HOSTAGE BAZAAR.

HOSTAGES; TERRORISM; HOSTAGE negotiations; KIDNAPPING; INTERNATIONAL relations; AMERICANS; TERRORISTS; LEBANON Hostage Crisis, 1982-1992

Examines the difficulties facing the United States in negotiating the release of American hostages in Lebanon. Description of the groups holding the Americans, the Islamic Jihad, the Revolutionary Justice Organization and the Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine; Reasons why the groups captured hostages; Prospects of release; Deal proposed by the Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine.