16 March 1985
✸Terry Anderson kidnapped
Beirut & suburbs#Western hostages 1982–1991
AttackerIslamic Jihad & the hostage-taking fronts➜TargetUnited States
On 16 March 1985 the Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was kidnapped in West Beirut; he remained a hostage for six years and nine months, the longest held of the Western hostages. "Islamic Jihad" claimed the kidnapping.