this day 1985 Islamic Jihad, killed William Buckley

on this day 1985 - The Shiite Muslim group Islamic Jihad announced that they had killed American hostage William Buckley. 39 yrs ago.
Later another American hostage said that he believed that Buckley had died four months earlier from torture...

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William Buckley Kidnapped in Beirut Wednesday, March 16, 1984 (Philadelphia Daily News) - A U.S. Embassy diplomat was kidnapped by gunmen in Muslim west Beirut as heavy fighting in the capital threatened a cease-fire negotiated by the nation's faction leaders meeting in Switzerland. The kidnapped diplomat was identified as William Buckley, a political officer at the embassy.

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William Buckley Executed in Beirut Friday, October 04, 1985 (UPI) -- Islamic Jihad terrorists announced the "execution" of official William Buckley. "We declare a revenge for the blood of the martyrs by announcing the execution of the death sentence for the American CIA agent in the Middle East and the head of its Lebanon station."

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American Hostage Buckley Held in Iran Tuesday, November 25, 1986 (UPI) -- William Buckley, the CIA's Beirut station chief who was kidnapped in 1984 and said to have died after prolonged torture, reportedly was secretly spirited through Syria by Iranian gunmen and delivered to Iran for interrogation. Buckley was flown by from Damascus to Tehran after his abduction.

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William Buckley Body Recovered Friday, December 27, 1991 (UPI) -- The decomposed body of CIA officer William Buckley was dumped in southern Beirut early Friday, Lebanon's chief coroner said, nearly eight years after the American was kidnapped by pro-Iranian extremists. The return of Buckley's remains closes the file on Americans taken hostage in Lebanon,

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Hostages Remembered as Heroes Monday, December 30, 1991 (AP) -- Two men who met wretched deaths at the hands of Lebanese captors arrived home today in flag-draped coffins and were honored as "American heroes" by leaders. ''Today the nation gathers into its arms two of its bravest sons . . . patriot-warriors who died trying to bring peace to a ravaged land."

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