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Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut

News article

By: Terry A. Anderson

Date: April 23, 1983

Source: The Associated Press article "Witnesses and Victims Recount Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut."

About the Author: Terry A. Anderson (1947–) was a chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press when, in 1983, he was kidnapped by a group of Hezbollah Shiite Muslims. He was eventually held for 2,454 days before being released. After being freed, Anderson actively publicized the right for freedom of the press, taught courses at Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, appeared on various radio and television shows as guest and host, and wrote the best-selling book Den of...