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This Was How The Soviets Dealt With Islamic Terrorism In The 80'sAccording
to Morris, the KBG determined the kidnapping to be the work of the
Shiite Muslim group known as Hezbollah, or Party of God. This was the
same radical pro-Iranian faction that figured so belligerently in the
mass hostage-taking from the TWA airliner at Beirut Airport last June.
Unlike the approach the United States used to resolve the TWA crisis, however, the
Soviets did not bother negotiating with Hezbollah through Nabih Berri,
Lebanon's justice minister and leader of the Shiite Amal militia.
Instead,
the KGB kidnapped a man they knew to be a close relative of a prominent
Hezbollah leader. They then castrated him and sent the severed organs
to the Hezbollah official, before dispatching the unfortunate kinsman
with a bullet in the brain.
In addition to presenting him with
this grisly proof of their seriousness, the KGB operatives also advised
the Hezbollah leader that they knew the indentities of other close
relatives of his, and that he could expect more such packages if the
three Soviet diplomats were not freed immediately.
The message
was a lot more extreme than Ronald Reagan's vague allusions to using
"Rambo next time," but the swift release of the three remaining hostages
indicated that the Hezbollah big shot couldn't handle having terror
shoved back in his face.
Post reporter Morris quoted unidentified observers in Jerusalem as noting:
"This is the way the Soviets operate. They do things - they don't talk.
"And this is the language the Hezbollah understand."
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