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Former Adviser to Saudi King Drugged, Kidnapped and Freed in Lebanon
2014-03-23
[AnNahar] A previous political adviser to the King of Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
has been sprung early this month after being kidnapped from his own house in the northern Metn District of Mount Leb and held hostage for one day, the An-Nahar daily reported on Saturday.

In an phone interview to the daily, Ahmed al-Ajaji said: "On March the 9th I was sleeping at my own home in the Beit Misk project and woke up later to find myself somewhere else," he believes that he was drugged and taken a hostage.

The kidnappers had demanded a 20 thousand dollars ransom in exchange for his release.

Based on the kidnappers' accent, Ajaji suspected that they were from the Bekaa town of Baalbek despite their revelation that they were Syrians.

Hostage-taking of wealthy businessmen in Leb has risen more than seven-fold in an unlikely knock-on effect from Syria's civil war.

The kidnapping is creating a sense of palpable panic. Lebanese media routinely runs pleas from families of the kidnapped.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  We need to put these rhymes and limericks together in a book. Maybe publish under a pseudonym, say "B. H. O'bama" and watch the hilarity ensue.
Posted by: gorb   2014-03-23 23:45  

#8  You're a hoot Zenoflog'r.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-03-23 16:23  

#7  Wow ZF.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-03-23 16:15  

#6  :o)
Posted by: badanov   2014-03-23 14:45  

#5  Ahmed al-Bopeep has lost his sheep,
And thinks he knows where to find them:
"I rather expect they've gone to Baalbek,
With Shiite sheep-shaggers to mind them."

Ahmed al-Bopeep fell fast asleep,
And dreamt he heard them bleating;
When he arose, he searched his bedclothes,
But they were still a-fleeting.

Then he did go with his bag of dough,
Determined for to find them;
He found them indeed, but it made his heart bleed,
For they'd left their honor behind them.

In Baalbek one day, al-Bopeep did stray,
On a tip from a Jewish flamingo;
There, sipping martinis and dressed in bikinis
Was his flock, in flagrante delicto.

Bopeep heaved a sigh, the sheep gave a cry,
And over the hillocks went gamboling;
He shot their seducers, two Hezbollah bruisers,
Then after his lambs he went scrambling.

"Right here by Jove's temple, I'll make an example,
To prevent any indecent rumors;
I've still got my goats!" he cried, slitting their throats,
In this best of all possible Ummahs.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-03-23 14:10  

#4  Bad news on the sheep I'm afraid.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-03-23 08:37  

#3  ..er, sheeps.?
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-03-23 08:19  

#2  ..any information about his pet sheep.?
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-03-23 08:18  

#1  ..any information about his pet sheep.?
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-03-23 08:18  

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