Archimandrite Briefly Kidnapped, Gunmen Ask for Ransom in Return for his Car
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Gunmen have kidnapped a clergyman on the Terbol road in the eastern Bekaa valley and then released him in the area of Baalbek and asked for ransom to return his car to him.
Archimandrite Jean Faraj was kidnapped by four gunmen while he was driving his Mercedes on the Terbol main road, the National News Agency reported on Monday.
The armed men were riding a four-wheeler when they blocked the road and forced him to head to Baalbek, it said.
Faraj was released on the outskirts of the town of Sareen but was asked to pay the assailants a $5,000 ransom in return for his car, the agency said.
NNA added that the Archimandrite immediately informed the Internal Security Forces about the incident.
13 March 2012, 12:55
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Such a sad state of Affairs...Where is the Government, when are they going to wake up and realize action is needed and needed now!!
13 March 2012, 13:11
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These incidents are becoming alarming...Obviously the politicians in charge are busy with power struggle....At the end, it is you and me who pays the price of ignorance
13 March 2012, 14:49
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Let's just say that it's best not to hang around the Bekaa for now. It's a no-man's-land.... I wouldn't want to have my house there... Wherever hizballa rules, the law doesn't apply. The abductors may not be Shia (unknown for now) but nothing happens over there withouth their consent, which reminds us that the state must fight this situation.
13 March 2012, 18:35
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Why does NAHARNET approves writing this blatant hate speech against a Lebanese sect??? This is why Naharnet is going bankrupt and mostly racist sectarian Fascists read it!
14 March 2012, 12:08
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truth = hate.. you are starting to sound like a mob across the border calling everyone an anti semite every time some one makes a comment about a jew. the first step in theropy is admitting you have a problem.
13 March 2012, 23:39
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Does anyone know if Abouna Jean used to be a priest at Virgin Mary Church in Brooklyn, NY USA?
14 March 2012, 12:27
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when you have a state within the state, you do not ask where is the state. remember the palestinians? now we have hizbushaitan.
we need to get rid of them like was done with the previous ones.
