Terry Waite is of course the patron of a great charity called Emmaus and Mike Dawson was there at the open day chatting to some of the residents. Terry Waite was there supporting them as usual and was kind enough to spend some time with Mike explaining why he supports this organisation.
With Terry Waites background it was inevitable that the conversation would turn to politics and religion. It was some time ago in 1980 when he successfully negotiated the release of several hostages in Iran. In 1984 he negotiated with Colonel Gadafi for the release of british hostages in Libya and succeeded. From 1985 he became involved in hostage negotiation in Lebanon. He went to Beirut in January 1987 and was then held for 1,763 days as a captive himself, the first four years of which were spent in total solitary confinement, and it was not until November 1991 he was released.
He has since become an established author and speaker and discusses with Mike the changes in the political world since his release as well as the role of religion in the worlds troubles.
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