LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

John McCarthy arrives home in Britain

Genre

News report

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:29

Description

James Bays reports from RAF Lyneham on the arrival home of John McCarthy, a British man held hostage in Beirut, the Lebanon. McCarthy met Foreign Office minister Douglas Hogg and UN Secretary General, Javier Perez de Cuellar to hand over the demands of his former captors, the Islamic Jihad group.

Contributors

James Bays

Keywords

Terrorism; UN; Lebanon; Beirut; Hostages; Islamic Jihad; Douglas Hogg; Javier Perez de Cuellar; John McCarthy; RAF Lyneham

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