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French hostage to be released as Christmas gesture
Shiite militants claim they will free one of two French hostages within 48 hours as a Christmas gesture and urge France to halt arms sales to Iraq. The Revolutionary Justice Organization delivers the message to Beirut papers An-Nahar and As-Safir, calling for French, Syrian, and Iranian representatives to attend for the release.
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Iraq
Beirut
Lebanon
France
Iran
Revolutionary Justice Organization
An-Nahar
Syria
Jacques Chirac
Hafez Assad
Islamic Republic
As- Safir
Aurel Cornea
Jean-Louis Normandin
Antenne-2
Cornea
Normandin
Revolutionary Justice
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Joseph Cicippio
Edward Tracy
Foreign Ministry
Paris
Revolutionary Justice Statement
Chirac
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi