Word: shied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...know that our fellow Alann Steen is dying." The speaker on the videotape was Jesse Turner, one of four Beirut University instructors taken hostage in January by a pro-Iranian Shi'ite faction known as the Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine. He was referring to a communique from the group earlier last week announcing that Steen, another of the four, was gravely ill. A doctor who had examined Steen, said Turner, reported that he was suffering a "crisis in his blood pressure," with symptoms that included headaches and difficulty in breathing. The original message warned that the captive...
...Lebanon, on weapons and conspiracy charges. Besides guns and ammunition, twelve quarts of the liquid explosive methyl nitrate were found, leading officials to believe the suspected terrorists were planning a bombing campaign similar to the one that rocked Paris last fall. Police described all of the suspects as devout Shi'ite Muslims, and six of them carried expired Tunisian passports...
Assad's influence in that troubled land has grown greatly since last month, when he dispatched 7,500 troops into West Beirut to restore order. Indeed, pressure to keep the hostages alive seems to be coming from all sides. The Revolutionary Justice Organization, which is composed of Shi'ite Muslim extremists, postponed plans last week to execute French Television Engineer Jean-Louis Normandin. The group had been warned not to kill him by both Syria and Shi'ite Muslim Cleric Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, the spiritual leader of the pro-Iranian Hizballah (Party of God). Said Fadlallah: "You cannot confront...
...Shi'ites are the largest of Lebanon's principal religious groups, with a population of more than 1 million. They are also the poorest and politically the most unstable. Founded in 1975, Amal quickly became the main Shi'ite political movement. One of its aims has been to wrest a more equitable share of power from the Maronite Christians and Sunni Muslims, who have divided most of the political spoils since Lebanon became independent of French rule in 1943. In recent months, however, Amal has lost ground within the Shi'ite community to the radical Hizballah (Party of God). Hizballah...
...contain the P. L. O. and radical Shi' ites...