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Arab diplomats, meanwhile, told The Associated Press that Jacobsen's release was connected to an internal power struggle in Iran. The 55-year-old American was freed Sunday after being held for 17 months by Islamic Jihad, a pro-Iranian Shiite Moslem group...
BEIRUT, Lebanon--Shiite Moslem kidnappers freed American hospital administrator David Jacobsen yesterday after holding him 17 months, and said recent U.S. moves might lead to the release of two other American captives in Lebanon...
Jacobsen, 55, of Huntington Beach, Calif., was turned over to U.S. officials on a street in Moslem west Beirut. A U.S. Embassy official, who insisted on anonymity, said Jacobsen was in good health and was at the embassy compound in Christian east Beirut...
Earlier Friday, Waite revealed his presence in the Lebanese capital in a telephone call to The Associated Press office in Moslem west Beirut...
Waite said on previous trips to Beirut in November and December last year that he was there at the request of Islamic Jihad, the pro-Iranian Shiite Moslem group that holds at least three Americans and the two Frenchmen...