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91_HR0446
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, On October 16, 1986, Israeli Air Force Navigator
3 Ron Arad was taken prisoner during a mission in Lebanon; when
4 his F-4 Phantom jet caught fire, he and the pilot parachuted
5 into enemy territory; and
6 WHEREAS, The pilot was rescued and Ron Arad was captured
7 by the Lebanese Shiite organization, Amal, and taken to
8 Beirut; and
9 WHEREAS, Arad's seizure was announced and a videotape was
10 released showing his captivity; he was denied any privileges
11 accorded to prisoners of war, and international bodies,
12 including the International Red Cross, were barred from
13 communicating with him; and
14 WHEREAS, Mustafa Dirani, Amal's head of security, was in
15 charge of Arad's imprisonment; in 1988, Dirani took Arad and
16 started a small terrorist organization known as The
17 Resistance of the Believers; and
18 WHEREAS, In 1989, for the sum of $300,000, Arad was
19 transferred to an unidentified Iranian group in Lebanon; the
20 Iranians state that they have no knowledge of his
21 whereabouts; therefore, be it
22 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
23 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
24 we respectfully urge that steps be taken to locate and
25 release Ron Arad as soon as possible; and be it further
26 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
27 presented to the Fellowship for Ron Arad's Release and the
28 Office of the Consulate General of Israel in Chicago.