Gideon Alon, Haaretz Correspondent: Russian FM: IDF soldiers held in Lebanon alive, in good condition
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Title: quoting on Soviets in Lebanon from Bob Woodward`s book "Veil" Name: uri City: haifa State:
"Hezbollah briefly targeted Soviet personnel in Lebanon. Their Iranian godfathers had, after all, condemned the godless Communists as severely as the satanic West.But Russian victimization came to an abrupt end. In his book "Veil," Bob Woodward explained why. Hezbollah had kidnapped four Soviet diplomats from Beirut during the fall of 1985. One they murdered straightaway. The others they held in captivity.In response, the KGB seized the relative of a Hezbollah leader. As part of Moscow`s anti-terrorism policy, the KGB "castrated him, stuffed his testicles in his mouth, shot him in the head and sent the body back to Hezbollah. The KGB included a message that other members of the Party of God would die in a similar manner if the three Soviets were not released." Shortly afterward, Hezbollah set free the three remaining Soviet hostages. Soviet interests in Lebanon were never similarly menaced again...."