Fun game, and comment response
I like chain-reaction puzzle games, so this was a fun one. The little war-game element was fun, and the hostages made it sufficiently challenging. If I was to add anything, I'd say this game screams for some achievements (for example: I got 24/30 gold, 6 silver, but there seemed no point to going back and getting the remaining gold, because there wouldn't be any additional reward for the effort).
I have to respond to some of the comments (I'm OCD that way). To cries of racism because the hostages were white.. they were blond-haired and pasty to stand out better. If the hostages looked the same as the "terrorists", then it'd be pretty bloody hard to pick them out, wouldn't it?!?! That's not racism, just practicality! And if you went to the trouble of finishing the game (***spoiler alert***), you'd discover the last and most important hostage was black.
On another note, small criticism to the writer of the game for saying that suicide bombers expect to go to "Nirvana" for accomplishing their mission. Nirvana is a term very specific to Buddhism and Hinduism (not really known for their suicide bombers). I know it's not PC to reference Islam directly, but you could have used the word "paradise" and it would have pretty much covered all of the Abrahamic religions.
Anyway, long story short (too late), I enjoyed the game, it kept me occupied for a while, so mission accomplished. Keep up the good work.