22.12.2012, 02:12
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Published: 21 December, 2012, 16:56
A group of Syrian rebels have been holding Lebanese civilians hostage for nearly seven months. The kidnappers keep issuing new demands, claiming they have captured “subversives from the Lebanese Hezbollah party.”
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The conditions of their release have been continually changing: First, the kidnappers turned down a $50 million ransom; they then demanded the families demonstrate against Hezbollah, and asked Hezbollah chief Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah to apologize to the Syrian people; finally, they suggested bartering their hostages for an Al-Qaeda leader.
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Those kidnapped are occasionally allowed to call their families with a cell phone that has a Turkish number. Those who were freed from captivity and their visitors claim that the building where hostages are held is within sight of the Turkish border.
“The Turkish authorities could've easily found them. But they insist that they've no idea there the hostages are held. How do journalists find them then? They all get there across the Turkish border,” the relatives said.
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Die Türkei betreibt abenteuerliche Spiele, deren Rechnung irgendwann ins Haus flattert.