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!mhuxn!ihnp4!ihlpg!tan From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: American Hostages Message-ID: <1128@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 17:12:56 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.1128 Posted: Fri Aug 23 17:12:56 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 00:15:45 EDT References: <1042@ihlpg.UUCP> <185@pyuxii.UUCP> <11045@rochester.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17 > > [Unknown] > > Personally, I think anyone voluntarily travelling to most of the middle east > > has to be out of their minds. That place is an insane asylum... > > -- > [Ray Frank] > I don't think anyone goes to 'those' parts of the middle east on purpose any- > more. If they do, they must realize that almost anything can and probably will > happen to them, especially if they're Americans. --------------------------- The above are gross exaggerations. Outside of parts of Lebanon and the war zone on the Iran-Iraq border, Americans are safer in the Middle East than in many American cities after dark. This has been true even in countries with hostile governments, such as Libya. The danger to Americans in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, etc. etc. is statistically slight. Remember, the famous hijacking took place in GREECE. -- Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL ihnp4!ihlpg!tan