On this Day in History (16 Mar)

Lebanon offers interesting insights into the enemies of religious fundamentalists as well as the methods used to achieve their aims.

International History

1984 - William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists and later dies in captivity.

1985 - Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is subsequently released on December 4, 1991. He was the best known and longest held hostage of a group of Americans believed to be captured by Shiite Hezbollah militants in an attempt to drive US military forces from Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War.