Ciarán's quest to Beirut to free hostage Brian Keenan is a rattling good read
“The road from the airport through the southern suburbs of Beirut into the city centre ran through fundamentalist Hezbollah territory and was known the world over as ‘Kidnap Highway’. When Brian left the airport to head up that road he had, as his shield, an armed military escort. I had a letter from Gerry Adams”
Source: belfastmedia.com