1.   Another challenge is training Philippine forces for night operations, which U.S. troops prefer for hostage rescues.

2.   Administration officials describe the curriculum as heavy doses of anti-drug tactics with some counterterrorism, hostage rescue and medical training thrown in.

3.   Even under cover, a SWAT approach to a heavily armed group harboring innocents runs counter to every notion of hostage rescue.

4.   He said the Americans were providing general training with no special emphasis on hostage rescue.

5.   He was further hurt last month when his provincial police force botched a hostage rescue, needlessly killing two hostages in an uncontrolled spree of gunfire.

6.   The following stories on the Peruvian hostage rescue are available on the New York Times News Service wire.

7.   The Texas Rangers report also found that sound and flash cells, often used to create diversions in hostage rescues, were used the final day of the siege.

8.   The units were originally developed primarily for hostage rescue.

9.   Washington is an elite cop imprisoned after a hostage rescue goes sour.

10.   Among the training programs offered at Fort McClellan are hostage rescue, sniper shooting, VIP protection and decision-making.