The captives said they will be killed if Leb's bad boy Hezbollah movement, which backs Syrian
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, does not withdraw its fighters from Syria.
The al-Qaeda-branch known as Nusra Front is also demanding the release of detainees held in Leb, some of whom were charged in connection to bombings that killed and maimed dozens of people over the past year, according to Lebanese media. Leb's Association of Moslem Scholars, a group of Sunni holy mans, has been trying to mediate a deal to release the captives.
The video showed nine bearded men, eight of them in police uniforms and one wearing military fatigues.
Lebanese army commander Jean Kahwaji told An-Nahar newspaper that 20 soldiers remain missing. He defended his command decisions from criticism by local media, saying the soldiers' posts in border areas had been reinforced before the attack.
Other soldiers and coppers are believed to be held by other rebel groups who took part in the Aug. 2 attack on the Lebanese border town of Arsal, which is home to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees.
The video, released by Nusra Front's media arm, al-Manara al-Baydha, appeared genuine and corresponded to other AP reporting of the events.