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The Capture
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Impossible
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Nue
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(Pat heard news on radio) .
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Morgan was going around a traffic
circle
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when 4 guys jumped him,
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put him in a Citroin car,
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then switched to a van similar to
a VW (not a VW just looks like one.
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They drove north
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to the Port of Beirut
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and boarded an old "beat up"
DHAW style
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boat.
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They sailed out into the Mediter
ranean
then north 8 or 9 miles
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and back to the coast
to a stone jetty
in a small inlet
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and finally tied up to another
DHAW style. boat.
Right after he was put into the
van, his captors gave Mogan a sed-
ative
injection.
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near Jounie
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The capture took place at 9 P.M. on
on 2. July (real time) and
ended at 10:20
drove about one mile
The van did not have any glass
side panels.

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T.T.D.
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he was picked deliberately
not a random target
but the group is trying to make
it look like a PLA operation
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The big black man took Morgan's
Rolex watch.
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Two couriers
que
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go to a house
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in Beirut
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on the NE side of town
(2 mile outside of it).
Expansive building,
lots of ground
in the middle of a 1/8 mile
curve in the road.
It is a 2 story building
with a flat roof.
It is probably an official build
ing.
There is a sign on the front
consisting of three arabic charac
ters
one looks like a sweeping "T",
another has two dots and a back
wards "three"
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and the last looks like two
umlouts (German punctuation marks) .
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tied up to another DHAW style boat.
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The jetty, made of grey stone,
is 30 to 40 yards long
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and very old.
The small
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crescent shaped
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cove
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In a small inlet near Jounie
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Location:

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appears to nave' 14 (
) 14 reet or
water between the bectom and the
keel of the boat.
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The jetty runs almost E & W.
The boats are tied to the south
side of the jetty,
both are headed north
and they are the only boats on
that side of the jetty.
Behind or to the south
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is another pier-
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wood.
200 yards off and further out in
to the ocean
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are lots of fishing boats.
Morgan is in the second boat from
the pier
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Off the quay and across the street
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20 X 20 feet.
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It is one story
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with one door
and a flat roof.
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Going South (towards Beirut) there
is nothing on the ocean side
of the road.
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The road curves over a gentle rise
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then low rolling hills
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and longer hills 3 miles to the East
East.
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is a square building,
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It has one window on each side.
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on the west side.

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villages along the road
(all one story) .
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Curiers from the boat go to a
house
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on the north side of town.
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as the buildings run out the road
to the East - mile (almost E)
then SE 2 mile
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and ends at another road
which curves to the East
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then swings south.
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The house is in the middle of a
curve.
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on the left or upper side of the
road.
There are no houses on either side.
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It stands alone- (3 house spaces
on either side).
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There are lots of people in the
house (15-20)
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Looks like it may have been an
Embassy or official building of
some kind.
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To reach it from Beirut go north
along the coast road through
the outskirts of town-
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Partly
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but not blindfolded.
His hands are tied
in front
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with hemp rope
and he is bare foot.
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Col. Morgan is black,
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his upper left incisor tooth is
chipped
but capped
and the second toe on his left
foot is shorter than the same toe
on his right foot.
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He is wearing a ruby
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masonic
ring
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on his left
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ring finger.
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He was wearing plain summer
clothe's when captured
but they later put him into a
Khaki
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fatigue uniform.
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and OK.
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Morgan's captors injected him with
"speed"."
then 4 hours later
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alternated with barbituates.
The captors have put a harness
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around Morgan's neck
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On 8 July, Morgan was alive
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with a sawed off shotgun taped
to it.
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On July 2
after the sedative,
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Morgan was in a fighting mood.
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He was mad and trying to get out-
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refused to tell them anything.
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Morgan's Rolex watch
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has a silver casing
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with a platelet expansion band.
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short sleeve shirt
long pants -
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shoes are old US army combat
style boots -
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belt is khaki also
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with a slip buckle.
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There appear to be 6 people
directly involved.
Morgan is never left with less
than 3
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They are a very disciplined group.
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There were 5 men
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(2 Libyans,
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2 Somali
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and 1 Lebonese)
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who were later joined by a sixth.
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These are mean bastards.
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The 2 blacks from Libya were
trained there.
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The language that they speak
sounds "sing song,
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One black is 6'4",
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very short kinky hair
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sing song language but sounds a
little British.
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He seems fairly knowledgeable and
is the Chief.
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The big black man took Morgan's
Rolex watch.
He still has it.
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(leather uppers) -
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1 on fan tail and 2 inside the
boat at all times.
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The captors are all wearing khaki
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Falce
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He is very unusual
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He has 2 diagonal
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scars
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below his eyes on his cheeks.
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The high side of the diagonal is
toward his ears.
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flat broad nose,
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chipped front tooth (upper left
incisor).
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They look very old.
He has a pock marked face,

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There are no pictures or posters
on the walls of the boat.
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Both boats have wood super struc'
tures,
are 30 to 40 feet long
and have 10 feet beams.
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(5 symbols)
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on the bow and stern of the boat.
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The cabin aboard the boat
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looks like 6' wide
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and goes down into a well from the
deck.
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The big man is too tall and must
stoop.
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The length of the cabin - bow to
stern - is 8'.
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In the forward part the windows
are blocked off
with old matting
so there is no view.
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There is a small door towards the
fan tail -
18" wide X 5' high.
There is a battery radio,
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a kerosene lantern,
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some maps -
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(12"
thick on floor),
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some duffle bags -
no chairs.
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'Physical Description of Boat
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The name of the boat is written
in Arabic

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Down forward in the engine room
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there are 2 diesels -
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almost new
lots of power.
The other boat only has an old
"4 banger"
and seems to be 30 to 40 years old.
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Pat feels the reason for the
capture was because Morgan is
a commo specialist (radar and
computers)
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and they wanted to pump him
for information.
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Miscellaneous
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