Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 5/22/85; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!cbosgd!mark From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.politics Subject: Re: Protesting the Beirut Hostage Crisis Message-ID: <1298@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Jul-85 00:47:24 EDT Article-I.D.: cbosgd.1298 Posted: Thu Jul 4 00:47:24 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 06:49:47 EDT References: <498@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> <1918@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Oh Lines: 12 Xref: watmath net.followup:5060 net.politics:9769 Israel is holding several hundred Shiites. Lebanon claims these are innocent people who were randomly rounded up as Israel withdrew from Lebanon. If this is true, it's a pretty serious violation of international law and should get lots of negative publicity for Israel. However, this has been virtually ignored by the media I've seen. What does Israel say its reason was for taking these prisoners? What do third parties say? Are these people as innocent as the Americans on the TWA plane? Are they terrorists? Military? And why is this being swept under the rug?