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The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1991

Page

6

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.

Nicosia Cyprus Lebanon Tehran Imad Mughniyeh Terry Anderson Beirut Mughniyeh William Higgins United States U.N Giandomenico Picco Hezbollah Party of God Islamic Jihad Holy War Muhammed Ali Hamadi Abdul- Hadi Frankfurt TWA Heinrich Struebig Thomas Kemptner Hamadi Abbas Germany

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.

Nicosia Cyprus William R. Higgins Beirut Lebanon Higgins Michel Seurat Collett Lft William Buckley CLA Islamic Jihad U.S PLO Tunis Buckley Medford Mass Leigh Douglas Philip Padfield Peter Kilburn

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