Time Magazine Contents Page: Aug. 27, 1990

Vol. 136, No. 9 AUGUST 27, 1990

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THE GULF: More troops, more planes, more ships. Saddam plays the hostage card. As tensions continue to build, must it mean war?

< Before the fighting starts, the U.S. should try to craft a diplomatic way out. -- In his most ominous move yet, the Iraqi leader vows to keep thousands of Americans and Britons captive until the U.S. withdraws. -- Jordan's King struggles to keep his balance.

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INTERVIEW: A former hostage recounts his harrowing years blindfolded and chained in Lebanon

Captured in Beirut in September 1986, Frank Reed spent the next 44 months cut off from the outside...

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