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...were cast mostly by Arab and Muslim states plus the communist countries of Cuba, North Korea and Vietnam. An Arab spokesman argued that repeal would only "whet the appetite of Israeli extremists' creeping annexation," and Saudi Arabia's U.N. Ambassador, Samir Shihabi, boycotted the session. Biggest winner: the U.N., freed of an albatross...
...with Perez de Cuellar, Picco instructed the Beirut U.N. information office to announce that an American would be released within 24 hours. The announcement forced the kidnappers to honor their side of the agreement by delivering Jesse Turner to Syrian officials. Four weeks later, Waite and Thomas Sutherland were freed, setting the stage for the end of the hostage drama. In a key session on Nov. 30, Picco received a timetable for the release of Joseph Cicippio, Alann Steen and, finally, Terry Anderson...
...often happens in the Middle East, there was a last-minute hitch. Sources in Damascus confirm that Anderson's release was delayed seven hours because a hard-line faction within Islamic Jihad advocated holding on to him as a bargaining chip. Anderson was freed only after fundamentalist leaders reined in the dissident faction...
...that reached the Israeli government. The report claimed that whenever and wherever the hostages were moved, "the Syrians get an update." The report further claimed that Syrian President Hafez Assad asked his close aides to determine whether it was in his interest to help the Americans get their hostages freed. The unanimous recommendation was no, but Syria might profitably help France retrieve its captives...
...three men freed last week, only Anderson, 44, appeared to emerge whole, albeit somewhat thinner, somewhat balder and with a hint of a limp. Journalism professor Alann Steen, 52, who suffered permanent neurological damage when he was kicked by his captors for unwittingly prolonging an exercise period, will remain on medication for the rest of his life to control seizures and blackouts. University administrator Joseph Cicippio, 61, whose skull is still dented from the clubbing he received at the time of his capture five years ago, will live out his life with a burning sensation in his fingers and toes...