Families of Arsal Captives Grant Cabinet 48-Hour Ultimatum, Warn of 'Day of Anger'
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The families of the abducted soldiers and policemen gave on Monday the government a 48-hour ultimatum to resolve the case of their sons, warning of a “Day of Anger.”
The relatives announced in a press conference from Riad al-Solh square near the Grand Serail that Wednesday will be a “Day of Anger.”
“We will boycott negotiations with the cabinet and the military authorities as no positive signs are looming in the horizon,” they told reporters gathered at their protest camp.
Last week, the families backed down on a previous warning of staging a “Black Friday” in Beirut if no positive breakthrough happened.
The decision came after a meeting with Higher Defense Council chief General Mohammed Kheir.
The families told reporters that the cabinet is seriously dealing with the case.
The troops and police were kidnapped by militants from al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State group when they overran the northeastern border town of Arsal in August and engaged in bloody clashes with the army.
Their capture and the failure of the Lebanese authorities to secure their release sparked protests across Lebanon.
The families are fearing that the extremists would kill their loved ones after they executed three of the hostages in August and September. They had moved their protest from Dahr al-Baidar to Beirut's Riad al-Solh Square, erecting three tents to pressure the state to exert more efforts to release their relatives from captivity.
The kidnappers have several demands to release the captives. One of them is the freedom of Islamist inmates in Roumieh prison.
20 October 2014, 16:00
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you woldnt be saying this if it were members of your family kidnapped
20 October 2014, 16:20
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Roar.
You are putting a big effort to try to portray me as a supporter of ISIL/Nosra. I wonder why, anyway, if it gives u kicks, do it....
For me, Nosra and ISIS are secondary for me. They are stupid antichrist losers who will get nowhere and are bound to fail eventually. The whole Karma of the world is against them.
The real enemy of Lebanon is Assad who CREATED them. Understand this point, understand the difference between cause of evil (Assad) and effect (ISIS), and all your confusion will stop, you will start seeing clearly.
20 October 2014, 16:26
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FT.
HA can not survive in a stable democratic country, their very existence will be questioned. They thrive on instability, on a constant state of war.
This is why they voted to keep border open to syrian refugees despite all calls from Aoun to close border during 2012 and 2013. Now that they have 1 million refugees and enough instability, they want to close it. because they dont want a full fledged war, just enough instability is good for them.
20 October 2014, 16:26
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FT.
HA can not survive in a stable democratic country, their very existence will be questioned. They thrive on instability, on a constant state of war.
This is why they voted to keep border open to syrian refugees despite all calls from Aoun to close border during 2012 and 2013. Now that they have 1 million refugees and enough instability, they want to close it. because they dont want a full fledged war, just enough instability is good for them.
20 October 2014, 16:29
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Southern
the weather will definitely work against them if they are hiding in caves. Dont u think so?
20 October 2014, 16:30
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I think disarming HA and establishing a real Democracy in Lebanon where the LAF and ISF are the only guarantor of peace and border security will make ISIS loose its cards. When the threat of Shiite Sectarianism ends the Sunni Sectarianism will also vanish like it did when Mustaqbal was strong..... before Hariri assassination.
20 October 2014, 16:36
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Roar. Finally we are reaching a constructive debate.
Look at Assad in 2013. He had two choices.
1- Admit that he failed as a head of state and leave.
2- Create hell around him (ISIS being one manifestation of hell). and stay in a diminished alawite canton in his country.
He didnt have a third choice. He didnt have the choice of keeping his oil, of keeping all of syria, and having the support of the international community.
He chose nbr 2. He created an ennemy who, on the surface, is even more evil than him, so that people prefer him, carefully avoiding bombarding raqa for months while ISIL was consolidating there.
20 October 2014, 17:01
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Roar.
When I say Assad created ISIS, I dont mean he actually got them out of a drawing board and a factory.
I meant that he attacked so much the moderate opposition that people radicalized. And hence ISIL was created.
(even though u beleive that any syrian against Assad is genetically exdtrimist)
Roar. I am speaking from first hand experience. I have tons of syrian workers here in lebanon, moderate hard working types, who all got a brother, a father, a cousin killed by Assad's barrel bomb, or shelling or what have you. These moderate "normal" individuals accumulated so much hate for him, they now hate him with every cell of their being. And yes. if the only force fighting him is Nosra and ISIL, they will join them. I am not saying they are right. I am just giving you a grassroot example on how he "created" allegiance for the antichrist ISIL.
20 October 2014, 17:16
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there were extremists since the first day. who were the gunmen shooting at both security forces and civilians during the first protests? all while the regime was doing all it could to calm the situation with concession after concession?
someone wanted to pour oil on the fire and justify extremism, and allow the world imperialist powers to send weapons and finances in syria to destroy it.
and note that extremists have existed in Syria since at least the 70's, dormant at some times, and active at others. it's not like it suddenly was invoked by dark magic.
20 October 2014, 17:26
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ya mowaten it is obvious you have deep jealousy and resentment towards Prime Minister Hariri and his late father (God Rest His Soul). Let me ask you this; Saad's father may have left him a throne, but what did your father leave with? NOTHING but hatred.
20 October 2014, 17:42
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Roar. You are wrong. Those syrians were moderate, pragmatic, from their thinking, their way of living. I have known them for a very long time. These people like to work, play football, pray to God, get the salary, do their chicha, get a girlfriend, get married, buy their land in their province, get 8 children, and get them working for them while they are lazily retiring in their field at 45. This is the syrian dream.
If someone intentionally kills your daughter, what will u do?
Someone stopped their syrian dream by killing their father, their son, and by hijacking their country. what can they do? smile at him and be "moderate"? These people were pushed to the edge by Assad. And a lot of them overreacted by joining antichrist ISIL. And a lot didnt end up in ISIL, They ended up with psychological problems, dismembered families, lacking an arm or a leg, and most ended up with no future. Thanks to Assad. The source of evil.
Roar. ISIL is just one manifestation of that evil.
20 October 2014, 17:45
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mowaten. True. There were trouble makers from the beginning. Somebody Bandar sent probably. I dont deny that.
20 October 2014, 18:09
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for all the comments on this page it is clear there is no respect for the families of the abducted soldiers or the soldiers themselves.
and they say they support the army......
20 October 2014, 18:26
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you can lie as much as you want about me supporting ISIs, it will not stick, as all on this site know exactly my position: death to all extremists starting to the cancer hibzushaitan.
21 October 2014, 14:59
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other inexplicably censored comment:
dont be here giving lessons, when we've seen you countless times defend those who abduct the soldiers and behead them.
when we've seen you defend the killing of journalists, and when we've seen you defend terrorist bombings against civilians because, saying:
"anyway, in war, you hit the enemy where it hurts, and it does not mean necessarily to hit them personally. most probably hitting their families has a higher impact."
so thanks for the fake lessons in humanity, but no thanks.
20 October 2014, 19:34
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very touching to read M8ers desperate attempts in picturing assad as a poor victim of his naughty people...
very amusing to read that hezbollah, a militia financed by iran, is here to protect Lebanon...
very entertaining to read M8ers gross propaganda to picture M14 as the financers of isis and their ally...
stupid people are always entertaining, like a king's fool.... here should we say assad's fools....
20 October 2014, 19:57
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Looooooool at Roar and Flamey spreading Hezbo propaganda "there were never any moderate Syrians" hahahahahahahahaha
