HOSTAGE TERROR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00587R000100200074-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2011
• Sequence Number: 74
• Publication Date: October 4, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Hostage
terror
U S A TODAY
4 October 1985
Buc y's execution
claimed by terrorists
By Lorrie Lynch
and Leslie Phillips
USA TODAY
Moslem terrorists, in a state-
ment to Lebanese newspaper
An Nahar today, announced
the execution of U.S. Embassy
official William Buckley, a held
for 562 days,
There was no official confir-
mation of the death. Wording
of the statement made it un-
clear whether the execution
had actually taken place.
"We declare a revenge for
the blood of the martyrs, by an-
nouncing the execution of the
death sentence for the Ameri-
can CIA agent... after publishing this statement."
Islamic Jihad said Buckley's
death avenged Israel's attack
on PLO headquarters in Tuni-
sia Tuesday that killed 60. Ji-
had released a photo of him.
If reports prove true, Buck-
ley, 57 - held longest of the six
- would be the first of the USA
hostages known to have been
killed. Unlike the others, there
have been no reports of his
condition while held.
His death, the some week a
Soviet hostage was killed,
would mark an ominous esca
lation in terrorism In the re-
gion. The Soviet diplomat -
one of four kidnapped by an-
other Moslem group Monday
- was found Wednesday.
Pat Weir - whose brother-
in-law the Rev. Benjamin Weir
was held 16 months before Just
release Sept.
shivered when I heard Reagan
say the bombing of Tunisia ...
had some justification.... May-
be Mr. Buckley lost his life be-
cause of it"
No reports
of Buckley
in 562 days
William Buckley, 57, is
the least known of the "for-
gotten six."
During his 562 days of
captivity, there have been
no reports about his condi-
tion - unlike some of the
other six hostages, who
have been seen and have
sent letters.
Born In Medford, Mass.,
Buckley is unmarried. He
was a building contractor
and Alibrarian rmy civilian
an job in
BUCKLEYr Reports say he
was executed.
1965. He arrived in Beirut
- his first State Depart-
ment post - in Sept. 1983.
Lorrie Lynch
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