The Lebanese father, with the consent of the mother, took his children to Lebanon and has refused to allow their return. He did not kidnap them. These men then snatched the children from the arms of their grandmother, pushing her to the floor and shoving the children into a car are kidnappers! They have kidnapped the children. The children must of been terrified when strange men grabbed them! The grandmother must also be horrified... Everyone on this site should put aside the stupid sectarian hatred and acknowledge that these children must be serverly scarred by this ordeal. The 60 minutes crew should also reflect on their role while sitting in jail!
If this happened in Australia, with a Lebanese tv crew filming a kidnapping of the children on the streets of Brisbane, as the kidnappers snatch Australian children from the arms of their grandmother... The whole Australian media and public would be going crazy!
Poor children and shame on both parents for allowing this to happen
Marcus, he did not "kidnap" his own children. He took his children to Lebanon, with the permission of their mother (his ex wife). He decided not to allow his children to return to Australia. Both the father and mother are in the wrong for the way they have treated their children! Imagine the roles were reversed and a Lebanese tv crew flew to Australia to film the kidnapping of the children on the streets of Brisbane...as strangers snatched the kids from the arms of their grandmother while being filmed by a Lebanese tv crew? What would be the reaction?
Tex... The 60 minutes crew that were arrested were not the kidnappers but were filming the kidnapping. They knew it was going to happen. They were in Beirut in coordination with the mother and kidnappers to document. This has been a story in Australia and channel 9 since last November. Why else were they in Lebanon?
Marcus... He didn't kidnapp his own children because he had permission from the mother to travel to Lebanon! She organized mercenaries to kidnapp her children from the streets of Beirut without the permission of the father and by snatching the children from the arms of their grandmother!
The father not returning his children to Australia and their mother, is a custody dispute! The same thing happens everywhere around the world when mothers do it and it's called a custody dispute. In Australia, the mother has more rights then the father... In Lebanon it's the other way round. Same thing happened a few years ago when a father took his Canadian children to Lebanon and the mother tried to kidnap them from a Jounieh beach resort but were all arrested! If the father tried the same thing in Canada or Australia it would be kidnapping! Stop trying to justify your prejudice. I'm not condoning the fathers actions but both parents should be ashamed of themselves!
Tex... It has been reported in Australia by Channel 9 (60 minutes channel) that they were attempting to film the "return of the children to their mother". They were there knowing that the mother was attempting to kidnapp her children and we're filming the reunion of the kids with their mum. The Mother and the children are now in hiding somewhere in Lebanon trying to return to Australia. The ISF have arrested the 60 minutes crew.
Tex... My point is that both parents should be ashamed of themselves! It should always be about your children! Never allow your kids to go through such a thing. Would you allow this to happen to your kids? People on this site disgust me with their sectarian comments and call me a Shiite pig, (even though I'm a Christain) just for rejecting this kidnapping. In Australia, it's a big deal about how fathers have no rights to their children in a custody dispute. It's a very sad issue were some occasions, fathers have committed murder/suicides in their frustration with the laws. In Lebanon it's the opposite...the mothers have no rights! Both systems are seriously flawed and in the end the children suffer the most! As a father I feel very sad and sorry for the Children and disgusted with some of the sectarian commenters on this site!
Tex... I'm not cheering the arrest of the 60 minutes crew nor do I think they did anything illegal... However they are very sensationalist journalist, and in Australia their is little public sympathy. There is absolutely no way they thought the mum won a Lebanese court case becoz it's not possible and they aren't that ignorant.... They knew exactly what they where there for.
The tv crew will ultimately be released soon, as they should. But it's important that Lebanon show that this is unacceptable and at least pretend Lebanon is still a sovereign nation! If this happen in the USA what would have been the reaction? I don't want to debate you for fun... This is about 2 children who must be terrified thanks to their selfish parents!
Tex... Do you have children? I have a 4 year old boy and I love him just as much as his mother does. I think I am just as important to his development. No one can deny the importance of the mother to her child, especially an infant child! A BABY needs the mother more then the father yes! But if my wife tried to take my child away from me and the courts dictated I was less important then the mother, I would go crazy! Fathers have rights too! Just as the Lebanese law that strips the mothers rights to her child are wrong, so too are the laws that strips the fathers right to their children! Bottom line is that a loving and involved father and mother is always best for the children without exception!
ISF Frees Siblings Abducted in Hadath, Detains Australian Mother, TV Crew
07 April 2016, 14:13The Lebanese father, with the consent of the mother, took his children to Lebanon and has refused to allow their return. He did not kidnap them. These men then snatched the children from the arms of their grandmother, pushing her to the floor and shoving the children into a car are kidnappers! They have kidnapped the children. The children must of been terrified when strange men grabbed them! The grandmother must also be horrified... Everyone on this site should put aside the stupid sectarian hatred and acknowledge that these children must be serverly scarred by this ordeal. The 60 minutes crew should also reflect on their role while sitting in jail!
If this happened in Australia, with a Lebanese tv crew filming a kidnapping of the children on the streets of Brisbane, as the kidnappers snatch Australian children from the arms of their grandmother... The whole Australian media and public would be going crazy!
Poor children and shame on both parents for allowing this to happen
ISF Frees Siblings Abducted in Hadath, Detains Australian Mother, TV Crew
07 April 2016, 15:03Marcus, he did not "kidnap" his own children. He took his children to Lebanon, with the permission of their mother (his ex wife). He decided not to allow his children to return to Australia. Both the father and mother are in the wrong for the way they have treated their children! Imagine the roles were reversed and a Lebanese tv crew flew to Australia to film the kidnapping of the children on the streets of Brisbane...as strangers snatched the kids from the arms of their grandmother while being filmed by a Lebanese tv crew? What would be the reaction?
ISF Frees Siblings Abducted in Hadath, Detains Australian Mother, TV Crew
07 April 2016, 15:32Tex... The 60 minutes crew that were arrested were not the kidnappers but were filming the kidnapping. They knew it was going to happen. They were in Beirut in coordination with the mother and kidnappers to document. This has been a story in Australia and channel 9 since last November. Why else were they in Lebanon?
ISF Frees Siblings Abducted in Hadath, Detains Australian Mother, TV Crew
07 April 2016, 15:41Marcus... He didn't kidnapp his own children because he had permission from the mother to travel to Lebanon! She organized mercenaries to kidnapp her children from the streets of Beirut without the permission of the father and by snatching the children from the arms of their grandmother!
The father not returning his children to Australia and their mother, is a custody dispute! The same thing happens everywhere around the world when mothers do it and it's called a custody dispute. In Australia, the mother has more rights then the father... In Lebanon it's the other way round. Same thing happened a few years ago when a father took his Canadian children to Lebanon and the mother tried to kidnap them from a Jounieh beach resort but were all arrested! If the father tried the same thing in Canada or Australia it would be kidnapping! Stop trying to justify your prejudice. I'm not condoning the fathers actions but both parents should be ashamed of themselves!
ISF Frees Siblings Abducted in Hadath, Detains Australian Mother, TV Crew
07 April 2016, 15:43May God help you and your mental disorder.
ISF Frees Siblings Abducted in Hadath, Detains Australian Mother, TV Crew
07 April 2016, 15:55Tex... It has been reported in Australia by Channel 9 (60 minutes channel) that they were attempting to film the "return of the children to their mother". They were there knowing that the mother was attempting to kidnapp her children and we're filming the reunion of the kids with their mum. The Mother and the children are now in hiding somewhere in Lebanon trying to return to Australia. The ISF have arrested the 60 minutes crew.
ISF Frees Siblings Abducted in Hadath, Detains Australian Mother, TV Crew
07 April 2016, 16:05Tex... My point is that both parents should be ashamed of themselves! It should always be about your children! Never allow your kids to go through such a thing. Would you allow this to happen to your kids? People on this site disgust me with their sectarian comments and call me a Shiite pig, (even though I'm a Christain) just for rejecting this kidnapping. In Australia, it's a big deal about how fathers have no rights to their children in a custody dispute. It's a very sad issue were some occasions, fathers have committed murder/suicides in their frustration with the laws. In Lebanon it's the opposite...the mothers have no rights! Both systems are seriously flawed and in the end the children suffer the most! As a father I feel very sad and sorry for the Children and disgusted with some of the sectarian commenters on this site!
ISF Frees Siblings Abducted in Hadath, Detains Australian Mother, TV Crew
07 April 2016, 16:14http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/tara-brown-and-60-minutes-crew-detained-in-beirut/news-story/1f6a32ddc78805fe739083928d04e839
What the cctv footage of the kidnapping.
ISF Frees Siblings Abducted in Hadath, Detains Australian Mother, TV Crew
07 April 2016, 16:35Tex... I'm not cheering the arrest of the 60 minutes crew nor do I think they did anything illegal... However they are very sensationalist journalist, and in Australia their is little public sympathy. There is absolutely no way they thought the mum won a Lebanese court case becoz it's not possible and they aren't that ignorant.... They knew exactly what they where there for.
The tv crew will ultimately be released soon, as they should. But it's important that Lebanon show that this is unacceptable and at least pretend Lebanon is still a sovereign nation! If this happen in the USA what would have been the reaction? I don't want to debate you for fun... This is about 2 children who must be terrified thanks to their selfish parents!
ISF Frees Siblings Abducted in Hadath, Detains Australian Mother, TV Crew
07 April 2016, 16:51Tex... Do you have children? I have a 4 year old boy and I love him just as much as his mother does. I think I am just as important to his development. No one can deny the importance of the mother to her child, especially an infant child! A BABY needs the mother more then the father yes! But if my wife tried to take my child away from me and the courts dictated I was less important then the mother, I would go crazy! Fathers have rights too! Just as the Lebanese law that strips the mothers rights to her child are wrong, so too are the laws that strips the fathers right to their children! Bottom line is that a loving and involved father and mother is always best for the children without exception!