European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine Beirut hostage crisis another Iran a photo shiite moslem militiaman praying under hijacked Jet at Beirut by Charles Hanley associated press the yellow the helpless fury of Ordinary the bitter anger of bearded Young the terrorist demands that begin in the name of god the the these echoes of an earlier crisis the 197981 ordeal of the Tehran embassy hostages reverberate through the hostage drama unfolding in and officials say they fear that the current in like the 444day Iran could drag on for weeks or months of bluster and fruitless Neotia Warren who was chief negotiator in the Iran says he feels a sense of Dejavu in today especially in the govern ments Reliance on a lebanese shiite Leader Nabih to gain the release of the in Iran in american officials also tried to Deal with westernized professional men like Berri and got Christopher i Hope the results wont be the same this said the former Deputy Secretary of now practising Law in los the two crises have their obvious one involved the takeover of a the other the hijacking of a but parallels Between the two Are striking both hostage seizures were carried out by militant believers of islam austere shiite which is the dominant religion in the Faith of the largest population segment of pluralistic in both the lines of civil author Ity were blurred or broken just As it was Uncertain who controlled the Iran student it is still unclear what forces Are behind the in the holders of american hostages focused their demands on third the iranian militants and government demanded that and later hand Over the deposed Shah Mohammad Reza the Lebanon hijackers demand that is Rael release More than 700 lebanese shiite in both no american and most women captives were released relatively yellow ribbons tied around Trees greeted some Home to the United in hostages were beaten in the Early Days of the in one was shot in hostages wrote letters appealing for the administration to give in to the terrorists Navy vessels were positioned in the area after both each time prompting the militants to scatter their captives to hidden locations after a failed commando raid in the Case of in the embassy hostages became pawns in a struggle Between revolutionary in the hijacked americans May be caught in a tug of War Between moderate and extremist during the Tehran such Western educated Ira Nian officials As president Abolhassan Banisadr and foreign minister Sadegh Ghotb Zadeh were berated by True revolutionaries whenever they showed conciliatory signs toward the United in the French educated Law a photo Nabih Leader of Lebanon dominant shiite amal is also Justice june 1985 yer Nabih head of the mainstream amal militia must contend with shiite fundamentalist extremists who follow the iranian inspired Hezbollah Berri has disowned the skyjacker but endorsed their and seeks to speak for them in Nabih Berris Power in Lebanon is being sex political scientist and former iranian Diplo mat Mansour who closely follows Middle East said in an he is trying to identify with the extremists in order not to be put out of the lie is taking More and More Radical said Christopher we Are placing a lot of Faith in Nabih it reminds me of Ghotb Zadeh and Bani westernized people we turned to for help in Iran ant Western radicals eventually forced Bani Sadr into exile and executed there Are noteworthy differences Between the two for economic sanctions and United nations diplomatic intervention helped pressure Iran govern but would be of Little use in Lebanon chaotic who As Iran ambassador defended the Tehran revolutionaries in International notes another dissimilarity in the the iranians knew that their demand for the Shah was that it want going to but in the Lebanon Case the demand for the release of shiites held in Israel does not appear said who now teaches at Vermont Bennington Christopher that the lebanese terrorists could always broaden their demands and continue to hold just As the iranians Clung to their hos tages for six months after the Shah in an one of those former Iran Diplomat Moorhead a longtime Stu Dent of observed that both hostage takings were symptoms of a age old moslem Resis Tance to Western Tehran May have been a firs time but now its happened again and i Hope the american people Are asking serious questions what is the reason what Are these people trying to Tell us said now executive director of the Council for International under standing in new the stars and stripes Page 13