DAMASCUS, Syria John McCarthy, a Briton held hostage in Lebanonfor more than five years, was freed this morning, and securitysources in Beirut said American Terry Anderson may be releasedshortly.
UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar said he was hopefula second hostage would be freed today and it would be an American.He said he based his hopes on his own sources and did not elaborate.
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said President Bush hadreceived no direct word that a U.S. captive would be freed. However,a U.S. medical team was on alert in Wiesbaden, Germany, in the eventan American is released.
The Muslim fundamentalist group Islamic …
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