Lebanon 1980s | Hostage released after KGB castrated a kidnapper's family member

Articles from the digitized archives of the New York Times and the United Press Inter- national 1986. Yes, this is old news but it's still interesting to read how different governments reacted on hostage taking of their fellow countrymen more than 30 years ago.

Take note that 30 years ago a Muslim was called a Moslem, which is believed to be an insult today - when pronounced as MOZLEM - and a word only used by Islamophobes.

The source said the embassy was in contact with the various militias in West Beirut in an attempt to locate the officials. An official at the Beirut office of Tass, the official Soviet press agency, also confirmed the kidnappings, but could not provide any details. Telephone calls by reporters to both the embassy and the Soviet Cultural Center here went unanswered.
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