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| Syria: Group threatens to kidnap troops |
| 2006-08-31 |
| A previously unknown group threatened Wednesday to abduct Israeli soldiers to swap them for Syrian prisoners in Israel. In a statement faxed to foreign news agencies in Damascus, a group calling itself the Men of the National Syrian Resistance threatened to "take the necessary measures" to secure the release of 16 Syrians jailed in Israel. It listed the names of four men it said have been detained in Israel for 22 years. The group said the men had been charged with "resisting Israeli occupation in the Golan." "The continuing detention of our comrades makes us exert all-out efforts to secure their release," the statement said. The group called theirs a "humanitarian and just demand." Referring to Hizbullah guerrillas, whose July 12 capture of two IDF soldiers sparked a 34-day war with Israel, the statement said: "The Lebanese model, the model of Hizbullah, is not so far from us concerning implementation and preparations to release our detainees." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 you know, these guys need a clearing house for names, like the body that approves internet urls. "Men of the National Syrian Resistance"? Nope, sorry, that one's taken. How about "Goat-lovers for Jihad"? |
| Posted by: Shinegum Ebbomoling5580 2006-08-31 14:26 |
| #2 Great. Another shell group. I have to say, however, that the Israelis have brought this on themselves via repeated prisoner exchanges where thousands of terrorists were released in exchange for a handful of Israeli captives. The reason very few American hostages are taken is because Uncle Sam pretty much doesn't deal with terrorists. He captures or kills them. Period. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-08-31 02:24 |
| #1 "The Lebanese model, the model of Hizbullah, is not so far from us concerning implementation and preparations to release our detainees." Wonder if they expect the same result? |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-08-31 00:16 |