence on, 170–71, 231–33, 236
deaths of, 251, 265–66, 277
diets of, 212, 225–26, 244
on displays of emotion from women, 199–200, 208–10
dogs lacked by, 238
drugs used by, 11, 17, 20–21, 86–87, 90–92, 95–98, 106, 108–9, 118, 123, 125, 129–31, 138, 140–41, 148–54, 159, 162, 167, 174, 190, 193–94, 200–203, 209–10, 218–19, 223–25, 244, 246, 248
feared by Buchanan, 6–7, 12
fear of death in, 14, 16–22, 164
finances of, 94, 236
hierarchy of leadership of, 85–86, 90, 92, 94, 96, 109, 116–17, 207, 209, 215, 219, 222, 224, 226
hostage negotiations and, 108, 155–57, 161, 168–69, 176, 178, 188, 190, 194–96, 204, 208–10, 226, 232–33, 242, 277
by ideologues, 13, 16, 26–27
ignorance of, 121–22, 137–39, 170, 174
internet access of, 80, 134
and medical care for hostages, 223–24, 232–33
paranoia of, 120–23, 170, 210, 224
planning of, 15, 94
rages and cruelty of, 95, 105, 161–64, 169, 200, 207–8, 211, 215, 217, 221, 249
raid on camp of, 234–35, 237–38, 250–51, 255–59, 263–66, 270
ransom demands and, 13, 26, 28, 31, 90–91, 108–10, 115–19, 123, 131, 140–41, 148, 150–51, 153, 162–63, 168–69, 176–83, 187–90, 194, 202, 204, 207–11, 213, 217, 224, 227, 233, 248–49, 261
rescues and, 28, 30–31, 167–69, 234, 236–39, 256, 258, 266, 277
secondary, 94–95, 123–24, 155, 168–69, 182, 208–9, 249
sense of humor of, 105, 120
sexual advances toward Buchanan of, 176–77, 180, 200–203, 208–10, 270
sleeping guards of, 239, 243–46, 248–49
Somali gossip lines and, 26, 31
of Spanish sailors, 147–48, 161
surviving first twenty-four hours in, 14
Thisted’s communication with, 153–54
training of, 150–51
U.S. targeting of, 278–79
Vietnamese victim of, 261
weaponry of, 8–9, 19–21, 24, 36, 86–87, 89–90, 105–6, 139–40, 152–53, 170, 179–80, 199–200, 208–9, 211, 218, 220, 225, 232, 236, 238, 250, 257, 259, 271
L
Landemalm, August (son), 282–83, 285
Landemalm, Erik (husband), 41, 146
anger and frustration of, 101–2, 241–42
baby wanted by, 6–7, 12, 98–99, 271
Blackhawk Down ambush and, 34
childhood and adolescence of, 34, 70
crisis counseling of, 127–28
dancing of, 62–65
dreams and nightmares of, 142–43, 185–88, 241, 254–55
education of, 53
Espenshade and, 27–31, 113–15, 127, 157, 167, 169, 204–5, 212–14, 254, 261–62
failed engagement of, 55
FBI and, 27–32, 116, 127, 142, 167, 169, 188, 213, 233, 273
and fears for wife’s life, 22, 25–26, 28, 31–32, 104, 114, 133–34, 156, 189, 234
guilt of, 27, 127, 134
Hargeisa and, 3, 5, 71–72, 101, 110, 129, 266, 273
hostage negotiations and, 155–57, 168–69, 190, 194–96, 204–5, 242
hostage rescues and, 28, 30–31, 113–15, 142–43, 156, 167–69, 213–14, 242, 247, 254, 261–63, 266, 277, 282–83
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
