Lebanon hostage crisis
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The Lebanon hostage crisis was the kidnapping in Lebanon of 104 foreign hostages between 1982 and 1992, when the Lebanese Civil War was at its height. The hostages were mostly Americans and Western Eu
Many of the foreign hostages were associated with the American University of Beirut, seen here in 1970
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Former hostage Joseph Cicippio after his release in 1991
John McCarthy (journalist)
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John Patrick McCarthy, is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster, and one of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis. McCarthy was the longest-held British hostage in Lebanon, having been imp
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