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Tit- for- tat kidnappings spark tension in Eastern Lebanon

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lebanon map beqaa- baalbeckTit-for-tat kidnappings by armed gangs on Monday afternoon sparked tensions in the Beqaa Valley of Eastern Lebanon .

The tension started when four gunmen in a black Jeep Cherokee intercepted Ayman Salaheddine Sawan and his brother Khaled near the Bekaa Valley predominantly Shiite village of Brital, as they were driving to Baalbek.

The gunmen kidnapped Ayman, 44, who hails from the predominantly Sunni village of Saadnayel, but left Khaled in the car.

In response, residents from Saadnayel cut off the road linking the village to Taalabaya with sandbags and dirt mounds .

The angry crowd, which included the son of Sawan, then kidnapped seven bus drivers who were stuck in the traffic jam resulting from their road block, according to security sources

Five of them were released shortly after, while two were still being held hostage, the sources added.

The National News Agency reported that the Lebanese Armed Forces raided the homes of wanted individuals for kidnappings, including that of Ayman Sawan.

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6 responses to “Tit- for- tat kidnappings spark tension in Eastern Lebanon”

  1. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    Lovely… shi byerfa3 el raas…

    Pity the nation divided into fragments,
    each fragment deeming itself a nation.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Like the LAF doesn’t have enough work to do.
      ‘Can’t drive a bus on MY piece of road – unless I can keep your first-born child.’ 😉
      And in the south, the happy folks there send a note to poorly-tented refugees to move on, or else, and then a note to ‘government parties’ to stay out of it. Everyone is going nutso.
      Not allowing manageable ‘refugee camps’ to be set up in the first place, of course, didn’t mean they were not ‘welcome’ … but now they are not the ‘brothers&sisters’ we expected.
      And the children had no life for 3 years or so, but which party ‘in government’ set up these conditions? And on occasion, someone burns a few UN-Supplied tents too. Just to keep them on their toes. The small tortures … different in each fragment.

      You’ll be happy to know ‘Bank Audi’ reported 190 Mil in first-half/yr profits. Only one point, to be sure, but considering the conditions over-all …. someone is crowing.

    2. dateam Avatar
      dateam

      The amazing part is both sides have had someone killed in this. I dont get it.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    And just to show you not ALL the Brain-dead are in Lebanon … 😉

    “VIENNA: Austrian police prevented two schoolgirls aged 14 and 15 from traveling to Syria, officials said Wednesday that with press reports saying they wanted to join Islamist guerrillas.”
    (counselling coming)
    “European countries have tightened controls to stop people traveling to join ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq – not all of them men.
    The ministry spokesman said that 142 Austrians, including 12 women, were thought to be in Syria. Ten suspected would-be jihadis have been arrested in Austria since mid-August.”

    1. sweetvirgo Avatar
      sweetvirgo

      Who ever wants to join are sick stupid, evil people and they can rot in hell. And what’s up with the women joining?? Do they think they will get 72 Male or female virgins??

  3. sweetvirgo Avatar
    sweetvirgo

    As if there is not enough problems going on and now division among Lebanese will get worse.

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