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From: raju@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Raju Bhatt)
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Subject: Re: Protesting the Beirut Hostage Crisis
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Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 05:19:52 EDT
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From me
> 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!

From Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan
 > 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. -)

Those Israelis are the nicest!  After grabbing a whole mess of them, giving
back a few of them should make them happy right?  The Shiites should be
grateful they got that many back!  How kind and merciful Israeli Army! 
The Israeli government always plays to the American media, to show how
kind and merciful it is with these "They all look the same" Shiites.