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CIA Reading Room 05164492: INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: HOSTAGE SEIZURES - 1983/03/01

Approved for Release: 2018/10/05 C05164492 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT DATE: 10-05-2018 International Terrorism: Hostage Seizures A statistical overview of international terrorist hostage seizures from January 1968 through December 1982. March 1983 Approved for Release: 2018/10/05 C05164492 Approved for Release: 2018/10/05 C05164492 Terrorism: The threat or use of violence for political purposes by individuals or groups, whether acting for or in opposi-tion to established governmental author-ity, when such actions are intended to shock, stun, or int…