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From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
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Subject: Re: Protesting the Beirut Hostage Crisis
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Date: Thu, 4-Jul-85 00:47:24 EDT
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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?