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
Lebanon hostage crisis
…Iranian claims, see: and Declared abductor: "Revolutionary Justice Organisation".) 1986 April – Abduction: British citizens Brian Keenan (April 11) and John McCarthy (April 17th) Motivation: reprisal for the American raid on Libya. Suggested motivation for keeping them: demands for the release by Israel of 260 Shiites…
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