The World - News from Dec. 11, 1985
Two prominent Lebanese Christians were released unharmed four days after they were kidnaped in Muslim West Beirut. Dr. Munir Shamaa, of American University Hospital, and Joseph Salameh, an economics professor and businessman, were freed at the home of Mohammed Fadlallah, a radical Shia Muslim cleric who has advised the pro-Iranian group Hezbollah (Party of God). Fadlallah said the two men were seized by relatives of Muslims abducted by the Christian Lebanese Forces militia coalition.
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