Background
25 victims were Americans, 16 were Frenchmen, 12 Britons, 7 Swiss and 7 West Germans. Among the names the hostage takers used were Islamic Jihad, Organization for the Defense of Free People, Organization for the Oppressed of the Earth, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine.
Read more about this topic: Lebanon Hostage Crisis
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