The Hanafi Hostage Siege in Washington DC

Witness History

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🗓️ 10 March 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In March 1977 a group of American Muslims took over a hundred people hostage in Washington. The siege ended after ambassadors from three Islamic countries helped with the negotiations. Simon Watts has been speaking to Paul Green, one of the hostages who was held for almost 40 hours.

PHOTO: Hamaas Abdul Khaalis, the leader of the hostage-takers, arriving for a court hearing in Washington with his wives (AP)

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1:16.0	Today we're going back to March 1977 and the first major incident of Islamic extremism inside the United States.
1:25.0	I'm Simon Watts and I've been talking to one of the more than a hundred hostages
1:29.0	seized in Washington, D.C. by a group of radicalized American Muslims.
1:34.0	At the Beney-Brits building there are between four and six gunman holding up to 118 hostages.
1:40.0	Just up the road in the Islamic Center, three gunman and only nine or ten hostages.
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