Lebanese hostages' families
demonstrate near presidential palace
BEIRUT: The families of 11 Lebanese
pilgrims kidnapped in Syria two months ago held a rally Tuesday near the
presidential palace in Baabda, northeast of Beirut, to protest the government's
failure to secure their release.
Around a dozen men and women
gathered outside Bou Khalil Supermarket, some four kilometers from the
presidential palace, in a bid to pressure government leaders meeting in Baabda
to redouble their efforts to secure the release of their loved ones.
The pilgrims, all Shiites, were
kidnapped on May 22 after crossing into Syria from Turkey. They were on their
way back to Lebanon following a pilgrimage to Iran.
A previously unknown group calling
itself "Syrian Rebels in Aleppo" claimed responsibility for the
abduction, saying five of the hostages were members of Hezbollah. Hezbollah and
their families deny the claim.
The group demanded that Hezbollah
leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah apologize for comments he had made in support of
Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Nasrallah, a staunch ally of Assad, said the
abduction would not change Hezbollah’s stance on the events in Syria.http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2012/Jul-31/182793-lebanese-hostages-families-demonstrate-near-presidential-palace.ashx#axzz22GWCoYal
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