Former hostage Charles Glass on remaining hostages

Title

Former hostage Charles Glass on remaining hostages

Genre

Interview

TX Date

19 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:32

Description

US ABC journalist Charles Glass was held by Hezbollah in Lebanon for 62 days before escaping. He talks to John Taylor about British hostagesTerry Waite and John McCarthy who he believes will be released, and the effect of being held for so long; says a diplomatic deal needs to be done with Iran as physically rescuing the hostages seems impossible; on his belief paying ransoms such as the US arms sales to Iran make Americans more likely to be taken as hostages.

Contributors

John Taylor; Charles Glass

Keywords

USA; Iran; Arms sales; Diplomacy; Lebanon; Beirut; Hostages; Syria; Terry Waite; John McCarthy; Hezbollah

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