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| Hizbullah won't free troops unless Kuntar released |
| 2006-09-09 |
| Hizbullah reiterated that they would not release the two kidnapped IDF soldiers, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, unless Israel released Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar, Israel Radio reported Friday morning. In an interview with Nazareth-based Arab newspaper A-Sinara, Hizbullah official Mahmoud al-Khatami said that the purpose of the kidnapping nearly two months ago was to bring about Kuntar's release, and therefore Hizbullah would not relinquish this demand. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Nice job, Olmert, you dufus. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-09-09 11:02 |
| #2 Kuntar should've been dead in prison a long time ago |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-09-09 09:59 |
| #1 The usual Islamic deal-breaker. Samir Kuntar (I'll let someone else truncate his name appropriately), the child-killer. Here's some background from The Australian: Israel demands the unconditional release of sergeants Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, who were seized on Israeli territory. However, it is understood that they will not be released unless Israel also releases prisoners. Any deal reached will be between Israel and the Lebanese Government. Hezbollah is particularly keen for the return of Samir Kuntar, who has been held by Israel for 28 years for clubbing to death a four-year-old girl and shooting her father in a raid. It is not clear whether Israel will agree to his release. It was primarily to obtain Kuntar's release that Hezbollah staged the raid to seize soldiers for an exchange. Thank goodness hundreds of Hezbollah terrorists and Palestinians have already died because of Nasrallah's injudicious kidnapping of Regev and Goldwasser. If Kuntar is freed, his release will have cost these vermin a steep price from the outset. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-09 00:53 |