British national identified as hostage-taker at Texas synagogue

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : President Joe Biden issued a statement thanking law enforcement after the hostage situation ended.
57% : In a Sunday morning post on what appears to be Cytron-Walker's Facebook page, the rabbi thanked law enforcement and first-responders, and security training "that helped save us."
46% : The exodus has already begun as thousands stream out of Afghanistan for Iran in desperation.
44% : The World Health Organization is warning of millions of children suffering malnutrition, and the United Nations says 97% of Afghans will soon be living below the poverty line.
41% : Law enforcement officials who were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity earlier said the hostage-taker demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to al-Qaida who is in a federal prison in Texas.
30% : By the hundreds they pack buses that take them from Herat to nearby Nimroz province from where they make the dangerous trek into Iran.

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