Anderson’s 6th Birthday as Captive
<i> Associated Press</i>
BEIRUT — Kidnaped American journalist Terry Anderson, the longest-held among 13 Westerners missing in Lebanon, will turn 43 today, his sixth birthday in captivity.
Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press, was kidnaped in Muslim West Beirut on March 16, 1985.
Irish former hostage Brian Keenan, who was released Aug. 24, said he spent part of his four years in captivity with Anderson. He said Anderson, whom he last saw “some time ago,†was suffering from a digestive ailment and was frequently in pain.
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