And the similarities of the way. Aljazeera. For some and a war criminal for others for lankas new president to go to by others a pack is sworn in but is he the right man to diffuse ethnic divisions and fix the economy this is inside story. Hello welcome to the Program Obama has new president is positioning himself as a strong man who can fix the nations most challenging problems promises by a good as a boxer to improve security and the struggling economy gain support of the ballot box but from the scene had a buddhist majority but his swearing into Office Highlights the islands ethnic and religious split similar to his brother mahinda during his 2 terms as president many tamil and muslim voters reject. God was defense secretary while his brother was present when the tamil tigers were defeated 10 years ago and the 26 year long civil war both accused of war crimes and muslims have faced hostility following that is there so aside attacks that killed 263 people lets hear what the new presi
Preceding that happy occasion, the 52 underwent over 14 months of anxiety, uncertainty and fates were manipulated by the iranians. Here to describe some of the events from those months is air force colonel thomas schaefer, the senior ranking military hostage who was performing duty as Defense Attache at the time of the takeover. Col. Schaefer thank you, claude. It is indeed a pleasure to be here today with you, for me to tell you about my experience, to share with you some of the major items that i have gone through to possibly help you in a future situation. Either as a hostage or captive. You probably would ask, how does one cope with this type of experience . First of all, initially after it happened, as we were taken captive, i forgot, purposely, i forgot about how it happened. I got rid of that, accepted the fact that i was a captive and did not dwell on it. One must be disciplined in this type of a situation, in this environment, to establish a schedule purposely to take us up ev
Is a time to remember the fact that eight americans are still hostage, denied of their freedom because of the threat of terrorism in the middle east. [tie a yellow ribbon] air force colonel Thomas Schaefer was the highest ranking military officer among 52 hostages who were held for 444 days in iran from november 4, 1979, to january 20, 1981. Colonel schaefer, who died in 2016 at the age of 85, was held in solitary confinement for more than three months. Next on reel america, colonel schaefers intelligence briefing for fellow air force officers after release, detailing his strategies for coping with the ordeal. The jubilation in these photographs was occasioned by the release of the 52 american hostages from iran. Preceding that happy occasion, the 52 underwent over 14 months of anxiety, uncertainty, and fears as their daytoday existence and fates were manipulated by the iranians. Here to describe some of the events from those months is air force colonel Thomas Schaefer, the senior rank
Col. Schaefer this was occasioned by the release of the 52 american hostages from iran. Preceding that happy occasion, the 52 underwent over 14 months of anxiety, uncertainty and fears as their daytoday existence and fates were manipulated by the iranians. Here to describe some of the events from those months is air force colonel thomas schaefer, the senior ranking military hostage who was performing duty as Defense Attache at the time of the takeover. Col. Schaefer thank you, claude. It is indeed a pleasure to be here today with you, for me to tell you about my experience, to share with you some of the major items that i have gone through to possibly help you in a future situation. Either as a hostage or captive. You probably would ask, how does one cope with this type of experience . First of all, initially after it happened, as we were taken captive, i forgot, purposely, i forgot about how it happened. I got rid of that, accepted the fact that i was a captive and did not dwell on it
Here to describe some of the events from those months is air force colonel thomas schaefer, the senior ranking military hostage who was performing duty as Defense Attache at the time of the takeover. Col. Schaefer thank you, claude. It is indeed a pleasure to be here today with you, for me to tell you about my experience, to share with you some of the major items that i have gone through to possibly help you in a future situation. Either as a hostage or captive. Doesrobably would ask, how one cope with this type of experience . All, initially after it happened, as we were taken forgot, purposely, i forgot about how it happened. I got rid of that, accepted the fact that i was a captive and did not dwell on it. Disciplined in this type of a situation, in this environment, to establish a take us purposely to every hour of the day while you are awake. 12 to 14ns maybe a hour schedule. Faith inmaintain the his country and in his government, his or her that they are doing as much as possible