Reputed kidnap kingpin linked to Tehran move in 1980s hostages
Reports claim Imad Mughniyeh, once Lebanon’s Hezbollah security chief and head of Islamic Jihad, moved to Tehran fearing for safety as the last American hostage was freed. Abdul-Hadi Hamadi's clan, allied to Mughniyeh, was in Tehran then Beirut, with two Western captives reportedly still held. remains of Marine Lt. Col. William Higgins to be returned to Dover Air Force Base.
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Eleven believed dead in Lebanon hostage saga
In Beirut ties, Lt. Col. William R. Higgins is counted among eight Europeans and Americans known to have died in captivity since 1984. Higgins, abducted Feb 1 1988, is believed to have died months earlier from torture and a staged hanging. Other victims include Michel Seurat, Alec Collett, William Buckley, Leigh Douglas, Philip Padfield, and Peter Kilburn, with various confirmed or suspected deaths amid hostage ploys and retaliatory acts.
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