Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!mhuxn!ihnp4!ihlpg!tan From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.politics Subject: Re: Protesting the Beirut Hostage Crisis Message-ID: <720@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 14:51:03 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.720 Posted: Fri Jun 28 14:51:03 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 04:20:50 EDT References: <498@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> <1918@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 12 Xref: watmath net.followup:5032 net.politics:9632 > = Bhatt > I don't buy that the > Israelis were going to release the Shiites that they had soon. This > looks like a public ploy on their part and you know how the Israelis > are with the American Media! For your information, the Israelis originally had about 1100 mostly Shiite prisoners from Lebanon. They had already released over 300 unilaterally BEFORE the hijacking. Of course, this could all have just been made up by the American media. -) -- Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL ihnp4!ihlpg!tan