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Waite, the 6-foot-7 Anglican Church envoy, was last seen by reporters Jan. 20 when he left the Riviera Hotel in west Beirut to meet the kidnappers of two Americans. Since then, Waite has not contacted the church or his family...
Also yesterday, Iran's Foreign Ministry denied reports that Anglican Church hostage negotiator Terry Waite was held by Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon...
...sparked the new wave of terror appeared to be the Jan. 13 arrest in Frankfurt, West Germany, of a Lebanese suspect in the 1985 hijacking of a TWA jetliner and the subsequent murder of a U.S. Navy diver. The kidnapings also coincided with the latest mission to Beirut by Anglican Emissary Terry Waite, his first since it was revealed last November that the U.S. had sold weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages held by pro- Iranian groups in Lebanon...
Even as the crisis escalated, Anglican Emissary Waite decided to prolong his latest mission to the Lebanese capital. Just before his scheduled departure from Beirut early in the week, Waite announced that he had re- established contact with the Islamic Jihad and promptly drove off into West Beirut with his usual bodyguard of Druze militiamen. As time passed and Waite did not reappear, both Anglican officials in England and Waite's Druze protectors repeatedly assured the press that he was in no danger. Said a Druze spokesman late Friday: "He is fine, and he is still negotiating with the hostage...
...fifth attempt to free hostages held in Lebanon. When the U.S.-Iran arms-for-hostages deals surfaced, there was immediate speculation that the secret American weapons shipments to Iran -- and not Waite's negotiating skills -- might have been responsible for the release of three U.S. hostages; originally the Anglican official had been credited with securing their freedom. Last week Waite insisted that despite Iranscam, "my credibility has not been affected as a negotiator." Perhaps not. But as the list of hostages continued to lengthen, even in the face of delicate negotiations and secret deals, more than a few government leaders...