Familes of kidnapped servicemen block roads, Protest Negligence

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familes of kidnapped LebaneseFamilies  of the kidnapped servicemen that were  taken hostage by the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front blocked roads and protested against the negligence of their cause by the authorities

They blocked the Banks street in Riad al-Solh square on Sunday  and from there they headed to the airport and blocked the main airport road both ways with burning tires

“We have heard nothing about our sons since eight months. We have information that the crisis cell is exerting no efforts currently to try and free them ,” they stated.

“Our move today is to bring the file of our kidnapped sons back to the table of dialogue until a solution is reached”.They added

“The dialogue session has convened three times and we are sure that our cause has not been addressed,” they added, in reference to the national dialogue table that Speaker Nabih Berri has been chairing

The relatives have warned a day earlier that they will take escalatory measures starting Sunday to pressure the authorities into bringing the hostages  back home.

In a statement they released on Saturday, the families accused the authorities of neglecting the cause of the soldiers and policemen who were taken hostage in the northeastern border town of Arsal in August 2014.

They said they would resort to “painful escalatory measures to reprioritize their cause.”

A few of the captives have been released and four were executed.

Negotiations  through the State of Qatar aimed at their release have stalled.

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6 responses to “Familes of kidnapped servicemen block roads, Protest Negligence”

  1. nagy_michael2 Avatar
    nagy_michael2

    Does anyone care about these people and their kidnapped loves ones? I thought Abbas Ibrahim said the kidnapped servicemen with Al Nusra should be freed soon. that was earlier in the year. Does the gov’t ever intervene to decide what needs to be done about our servicemen? are we depending on Qatar for God’s Sake?
    the Army should kidnap high ranks among Nusra and ISIS that start hanging the extremists in jail. one by one until the service released. I am pretty sure however some political parties in Lebanon are hindering these negotiations and the release of the servicemen due to their own selfish reasons. Hell we can’t get trash out of our streets how are we figure to release 40 some servicemen. gollies that’s a quite a task..

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      The State ran out of ‘Kidnap Money’ … that special fund had to be used for the electrical needs of AC at the ‘progressing’ Dialogues. Geagea always looked cooler than anyone if they didn’t have it …

    2. sweetvirgo Avatar
      sweetvirgo

      The Lebanese Army should have never let them leave in the first place. That was a big mistake. How can anyone negotiate with a terrorist organization?? Is Qatar really working with the Lebanese government to secure their release and if so what does Lebanon have to do for Qatar?

  2. Stupid idiots! Wtf has the Lebanese general public to do with the missing retards??
    You want to protest? Protest on the roads outside the politicians homes! Take it to the top instead of inconveniencing the poor general population. Stupid idiots

  3. “Protest Negligence”

    Lol so they are protesting against themselves coz their actions are negligent!

  4. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    One assumes Berri and his OXYGEN SUPPLY are upwind of the burning tyres.

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