As-Safir marked the fifth year as a hostage Four day ago . His sister, Tom Sutherland , and other family members and friends wrote greetings to Mr. Anderson that were published in English by the French -language newspapers An-Nahar and As-Safir . His abductors demand the release of 15 men imprisoned in Kuwait for bombing the U.S. and French embassies in 1983. Police say Lebanese authorities have no information on the whereabouts of Mr. Anderson and 15 other Western hostages in Lebanon . Four day ago , Mr. Anderson 's captors, Hezbollah , made its first statement in a year , offering to trade Anderson and another hostage, Tom Sutherland , for their comrades jailed in Kuwait . A copy of the statement was delivered to a western news agency in Kuwait and included a photograph of Anderson .
As-Safir marked the fifth year as a hostage Four day ago . His sister, Tom Sutherland , and other family members and friends wrote greetings to Mr. Anderson that were published in English by the French -language newspapers An-Nahar and As-Safir . Police say Lebanese authorities have no information on the whereabouts of Mr. Anderson and 15 other Western hostages in Lebanon . Four day ago , Mr. Anderson 's captors, Hezbollah , made its first statement in a year , offering to trade Anderson and another hostage, Tom Sutherland , for their comrades jailed in Kuwait . A copy of the statement was delivered to a western news agency in Kuwait and included a photograph of Anderson .