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| Lebanese State to Go On with Prisoners Swap Deal, Awaiting Final List of Inmates |
| 2014-12-01 |
| [AnNahar] The Lebanese state is reportedly waiting for the final names of the prisoners that the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group and al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front are demanding their release to exchange them with the captive soldiers and coppers. According to al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... newspaper published on Sunday, the Lebanese state gave the green light to the prisoners swap deal, demanding the abductors to hand over to the Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... i-appointed negotiator Ahmed al-Khatib, the list of inmates they want their release. The newspaper said al-Khatib will arrive in Leb during the upcoming two days to activate the channels of communication with the jihadists, who overran the northeastern border town of Arsal in August and took the soldiers and coppers hostages as they withdrew from the town. The holy warriors are entrenched on the outskirts of Arsal on the porous Syrian-Lebanese border. The newspaper said that the Lebanese state is seeking to diversify the negotiation channels ‐ direct and indirect - with the abductors to ensure the safe release of the abductees, ministerial sources told the newspaper. The sources, however, said that the direct negotiations with the jihadists will be through local channels that are capable of swiftly reaching them, noting that the mediation of al-Khatib is ongoing. "We are seeking to fortify the chances of swiftly releasing the soldiers and coppers." The IS group reportedly announced its readiness to release the Lebanese soldiers and coppers in its captivity, if the Lebanese state sets free five Islamist inmates in return for each captive. However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... the Nusra has said that the three-month hostage crisis would end if 10 inmates held at Lebanese prisons would be freed for each hostage or seven Lebanese inmates and 30 female prisoners held in Syria would be released for each kidnapped soldier and policeman or if five Lebanese and 50 women inmates would be freed. The group added that the swap with the prisoners held at Syrian prisons should take place in Turkey or Qatar, while the exchange with the Lebanese authorities should take place on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal. The cabinet had previously totally rejected any swap deal with the jihadists. |
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