Kidnapping of journalist Terry Anderson
Terry Anderson, the chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press, was kidnapped at gunpoint from the streets of Beirut after finishing a tennis game on March 16, 1985. Released on Dec. 4, 1991, six years and nine months later, he was both the longest-held and most notable hostage of this period. In his profile of Mughniyeh for Foreign Policy, Perry notes that Anderson is the only American who admits to having met Mughniyeh. Returning to Lebanon for the first time in 1996, Anderson would note, "The irony is that in the five years since I was released, the hostage-takers have become heroes."
Above, a photograph of Terry Anderson that was released by his captors.
