The World - News from Sept. 6, 1985
A French researcher kidnaped in Lebanon in May was allowed to visit his Syrian-born wife and family in Beirut, an official of the Shia Muslim militia Amal said in a French television interview. Although the Amal official gave no details, French news reports quoted other Lebanese sources as saying that Michel Seurat was taken to his apartment last Friday to celebrate his daughter’s first birthday. The terrorist group Islamic Jihad has said it is holding Seurat.
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