Word: lebanonization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--President Reagan said last night that "We've never let up and we never will" in efforts to free American hostages in Lebanon and said that if Republican presidential contender Pat Robertson knew anything of their whereabouts, it was "very strange" that "he kept it to himself...
Reporters in Tyre say the influence of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, or Party of God, has been growing in the villages. Hezbollah is believed to be the umbrella group for radical Shiite Moslem factions holding most of the foreign hostages in Lebanon...
Twenty-four other foreigners are captives in Lebanon, including eight Americans. Held longest is Terry A. Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent of The Associated Press, kidnapped March...
Higgins had been on U.N. duty in the Middle East since June 1987 and assumed command of the Lebanon observer group in mid-January, said U.N. officials in New York...
...Pentagon official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said 15 or 16 Americans were assigned to the observer group, but the U.N. put the number at 17. Goksel said only six were actually in Lebanon...