European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 3. 1906 the stars and stripes Page 3 Jacobsen hoped to avoid terror / Don t think he Felt there was a great personal risk by the associated press when David Jacobsen took the Job As director or the american University in Beirut lie hoped he like the 450-bed Hospital he ran would be exempt from the violence and terror or Beirut Leb anon s Urban War zone i Don t think he Felt there was a great personal risk said his son Eric Jacob led. Before he took the Job he met with several Leaden of the various militias and they said they would do what they could to guarantee his  exemption nil oat but the is year old. Hospital adminis Trator s exemption ran out May 28, 1985, when tin men snatched him As he crossed the Street Between his apartment and office. Despite his precautions Jacobsen had become another american hostage. On sunday Jacobsen was freed in Bei rut. Far from California the streets of Beirut were far fro Southern California where Jacobsen spent most of his life. A graduate of the University of Cali fornia leu Angeles Jacobsen spent three decades As a Hospital administrator in the los Angeles area. But then divorced and with his three children grown he decided to try out life overseas taking on the Job As adminis Trator for the saudi Security forces Hospi Tal in Riyadh saudi Arabia. He was attracted by the Challenge and the uniqueness of the Job said his son. Left file photo or David Jacob san wed right photo Token daring a Platy photo the Only thing he did t like was he was t Able to spend any time with his  Jacobsen went on to a bigger Chal Lenge becoming head of the american University Hospital one of the largest medical facilities in the Middle East. But Jacobsen was aware of the risks faced by americans in Beirut when he look the Job in december 1984. Four americans had been kidnapped by terrorists demanding the release of comrades jailed for the bombings of the French and . Embassies in Kuwait. In the following months the Kidnap pers would strike again and again. Eric Jacobsen said the events began to prey on his father s mind. In his first few letters he said he Felt Safe said Jacobsen. But on his last trip Home two weeks before his abduction he was a lot More concerned about his  Jacobsin stayed close to the Hospital a Neutral zone that treats the wounded fall the warring factions in the torn City. His apartment was across the Road from the medical Complex where he worked seven Days a  never ventured into the City some one else did his food shopping. He said be was Safe everywhere except when he crossed the  said his son. Unfortunate a that s where he was  sent let Len Jacobsen sent letters Home after his abduction writing words his son believes were dictated by the Kidnap Cis. But Eric Jacobsen said the Best news came from the Rev Benjamin Weir who was released by the kidnappers in sep tember 1985. Weir told Jacobsen his father was in. Good spirits playing a game to keep his Hopes up. Each week of Captivity the hostage told himself he was to be released on sunday. Very goal oriented he s a very goal oriented individual said his son. It would be his Way of gelling through this. When each sunday came he would Tell the other men it was a miscalculation and that it s going to be next sunday. It was just his Way of cop ing with it of feeling that this is going to  by last september Jacobsen appeared drawn and Haggard in photos re leased by islamic jihad. Our bodies Are sick and our psycho logical stale is bad read one letter he purportedly wrote. Qadhafi likens self to Washington Lincoln Washington a in a Magazine interview libyan Leader col. Moa mar Qadhafi compared him self 10 George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and vowed to continue his support of what he Calls liberation movements even if the United states attacks his nation with nuclear weapons. Qadhafi in an interview published this week in . News & world report said the . Bombing raid on Libya in april has not stemmed the flow of Libya s Aid to what the United states considers terrorist move  have increased our support for the liberation movements of the palestinians and for All liberation movements throughout the world he said the efforts will continue he said even if they hit us with the atomic  compared his own role in unifying the Arab world to the role of George Washington and Abraham Carter in Bangladesh Lincoln in forming and unifying the in Ted states. Arab Unity is a unification of Arab countries into states like the United states this is the role 1 a playing a mixture of the roles of George washing ton and Abraham Lincoln he said. On other Mattere Qadhafi said Reagan now represents the interests of the israe Lis and he is under the influence of his foreign min ister who is an  when reminded that Secretary of state George Shultz is an american the libyan Leader said he s sacrificing the interests of the americans in favor of the  the disinformation Campaign by the Reagan administration to make Qadhafi believe he was threat ened by internal opposition outdid the watergate  the american people sit accused because they have not yet Enid Reagan Anil his gang for this scandal of disinformation he said. Britain s break of relations with Syria shows the West is  it s still with the spirit of the crusades. They would like to enable the israelis to control the Arab world and they want to destroy the arabs. It s a colonial policy that has not changed the libyan Leader said. Reagan s arc Sion toward Nicaragua Grenada and Cuba is compelling them to become marxist i am not a communist but i might be obliged just Tonga America to become a communist out of spite he said. Qadhafi was interviewed oct. 25 in his bomb dam aged mansion by Richard a Chesnoff a senior correspondent for the Magazine and Barbara Victor an american writer who is working on a Book about the libyan Leader. Swift drastic punishment urged for terrorism Dhaka Bangladesh a former president Carter called sunday for multinational cooperation and Swift and drastic punishment to combat International terrorism. But in that punishment for terrorists Carter told a news conference the innocent must not be  he Aid he had disapproved of the american bomb ing in Libya because some innocent lives were Tost. This was not the Correct response to the libyan involvement in International terrorism he said. Carter said thai to Check terrorism there should be cooperation among the United Stales Europe and those moslem countries from where Al times terror ism originales the former president also said he held the United slate and the soviet Union equally responsible for the Mure of the Reykjavik Iceland Summit adding it bad failed because of the Lack of flexibility on Boll  Carter said president Reagan s Star wan space  Carter based defense system is a major impediment to Prog Ress in talks on limiting strategic arms. " Star wars is not feasible he added saying he hoped Reagan would modify his commitment to the program officially called the strategic defense Initia Tive. Ski is a costly game and it would be a mistake for the american people to pursue it Carter said. Winding up a two Day visit. Carter said he was Happy to see there were efforts in Bangladesh to establish democracy and democratic institutions so the peo ple could decide what was Best for them. He said the Atlanta based organization global 2000, of which be is chairman would work in cooperation with Bangladesh s government in launching projects for balanced economic growth and better health. On saturday global 2000 signed an agreement with the government to launch a health project aimed a eradicating polio. After the news conference. Carter went for a River cruise. Later he was to Fly to Pakistan