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Originally Posted by topnotch, standup guy
I remember reading how during the Lebanese civil war in the 80's various muslim militias held a bunch of American hostages and the USA government was basically paralyzed.
And then one of those same militias took some Russian diplomats hostage in Beirut as well.
Within the week the KGB mailed family members of the kidnappers body parts of other family members.
The Russian hostages were released the next day.
The Russians might have lost the Cold War but they ain't weak.
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Saw that on Discovery channel as well:
"In October 1985, Alfa was dispatched to Beirut, Lebanon, when four Soviet diplomats had been taken hostage by a Sunni militant group. By the time Alfa was onsite, one of the hostages had already been killed. The perpetrators and their relatives were identified by supporting KGB operatives, and the latter were taken hostage. Following the standard policy of 'no negotiation', Alfa proceeded to sever some of their hostages' body parts and sent them to the perpetrators with a warning that more would follow if the Russian hostages were not released immediately. The tactic was a success and no other Russian national was taken hostage in the Middle East for the next 20 years,[2] until the 2006 abduction of Russian diplomats in Iraq."
Bad ass motherfuckers.