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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Francis_Buckley
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Claim
Buckley's remains were recovered by Major Jens Nielsen (Royal Danish Army) attached to the United Nations Observation Group Beirut on December 27, 1991, after they were dumped on a road near Beirut airport.
Correction
Contemporary reporting says Buckley’s remains were found by Lebanese police (after an anonymous tip), not recovered by Major Jens Nielsen.
Full reasoning
Multiple contemporaneous news reports describe Buckley’s remains being discovered by **Lebanese police** near Beirut airport after an anonymous tip, and then handed over to U.S. officials. That contradicts the article’s claim that **Major Jens Nielsen** (a Danish officer with a UN observer group) recovered Buckley’s remains.
- A Washington Post / AP report states Buckley’s remains were found near Beirut airport **by Lebanese police**, acting on an anonymous tip.
- Another Washington Post report from news services likewise says an anonymous caller **led police** to the remains.
Given these accounts, attributing the recovery to “Major Jens Nielsen” is incorrect (it appears to conflate Buckley’s case with other hostage-remains recoveries in Lebanon).
3 sources
- SKELETAL REMAINS OF HOSTAGE BUCKLEY ARRIVE IN U.S. - The Washington Post (Associated Press)
Buckley's remains were found early Friday near the Beirut airport by Lebanese police, acting on an anonymous telephone tip.
- REMAINS FOUND IN BEIRUT SAID TO BE HOSTAGE'S - The Washington Post (From news services)
An anonymous caller led the police to the remains, suspected to be that of the former CIA station chief...
- BUCKLEY'S REMAINS IDENTIFIED - The Washington Post
The remains... were handed over to U.S. Embassy officials in Beirut by police who had been led to the scene by an anonymous phone tip.