Word: beirut
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...From Beirut to Jerusalem...
...From Beirut to Jerusalem is Thomas Friedman's introduction of the Middle East to Americans, and his engaging narrative format accomplishes exactly what he sets...
Friedman, who spent five years covering Beirut and four years covering Jerusalem for The New York Times, details his experiences in the Middle East. These are the experiences of an American fascinated with the region but shocked when the reality he finds there is strikingly different from that which the media portrays...
...Beirut station chief William Buckley, kidnaped March 16, 1984, dies in captivity. The body is never released. On Oct. 4, 1985, Islamic Jihad announce that it killed...
American Navy diver Robert Stethem is beaten and shot aboard hijacked TWA Flight 847, and his body is dumped on the tarmac at Beirut airport. Thirty- nine other American passengers and crew are held hostage for 17 days...