Reports: Czechs Released after Deal to Transfer Fayad to Kiev

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The release of five Czech citizens who were kidnapped in Lebanon last year came as part of a swap deal to set free a Lebanese-Ukrainian man held by the authorities in Prague, reports said Tuesday.

According to the reports, the Czech authorities approved to transfer Ali Taan Fayad, also known as Ali Amin, to Kiev despite a decision taken by a court in Prague to extradite him to the United States along with two Ivory Coast citizens.

The three men were arrested in Prague in April 2014 while trying to sell weapons to undercover U.S. law enforcement officials who pretended to be from a Colombian terrorist group.

In July 18, Fayad's Czech lawyer went missing in Lebanon together with four other Czechs and their Lebanese driver, who was identified by Lebanese media as Taan's relative.

Their car was found near a Lebanese army checkpoint in the eastern town of Kefraya.

But in a surprise development, the Czech Foreign Ministry said late Monday that the five men have been found alive and are in "satisfactory health condition."

The ministry said the authorities were taking steps to transport them home and planning to send a special plane to Lebanon for them.

No further details were immediately given because of an ongoing investigation.

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Comments 5
Thumb ex-fpm 02 February 2016, 12:08

Pity the nation that has this sectarian general security. If you are a shia you can kidnap Turkish pilots, Czech journalists, blackmail, etc and you will not get arrested or held accountable for your actions. Why... because Abbas Ibrahim heads the General Security.

Thumb barrymore 02 February 2016, 13:13

I share your views and feelings. It is actually sickening to see how helpless the security agencies are not because they lack the skills but because they are controlled by this terrorist cursed resistance. I was reading in An Nahar paper this morning that Abbas Ibrahim agreed not to pursue the kidnappers after they handed over the journalists.

انتهاء "مسرحية" خطف التشيكيين والتبادل في المطار
http://www.annahar.com/article/308059-انتهاء-مسرحية-خطف-التشيكيين-والتبادل-في-المطار

التشيكيون الى الحرية
http://newspaper.annahar.com/article/307945-مسار-التمديد-يكسر-اليوم-بدءا-بالبلديات-ايات-الحريري-يعتمد-المواقف-المثبتة-لترشيح?utm_source=mostread&utm_medium=annahar&utm_campaign=daily

Thumb lubnani.masi7i 02 February 2016, 13:22

It is managed by thugs for thugs

Thumb justin 02 February 2016, 16:32

It is shameful and disgusting.

Thumb liberty 03 February 2016, 03:28

and who said army intelligence and general security work for the shias?