In 1985, four Soviet diplomats in Lebanon were abducted by terrorists, and one of them was brutally executed.
On September 30, 1985, on the streets of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, the Soviet diplomat's car was suddenly stopped by several rushing cars when it reached an intersection. Then a group of armed terrorists got out of the car and took all 4 Soviet diplomats away. Not long after, the Soviet Embassy in Lebanon received a call from the terrorists and threatened the Soviet Union that if they did not accede to their demands, the four diplomats would be executed.
In the face of terrorist threats and provocations, the Soviet high-level was furious, and as one of the top superpowers, if it was held by terrorists in this way, it would undoubtedly be the greatest insult to the Soviet Union. To this end, the Soviet side issued a stern warning to the terrorists: if the diplomat is missing a hair, then the Soviet Union will retaliate at all costs!
The Soviets have always done what they say, and even the Americans dare not easily provoke them, but the terrorists do not know how to do it, not only directly and brutally execute one of the diplomats, but also send photos to the Soviet Embassy, hoping to force the Soviet Union to agree to their conditions. Upon learning of this, the Soviet side completely lost patience and directly entrusted the matter to the KGB.
The KGB, a Soviet intelligence agency, was no less sophisticated than the CIA, and as soon as it received the assignment, it immediately began to investigate the matter. Soon, the identity and purpose of this group of terrorists was dug up. It turned out that the leader of this group of terrorists was named Mugna, code-named "Hyena", from the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the reason why they kidnapped Soviet diplomats this time began with the civil war in Lebanon.
Islam and Christianity in Lebanon have always been incompatible, but fortunately the two sides are evenly matched, so there has been no major conflict, but this balance has been completely broken with the entry of Palestinian guerrillas into Lebanon. As we all know, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has a long history, and even if the Palestinian guerrillas withdraw into Lebanon, they do not forget to attack Israel from time to time, causing considerable casualties to Israel.
At that time, the Christian forces in Lebanon were very opposed to the PLO's behavior, but the Islamic forces chose to support it, so the contradictions between the two sides intensified, and soon evolved into armed conflict. The Israeli side could not swallow this breath and seized the opportunity to bomb the PLO stationed in southern Lebanon.
Since then, the two sides have been in conflict, and in 1982, Israel sent 100,000 troops to attack Lebanon on the grounds that the ambassador to the United Kingdom was assassinated by the PLO, and the fifth Middle East war broke out. In this war, the PLO has been defeated, and worse, the opposition within Syria has also taken the opportunity to attack the leader of the PLO, Arafat. In this way, the PLO and Syria also fell completely out.
At that time, Syria controlled a large area of northern Lebanon, and the PLO wanted to drive it out of Lebanon. But Syria has the support of the Soviets behind it, and it is obviously unrealistic to want to drive out the Syrian army by force, so the "hyena", one of the leaders of the PLO armed forces, has a naïve idea, that is, to kidnap the Soviets, in order to threaten the Soviet Union, and then let the Soviet government put pressure on Syria to let Syria cede control of northern Lebanon.
What did the KGB do to fight violence with violence and frighten the terrorists?
At that time, the Soviet Embassy in Lebanon was still functioning, so Soviet diplomats were targeted. After a series of plans, the hyena instructed the armed men to violently abduct all the four Soviet diplomats while they were out in the car, and threatened the Soviet Union.
In fact, the PLO often achieves its goals by kidnapping and extorting, and they have kidnapped hostages from other countries more than once, and if they succeed this time, they will only intensify later. Therefore, the Soviet Union did not intend to negotiate peace at the beginning, but considering the personal safety of its diplomats, it still contacted the PLO at the first time with strong anger, hoping not to make a big fuss about this matter, and it was best to talk about it well. However, the hyena did not think that the Hyena regarded the Soviet Union's forbearance as a compromise, made excessive demands, and even executed a diplomat and threatened the Soviet Union to comply.
Unable to bear it, the Soviet side decided to send an armed rescue and give this group of terrorists a little color by the way. At that time, the Soviet side found out that the terrorists were holding the hostages in the Baalbek prison in Lebanon, which was heavily guarded, and the only way to take it was to send troops. But such a big move, the terrorists will certainly be vigilant, and at that time, the safety of the hostages will also be greatly threatened.
But even so, the death toll was still increasing, and at this point the hyena finally realized that they were being targeted, and the murderer was most likely the Soviet Union. For a time, the terrorists were panicked, afraid that the next person to be retaliated against would be themselves. It didn't take long for the hyena to receive a package containing photos of missing persons and an ultimatum.
Looking at these photos, the hyena couldn't help but get a chill in his back, because the Toughness of the Soviet Union was completely beyond his imagination. You know, they have not only kidnapped hostages of other countries before, according to past experience, these countries have been tough at the beginning, but as long as there is a slight threat, even the US government is likely to be soft. If you can't fully accept the unreasonable demands, you will at least exchange hostages with them, and you have never encountered such a brutal person as the Soviets.
At this time, the hyena was a little embarrassed, he knew that the Soviets would certainly not be able to be soft, and once the hostages were hurt again, they would be subjected to more severe retaliation, and they would not be able to save their lives. But he thought for a moment, if he was so conceited, then what would other countries do in the future to follow the Soviet Union's example? For a time, the hyena was caught in a dilemma.
The terrorist "hyena" is extremely vicious, what is his fate?
But the KGB didn't seem to have any intention of giving the hyena time to think about it, and soon after, another package arrived in his hands. When he saw the photo inside, the hyena completely panicked, although the person in the photo had been beaten to the point that he could not even recognize his mother, he still recognized at a glance that the person above was his brother. Only then did he know that the Soviets had investigated him thoroughly, and at the thought of this, he couldn't help but look around, afraid that the Soviet snipers were staring at him.
Even outlaws like hyenas still have to choose to be soft in the face of their families and their own lives. Subsequently, he hurriedly ordered the release of the three Soviet diplomats who were still alive, and in order to avoid accidents in the middle of the way, he also sent someone to the door of the Soviet Embassy in Lebanon. At the same time, kgb agents also stopped moving, and the hyena couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
At that time, the Western countries had intended to see Soviet jokes, but learned that Soviet diplomats had been sent back by hyenas and were still intact. This was unbelievable to them, because they had dealt with this group of outlaws more than once, and they knew that this group of people would not give up until they reached their goal, so they guessed that the Soviet Union must have made a deal with the terrorists. In this regard, the Soviet side did not make a statement, after all, the KGB used the method of countering violence by violence, if it was known to the Western media, it would inevitably make a big fuss about it.
It was not until later that the Lebanese side revealed the inside story of the matter, although the specific details were not known, but the decisiveness and toughness shown by the Soviets in this rescue operation made even the outlaw hyenas afraid, not to mention the Western countries that were in a cold war with the Soviet Union at that time.
It is worth mentioning that although the hostages were safely returned, the matter did not end there. Because a Diplomat of the Soviet Union was brutally executed by hyenas at the beginning, and the Soviet Union warned him that if the diplomat was missing a hair, then the Soviet Union would retaliate at all costs! After this incident, the hyena also knew that the Soviets did what they said, so he disappeared and hid. This hiding lasted for more than ten years, until after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the KGB that terrified hyenas ceased to exist, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to show his head again, and he began to move recklessly.
In 2008, the hyena was no longer involved in the PLO, but this did not mean that his evil deeds would be forgotten. On the evening of February 12 of that year, the hyena was found dead in the underground garage of Damascus, and after investigation, someone planted a bomb in his car, and the notorious hyena died in the terrorist attack.
Since the hyena has offended many people and there are not a few people who want to kill him, no one knows who planned this attack. However, many people speculate that the Russians did it, after all, Russia inherited most of the Soviet Union's legacy, and even President Putin was a KGB agent. Although this is just speculation, no matter what the truth is, the fate of hyenas is deserved!