Activist says Lebanese hostages are Hezbollah members

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Syrian Human rights activist Haitham al-Maleh said in remarks published in As-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper that the Lebanese men who were taken hostage in Syria last week would not have been abducted if they had not been Hezbollah members.

“The men would have not been abducted if they had not been Hezbollah members and if jamming devices and binoculars had not been found with them . I gave my opinion on the matter, which is not to not release ,” Maleh said.

Maleh, the former Syrian National Council leader called on Hezbollah “to stop sending fighters [to Syria] to help the regime commit massacres,” adding that he expected the issue of the hostages will “to take time before it comes to an end .”

The case of the Lebanese hostage in Syria is raising fears of renewed street battles in Beirut as Lebanon increasingly gets drawn into the swirling chaos next door. The Syrian crisis already has spilled across the border into Lebanon over the past three weeks, sparking deadly violence in a country that remains deeply divided over the 15-month-old uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The Lebanese men were on their way back from a pilgrimage in Iran on May 22 when gunmen intercepted their buses in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, according to the women on the pilgrimage who were allowed to go free and arrived in Lebanon hours later.

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15 responses to “Activist says Lebanese hostages are Hezbollah members”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    So .. as I said before, not kidnapped, but arrested. Major difference. Spies. Better hire defence lawyers Nasty … again. 😉

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    So .. as I said before, not kidnapped, but arrested. Major difference. Spies. Better hire defence lawyers Nasty … again. 😉

  3. wargame1 Avatar
    wargame1

    This is the original version of “pilgrim”. The fact is Hezbushaitan and Iranian satanic regime are helping Assad but at the same time they have to pretend as good guy. So the best way to do it to send those killers under “Pilgrim” cover. Hezbushaitan exposed once again. 

    1. $21082311 Avatar
      $21082311

      Your extreme intelligence is a killer!! You or anyone making speculations have gotten it all figured out. I am not for any party but in this case, why don’t you just wait and see what happens or just ignore and let people who care and are involved think about it? Everyday terrible things are happening in the area. The only role ordinary persons like us should play is to stop all sectarian comments, stop listening to rumors and incompetent media, and voice our hope that internal Lebanese security is intact and ramifications don’t get to our streets because that would be senseless. 

      1. wargame1 Avatar
        wargame1

        I am trying to expose the “Pilgrim” theory. These are the rumors. Several times the hezbushaitan and Iranian thugs are caught by the free Syrian army and all of the time they were either pilgrim or engineer etc. They must not interfere in Syrian or Lebanese matter. 

        Here is a quote from this article…….

        “The men would have not been abducted if they had not been Hezbollah members and if jamming devices and binoculars had not been found with them . I gave my opinion on the matter, which is not to not release ,” Maleh said. 

        So far more than 12000 Syrian have died and the recent woman and children massacre happened when it seems nothing happened but those poor pilgrim. I have seen many mosque destroyed too but the sunnis showed patience and will continue to do so. The Muslims will build the mosque again. There is no sectarian violence here , this is a battle between good and evil. Every one knows what is right and what is wrong. Sooner you expose the deception the better for every one so you woldnt see those psycho thugs blocking the Lebanese street and setting tire on fire. If you are quiet today then you will be complicit with the crime the those thugs will walk all over you. 

        If these are pilgrims they will be released and if they are professional thugs then they should be executed on the middle of the street in front of a camera for lesson for the next bunch of pilgrim. 

  4. wargame1 Avatar
    wargame1

    This is the original version of “pilgrim”. The fact is Hezbushaitan and Iranian satanic regime are helping Assad but at the same time they have to pretend as good guy. So the best way to do it to send those killers under “Pilgrim” cover. Hezbushaitan exposed once again. 

    1. Dani38 Avatar

      Your extreme intelligence is a killer!! You or anyone making speculations have gotten it all figured out. I am not for any party but in this case, why don’t you just wait and see what happens or just ignore and let people who care and are involved think about it? Everyday terrible things are happening in the area. The only role ordinary persons like us should play is to stop all sectarian comments, stop listening to rumors and incompetent media, and voice our hope that internal Lebanese security is intact and ramifications don’t get to our streets because that would be senseless. 

      1. wargame1 Avatar
        wargame1

        I am trying to expose the “Pilgrim” theory. These are the rumors. Several times the hezbushaitan and Iranian thugs are caught by the free Syrian army and all of the time they were either pilgrim or engineer etc. They must not interfere in Syrian or Lebanese matter. 

        Here is a quote from this article…….

        “The men would have not been abducted if they had not been Hezbollah members and if jamming devices and binoculars had not been found with them . I gave my opinion on the matter, which is not to not release ,” Maleh said. 

        So far more than 12000 Syrian have died and the recent woman and children massacre happened when it seems nothing happened but those poor pilgrim. I have seen many mosque destroyed too but the sunnis showed patience and will continue to do so. The Muslims will build the mosque again. There is no sectarian violence here , this is a battle between good and evil. Every one knows what is right and what is wrong. Sooner you expose the deception the better for every one so you woldnt see those psycho thugs blocking the Lebanese street and setting tire on fire. If you are quiet today then you will be complicit with the crime the those thugs will walk all over you. 

        If these are pilgrims they will be released and if they are professional thugs then they should be executed on the middle of the street in front of a camera for lesson for the next bunch of pilgrim. 

  5. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    So leave the steam on in the Turkish Bath and later, Meze can be served at the court of Assad.

  6. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    So leave the steam on in the Turkish Bath and later, Meze can be served at the court of Assad.

  7. dateam Avatar

    We have become such a ugly nation…like or not like…agree or disagree…they are still Lebanese….if they were Christian,Sunni or druze would it make a difference? Would we be mocking it? The ignorance and intellect on this website is pitiful…also hypocritical….we all claim to be so righteous yet we can’t look at each other as human beings anymore…..how stupid and ignorant we have become….just think for a moment…hzb must be pretty stupid to send their operatives on a bus through Syria and turkey to Iran…..the Turks must be pretty stupid to allow them to cross in and out with weapons through their border crossing? Does the free Syrian army have a better intelligence apparatus than the Turks? Bottom line this looks to be a classic case for creating sedition in Lebanon and we are all the balls being dragged along…..I wonder do some of the people on this site have kids? If they do , do they allow them to play with kids from different religions,race colour or creed? Look at what’s happening around us if you can’t see that we are all being played then we are all doomed

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Amen, dateam.
      What I mock most is those idiot reactions over something not actually happening in Lebanon.
      Protest is one thing … at an Embassy if you like … but closing roads, burning tyres, and shooting guns does nothing to get some idiots ‘home’. It only upsets ALL the people who have nothing to do with it. And yes, maybe that’s the idea ……

    2. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Amen, dateam.
      What I mock most is those idiot reactions over something not actually happening in Lebanon.
      Protest is one thing … at an Embassy if you like … but closing roads, burning tyres, and shooting guns does nothing to get some idiots ‘home’. It only upsets ALL the people who have nothing to do with it. And yes, maybe that’s the idea ……

  8. dateam Avatar

    We have become such a ugly nation…like or not like…agree or disagree…they are still Lebanese….if they were Christian,Sunni or druze would it make a difference? Would we be mocking it? The ignorance and intellect on this website is pitiful…also hypocritical….we all claim to be so righteous yet we can’t look at each other as human beings anymore…..how stupid and ignorant we have become….just think for a moment…hzb must be pretty stupid to send their operatives on a bus through Syria and turkey to Iran…..the Turks must be pretty stupid to allow them to cross in and out with weapons through their border crossing? Does the free Syrian army have a better intelligence apparatus than the Turks? Bottom line this looks to be a classic case for creating sedition in Lebanon and we are all the balls being dragged along…..I wonder do some of the people on this site have kids? If they do , do they allow them to play with kids from different religions,race colour or creed? Look at what’s happening around us if you can’t see that we are all being played then we are all doomed

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Amen, dateam.
      What I mock most is those idiot reactions over something not actually happening in Lebanon.
      Protest is one thing … at an Embassy if you like … but closing roads, burning tyres, and shooting guns does nothing to get some idiots ‘home’. It only upsets ALL the people who have nothing to do with it. And yes, maybe that’s the idea ……

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