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| Nasrallah responds to kidnappers |
| 2012-06-02 |
| 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 |
| #2 "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." How about killing innocent Israelis? Does that count, too? |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-06-02 20:04 |
| #1 To me, this seems to be a potential powderkeg. If the rebels decapitate his kinfolk that means war. And a stated religious sect war at that. With what the UN commissioner said, Assad has nothing to lose. Neither does Nasrallah. Pencil Neck and Hassan can make a pact to first clear the rebels and then turn around and clear out Lebanon. The Turks won't go against their best interests. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2012-06-02 11:13 |