'Abou Taqiyeh' Mediation Allows Soldier Khoury to Meet Family near Arsal

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Abducted Lebanese soldier George Khoury was able to see his family overnight Monday in Arsal's outskirts after Islamist cleric Mustafa al-Hujeiri, aka Abou Taqiyeh, mediated with his captors who belong to the Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front.

Hujeiri told LBCI television that he had “accompanied the family of the captive soldier George Khoury overnight to Arsal's outskirts where they were able to meet him.”

The cleric noted that he and the relatives “came under gunfire in the al-Masyadeh area in Arsal's outskirts” on their way back from the unusual gathering.

Abou Taqiyeh, however, stressed that he does not know where Khoury and the rest of the security personnel are being held hostage, noting that “al-Nusra Front chose the place, time and nature of the meeting.”

According to unconfirmed reports, the Front has 18 troops and policemen in its custody. The security personnel were abducted during deadly clashes with the Lebanese army in and around Arsal in early August, which the extremist Islamic State group also took part in.

In another interview with MTV, Hujeiri said he was in contact with “nearly all the families of the abducted troops,” pointing out that he had agreed on the meeting with Khoury's family around ten days ago.

“It was a sad trip on the way back. Troops opened fire at us when we approached a Lebanese army checkpoint in the al-Masyadeh area,” Hujeiri added, noting that “this is not an accusation against the army as its troops might have thought that we were gunmen or something.”

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Comments 7
Thumb _mowaten_ 09 September 2014, 17:23

so it seems the hostages are still in the area. the army should close in on them and launch a rescue operation

Thumb Tony.Farris 09 September 2014, 18:33

It's all HizbCocaine, and ASSad fault...

Thumb Tony.Farris 09 September 2014, 20:38

@dumbo_jnoub123, why when someone disagree with your filthy militia you call them Wahhabi? Don't go home yet, I just Pif-Pafed your house...

Default-user-icon Warheart (Guest) 10 September 2014, 00:20

You're the same, you as in hizbulla, except you're now running a PR campaign (since the late nineties) to make people believe you're different.
What is the difference between fucking Taliban and Sadr Brigades? Both are takfiris, they hate each other, that's a given, but both have the same values.

Thumb kanaandian 09 September 2014, 19:03

if anything happens (more) the remaining soldiers, abou taqiya should pay with his neck. as well as his family.

Thumb kanaandian 10 September 2014, 10:10

no free jibneh here, they take half my salary so they can bring your moderate syrian rebels to canada where they can recruit al qaida members.

Missing mohammad_ca 10 September 2014, 06:16

thank you hizbollaat for fighting for ASSad and getting us in this mess to begin with...