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Nasrallah responds to kidnappers
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday called for armed Syrian rebels to release 11 Lebanese pilgrims that were kidnapped last month.The men were taken while traveling back from a religious pilgrimage to Iran and on Thursday a group called the Revolutionary Council in Aleppo claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. Addressing the kidnappers who released a video broadcast via Al Jazeera claiming that the abduction was not motivated by sectarianism Nasrallah said the innocent should not be caught up in any political disagreements. "You said yesterday that you have no problem with a religious sect so you must prove this these people are pilgrims and they must return to their families," he said. "If you have a problem with me there are many ways to solve this. If you want to solve it with war lets solve it with war, if you want to solve it with peace lets solve it with peace." "Solve your problem with us but to take the innocent people hostages for this problem is a big injustice that you must put a stop to." The kidnappers had demanded Nasrallah apologize for a previous speech in which he thanked Syrian President Bashar Assad for his efforts in trying to secure their release. Posted by: tipper 2012-06-02 |
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