LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Shi’ite group suspends US hostage Cicippio’s execution

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

4 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:43

Description

Nick Peters reports from Washington DC, on relief in the United States, when the captors of Joseph Cicippio lifted their death threat against him. Cicippio is being held in Beirut by a Shi’ite terrorist group who had threatened to kill him if their demands were not met. Includes excerpt from Joseph Cicippio video message; interview with Tom Cicippio, brother; statement by White House spokeperson, Margaret Tutwiler.

Contributors

Nick Peters; Joseph Cicippio; Tom Cicippio; Margaret Tutwiler

Keywords

USA; Israel; Terrorism; Homicide; Lebanon; Hostages; Abduction; Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid; Joseph Cicippio; Revolutionary Justice Organisation

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