The World - News from April 8, 1986
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The head of Israeli army intelligence said he believes that 21 American, French, British and Jewish hostages missing in Lebanon since 1984 were all kidnaped by the extremist Iranian-backed Hezbollah (Party of God). Maj. Gen. Amnon Shahak, in a Jerusalem speech on terrorism to Israeli and European insurance agents, was the first Israeli official to directly link the kidnapings to Hezbollah.
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