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He demanded that Mr. Dodge be returned. This demand eventually led to Dodge's freedom after a year-long captivity.
Mousavi first came to attention outside Lebanon in connection with the 1982 kidnapping of David Dodge
Rifaat al-Assad is perhaps best-known for his role in personally overseeing the notorious 1982 Hama massacre, in which at least 10,000 people were killed.
every report from the period clearly puts Rifat at the center of the Hama operation
Mousavi first came to attention outside Lebanon in connection with the 1982 kidnapping of David Dodge
At that time, he had arranged relations with Rifaat Al-Assad
President Reagan publicly thanked him when, through contacts in the Iranian regime of Ayatullah Khomeini, Rifaat secured the release of David Dodge.
The closeness between Rifaat and Abdullah is more than just kinship: They worked together in the early 1980s when Rifaat was leading the Defense Companies
Assad's brother, Rifaat, and Tony Franjieh were close friends and business associates.
talks between Arafat and Assad's brother had gone well and that Arafat was convinced that Rifaat Assad had signaled willingness to intercede with the president to smooth over their growing differences.
much of the case will center on the circumstances of his exile from Syria and his friendship with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
