Report: Mamlouk, Ibrahim Discuss Case of Nine Abducted Pilgrims
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim discussed with Syrian security Chief Ali Mamlouk the release of the nine Lebanese pilgrims, who were being held in Syria's Aazaz region, As Safir newspaper reported on Friday.
According to the daily, Mamlouk, who is charged by Lebanese judicial authorities along with former Information Minister Michel Samaha with forming a group to commit terrorist crimes in Lebanon, informed Ibrahim in a telephone conversation that the Syrian authorities will cooperated with any solution that guarantees the release of the men.
Mamlouk and Samaha were also charged with plotting to assassinate political and religious figures.
As Safir said that Mamlouk and Ibrahim agreed to hold a meeting in the upcoming hours.
“We've reached a very advanced stage in negotiations,” Ibrahim told the newspaper,
He pointed out that the Lebanese state that the nine pilgrims should be released in one batch.
However, the abductors insist on releasing the men at different intervals.
They have demanded the release of 282 women detainees from Syrian prisons in return for the nine men.
For his part, Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel expressed hope in comments to As Safir that Ibrahim's endeavors would reach a “happy ending.”
Ibrahim returned later on Friday to Beirut after a short visit to Syria to discuss of the concerned Syrian officials the case, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Eleven Lebanese pilgrims were kidnapped in Syria's Aleppo region in May 2012 as they were making their way back to Lebanon by land from pilgrimage in Iran.
Two of them have since been released, while the rest are being held in the Aazaz region.
Their relatives have repeatedly held Turkey responsible for their ongoing abduction and they have held protests near Turkish establishments in Lebanon in order to pressure Ankara to exert more efforts to release their loved ones.
18 October 2013, 09:18
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God Bless General Abbas Ibrahim of the General Security for relentlessly pursuing every available means and leaving no stone unturned including meeting with a criminal syrian security chief wanted by the Lebanese judiciary in order to secure the release of our Shia pilgrims. Abbas showed his respect for the State and its institutions which he himself is part of. When it comes to our Shia pilgrims, meeting with the devil is sanctioned since there is a noble objective. Yes, Mamlouk is behind the Tripoli bombings, but the Shia pilgrims issue affects national security. Hence, I ask the people of Tripoli and the rest of the Lebanese to bear with us a bit and be patient. God Bless the Islamic Secular Resistance in Lebanon.....
18 October 2013, 09:29
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lol:)) Mamlouk was and still is Abbas Ibrahim's superior. He trained him, groomed him, and prepared him for this position. No surprise there!
18 October 2013, 11:44
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The same mamlouk our judyciary was searching his mother's name for the inculpation in smaha's case?.....
18 October 2013, 12:17
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Isn't Mamluk the one sought by our judicially system for concocting plans to destabilize Lebanon. He was accused to have been behind supplying arms to Samaha. How quickly could we forget transgressions!
18 October 2013, 14:23
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So hezbollah gets to keep hos arms use them when he feel threatened (his phone network communication, keeping his grap on beirut airport...) the other march 8 guys get to keep their weapons and do public show off under the name of the resistance brigades while any other lebanese get persuits by our judiciary system for having arms (i'm against anyone having arms besides the state institutions..)
18 October 2013, 14:27
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March 8 supporters go and kidnap turkish residents to get the lebanese pilgrins back for syria, our general swcurity chief meets with a wanted surian official who is accused to have a part in a plot to destabilise lebanon and everyone finds this normal...
18 October 2013, 14:29
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so you are agreeable with Abbas Ibrahim meeting and negotiating with Mamlouk who is wanted by the Lebanese justice system?
18 October 2013, 14:30
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I'm passing over a lot of other exemples there but it is really becoming an unbarrable situation... How long do u think this situation will last before it blows up in our face?... (And some still gets intriged and ask themselves why there is extremist emerging in lebanon.....
18 October 2013, 16:25
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Perhaps some1 should take care of this man. Perhaps he'd like 2 meet w/ Jamaa Jamaa soon.
18 October 2013, 16:25
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They r not pilgrims. But mercenaries... Understand terroristas.
18 October 2013, 18:05
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you happy bro. being sarcastic too. a man that wanted to blow our country up? really man what are you. are you really defending these people? I just don't understand how you think
18 October 2013, 23:59
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what about the hundreds of other lebanese in syrian jails or dead there? any news? did he also lobby for their release or any infos?
oh! true aoun said to forget about them and turn the page...
